The first African American Division 1 head football coach was Willie Jeffries at Wichita State in 1979.
The first African-American head coach in the National Football league was Frederick Douglass 'Fritz' Pollard. He was the coach of the Chicago Blackhawks.
What coach in Division II football has the most wins?
If by division one football you actually mean the Football Bowl Subdivision (at the time known as I-A), then FA Dry may be the first. He first became a head coach at Tulsa in 1972. That predates Willie Jeffries, who was the first African-American head coach at a I-A school, coaching at Wichita State in 1979. There have been many African American head coaches at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, many of which are now at the Football Championship Subdivision (previously I-AA). Since Joe Paterno has had 111 wins vacated, Eddie Robinson is considered by the NCAA to be the winningest coach in division one football history, having started as the head coach of Grambling in 1941. Grambling is in the Southwestern Athletic Conference at the FCS level.
Fritz Pollard was the first African-American coach in the National Football League. He coached the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1920s.
Jim Miller - American football coach - was born in 1920.
John Murphy - American football coach - was born in 1932.
Jack Gregory - American football coach - was born in 1929.
Dave Smith - American football coach - was born in 1933.
David Walker - American football coach - was born in 1969.
Sean Ryan - American football coach - was born in 1972.
Tim Murphy - American football coach - was born in 1956.
The oldest coach in Division 1, is Head Football Coach at The University of Florida Atlantic. He is 77 years of age. Joe Paterno was the active oldests coach at 84, before retiring.