1.000 & .639: While Greg Schiano is heralded for building Rutgers into a consistent winner in the 2000s, his career record over 11 seasons was 68-67 because he got off to a 3-20 start.
It's often the case today that new coaches -- like Chris Ash -- are taking over programs that need to rebuild and thus it takes a few years to chase .500.
But Burns built off the success of predecessors Harvey Harman (74-44-2) and John Bateman (73-51) and went 78-43-1 from 1973-83, matching Bateman's undefeated 1961 team with a perfect run of his own in 1976.