Steam app 2151290 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:53 UTC
A true college football management game. Play as a coach or a school, recruit players, develop your team, and compete for national championships. Build a college football dynasty and become a coaching legend!
719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
46 months, December 2022 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Football Coach: College Dynasty was released on 16 Jan, 2025.
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70 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Jun 2023 to Sep 2026 · times in UTC
Back to School bundle + sale!To celebrate the start of the school year, and college football season, I've put FC:CD at 40% off and partnered with Rainey Studios with a fun 'Back to School' bundle, which includes FC:CD and College Baseball…
dev @ SidelineSim StudiosHi everyone! This is a quick announcement to let you all know of some changes, and update you on what I've been working on.Firstly, as some of you may have noticed, FC:CD now has SidelineSim Studios as its developer and publisher. This is a…
dev @ SidelineSim StudiosDaily Deal for Draft WeekIf you haven't played Football Coach: College Dynasty yet, now is the perfect time to jump in, as the game is the cheapest it has ever been. Huge thanks to Steam for letting me run as an official Daily Deal; be sure…
achiBug fixes: - Fix issue where auto-practice during preseason would not use correct game plan - Fix issue where importing past ATH recruits would give error - Fix issue where game would not correctly validate coaching staffs in imported…
Patch notesMinor improvements: Add new 8 team playoff format which just includes conference champions Lower rain chance a bit more Adjust coach hiring logic for coordinators with low tenure when seeking HC Bug fixes: Fix issue where #1 recruit…
Patch noteshttps://i.imgur.com/sVDSWzk.png As previously announced, this will be the final major update for Football Coach: College Dynasty. While I may release small patches to address any remaining bugs, my focus is now shifting to my next project…
achiCustom face images: https://i.imgur.com/VxMdmOD.png This has been a frequently requested feature, and I finally got around to it: you can now use custom images for all players, coaches, ADs, and boosters in-game. Now you can set a 'specific…
achiATH recruits: This is probably the penultimate big update to the game, adding long awaited ATH recruits! Now, ATH recruits will be generated alongside other recruits at the start of each season. These recruits have attributes that may be a…
achiGame weather: This update is all about adding weather as a new gameplay mechanic. Every game played now has a weather forecast going into the game, which is randomly generated and is based on real-world data from where the game is played…
achiWatch CPU games: With this update, you can finally watch CPU vs CPU games. This includes any games during the regular season before playing your own, or during the playoffs & CCGs when you want to watch the big matchups at the end of the…
achihttps://i.imgur.com/4zUBA2W.png Super excited to announce that Football Coach: College dynasty is finally playable on Mac! If you have an Apple Silicon Mac, you should be able to download and play right now. This has been a long time…
achiFirst of all, thanks for a great v1.0 launch! FC:CD was in the Steam 'New and Trending' for a bit, tons of new players tried out the game, and we saw the highest concurrent players ever (647). Really awesome to see, so thank you again. This…
achihttps://i.imgur.com/FKielUb.png I'm so happy to announce that Football Coach: College Dynasty has finally exited Early Access and is now version 1.0! Though I will still be releasing a few more updates to the game, this means that I feel…
achiFootball Coach: College Dynasty has Steam workshop support (finally)! With this update, you can now browse the workshop, subscribe to items, and use them right away in your saves. These files include league universe files, image packs, and…
achiThis is another smaller update, which is focused on helping get recruiting kick started when starting a new year. Now that CPU teams are smarter about who they target, it can be tedious to scout a ton of players to find the right fits. To…
achiAs part of the Steam Autumn Sale, the game is now 40% off! This is the deepest discount yet, so it's the perfect time to jump in and play, or gift it to that football fan in your life. Start your coaching career and build your legacy today!…
achiMinor improvements: Add +75 as the cap for max total bonus priority points for a recruit Slightly reduce coach pedigree bonus active chance for blue chip recruits Weigh playing time higher in recruit priority generation for blue chip…
Patch notesBug fixes & changes: Fix late game win percentage calculation when XP is being attempted Fix booster rivalry gifts for OOC rivals so inactive rivalries aren't used Fix FCS assignment logic to avoid double booking opponents after swapping…
Patch notesOOC scheduling contracts: The first big feature is a totally new OOC scheduling system, which now uses contracts to schedule opponents. These contracts can be single home/away games, or home-and-homes, or 2-for-1s, and each may pay or cost…
achiFirst of all, thank you! Before we get into the details, I want to give a sincere thank you to everyone who has played Football Coach: College Dynasty during this Early Access period. The community feedback has been invaluable during…
