[Mick]

Actually based on percentage Pop Warner at .781 outperforms Shaw at .717. Plus he recruited the guys who help make Tiny Thornhill's first three years the only time Stanford appeared in three consecutive Rose Bowls.

That's a great point, Phogge. Per Wikipedia, the top five coaches by winning percentage are:
Pop Bliss, .944

So "Pop" Bliss is our best coach, with an 8-0-1 record in 1893, sandwiched between Walter Camp's 1892 1-0-2 season (Camp had two other wins which Stanford does not count) and Camp's 1894 6-3 season.

Bliss was interesting.  A Yale grad, he only coached for three years at three different schools.  From 8-0-1 at Stanford to 0-5 at Haverford in 1894 (Haverford is now DIII, and gave up football after the 1971 season), to a 7-1 record at Missouri in 1895.  Missouri went 4-3 and 7-5 in the years just before and just after Coach Bliss, so he knew something about football.

[Mick]

Actually based on percentage Pop Warner at .781 outperforms Shaw at .717. Plus he recruited the guys who help make Tiny Thornhill's first three years the only time Stanford appeared in three consecutive Rose Bowls.

That's a great point, Phogge. Per Wikipedia, the top five coaches by winning percentage are:
Pop Bliss, .944

So "Pop" Bliss is our best coach, with an 8-0-1 record in 1893, sandwiched between Walter Camp's 1892 1-0-2 season (Camp had two other wins which Stanford does not count) and Camp's 1894 6-3 season.

Bliss was interesting.  A Yale grad, he only coached for three years at three different schools.  From 8-0-1 at Stanford to 0-5 at Haverford in 1894 (Haverford is now DIII, and gave up football after the 1971 season), to a 7-1 record at Missouri in 1895.  Missouri went 4-3 and 7-5 in the years just before and just after Coach Bliss, so he knew something about football.