Best college football coach in history from each state

TUSCALOOSA, AL - CIRCA 1958-1982: Paul Bryant, head coach of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team observes the play during a game at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Alabama) (Photo by University of Alabama/Collegiate Images/Getty Images) /

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NEWARK, DE- CIRCA 2008: Interior view of the University of Delaware Blue Hens Tubby Raymond Field/Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. (Photo by Delaware/Collegiate Images/Getty Images) /

Delaware: Tubby Raymond

With 300 wins to his name at Delaware, nobody is likely to ever match Raymond’s college football accomplishments in The First State.

Raymond starred as a quarterback and linebacker at Michigan to help the Wolverines capture the 1948 national title with a perfect 10-0 mark. After a brief career in minor league baseball and stop at Maine as an assistant coach, Raymond moved to Delaware in 1954 to serve as running backs coach.

Twelve years later, Raymond got his first head coaching shot with the Blue Hens when David M. Nelson retired prior to the 1966 season. Raymond won three Middle Athletic Conference championships in his first four seasons before Delaware transitioned to Division II football.

Delaware won at least nine games in each season from 1969 to 1972, capped off by a perfect 10-0 campaign and second straight national title. Raymond won his third and final championship with a 13-1 mark in 1979 and would lead the Blue Hens to 11 more playoff appearances before retiring after over four decades at Delaware in 2001.

A lifetime mark of 300-119-3 puts Raymond 13th all-time in wins across all levels of college football. Successor K.C. Keeler won the 2003 national title with the Blue Hens, but the program has since fallen off in the 2010s.

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