The winningest major-college coach is the late Adolph Rupp of Kentucky, who won 875 games in a 42-year career that ended in 1972.

These athletes were trying to raise their grades to compensate for poor College Board scores or trying to gain attention from major-college coaches.

The tournament has remained a highlight on the national schedule ever since, drawing the interest of major-college coaches and recruiting analysts alike.

Archer, the youngest major-college coach in the country, replaced the oldest then, 60-year-old Bill Arnsparger, who became athletic director at Florida.

With 327 career victories, Joe Paterno has supplanted Bear Bryant in first place among major-college coaches.

Bowden, who will be 61 next month, is the 11th major-college coach to win 200 games.

Today, on an afternoon when the snow flurried and defeat seemed imminent, Paterno dramatically surpassed Bryant with his 324th career victory, most among major-college coaches.

Keeler recruits very differently from a typical major-college coach.

Tarkanian, who looked on passively for much of the game, completed his 24th season as a major-college coach with a record of 625-122.

But Joe Paterno of Penn State, the winningest major-college coach, said he had seen only a couple of players who seemed ready for college football after their junior years in high school.