achiBetter coach retirement: I've made a few changes that should help retirement in Coach Career mode feel less anticlimactic. First of all, now you can retire on your own terms, instead of only when turning 80. There's a 'Retire' button during…
Patch notesFormation overrides: The first big addition in this update is a new "Formation overrides" section in the depth chart. This allows you to set exactly who is in where for different formations, on both offense and defense. And it allows more…
achiIt's been a month since last update, so I want to give a quick preview of the next one, which should be arriving next week. I hoped to get it out in beta today, but decided to hold off as I'll be out of town this weekend and don't want to…
achiPlayoff selection show: Previously, your team's postseason invite would be shown in a dialog without much fanfare. Now, after the CCG week, there is a special "Playoff selection show", just like they have in real life. Each team from #25 to…
achiThis update is almost all about recruiting, with several big features to talk about! If you want the short version, scroll down to the concise list of changes at the bottom of the announcement. Bonus priorities in recruiting: The first…
achihttps://i.imgur.com/WpiMm2M.png I'm happy to announce that Football Coach: College Dynasty has reached the incredible milestone of 30,000 sales! This has exceeded my wildest expectations, and couldn't be possible without the community that…
achiThis is a smaller follow-up update to finish up the work in the new playbooks and fix a couple issues, as well as add some nice quality of life improvements. New Flexbone and Wishbone formations: To finish up the Option playbook, I've added…
Patch notesThis is the biggest update to the game in quite some time, I hope you all will enjoy! I've added to basically every part of the game, from new offensive plays, changes to recruiting, coin flips to games, better optimization, and lots more.…
achiNew booster bonus objectives: Bonus objectives have been revamped, so now they can be related to specific game or opponent results. 30 new condition types have been added in total, ranging from "Win 5 games in a row" to "Beat Georgia…
achiCertified Classics: The big feature in this update are "Certified Classics"; each game played now has a classic score, and those games over certain thresholds will be designated classics, with tiers from Bronze to All-timer. Classic score…
achiWin probability charts: The first addition is new win probability charts, which can be viewed for games which have their full game logs saved (this can be configured in the "Game Settings" page). If present, you can see the estimated win…
achiTimeouts and clock management: The big change here is adding timeouts, and along with that comes a change in how the play clock works during the game. Now, in between plays the clock can either be running or stopped. If it's running, more…
achiNews, news, news: The big feature here is a new "League News" page, which replaces the League Dashboard (though that view is still available). This news page has newspapers from the league and from each conference, and each newspaper has…
achiNew Play Game page: The most noticeable change in this update is the new Play Game page. Now, you can see which plays were just run, along with the result. I've added 3 sizes for the play field as well, which should adapt to more screen…
achiCustom recruiting classes: This update adds custom recruiting class support! Go to Game Settings to learn more about how to create a folder to import from, and to validate recruiting class files. They are fairly similar to the format of the…
achiMinor improvements: - Add team postseason summary badge (BW, BL, SFL, etc) Bug fixes: - Improve validation of custom coaching staffs - Prioritize 6+ wins over 5 win teams for all bowls - Remove cancelled visits from visit summary dialog…
Patch notesImport and export changes: - Add 'adjustHsGradYears' option at top-level of file (see below) - Generate fanbase type and school archetype on export for older leagues - Fix coach opinion validation for exported files - Change some export…
Patch notesImporting players and coaches in Custom Universe files: This feature has been long requested, and should provide a lot of replay value and challenge potential. Now, you can add players and coaching staffs to Custom Universe files, allowing…
achiNew "Award History" page: The new "Award History" page, found in the History nav section, has been added, and is a great way to view the history of player awards. There's even a nice bar chart to show how many each team has won over the…
achiNew "Full game logs" setting: Before this update, you were only able to see full game logs, with each play and drive, for games that you play (or watch) yourself. Now, this setting allows you to save full game logs for simulated games as…
achiThis update is focused on adding more customization possibilities for leagues, via a new "God mode" setting. This can be enabled in the Game Settings page, found via the top right orange football menu. When enabled, you can edit player…
achi- Adjust new game team generation to reduce 4/5 star players on lower prestige schools - Reduce kicker recruit ratings to greatly reduce chance of 4/5 star kickers - Adjust kicker draft logic so they are not drafted as high - Change a…
Patch notesThis update is focused on a few improvements, the most obvious of which is the upgraded data tables and the new 'Career' and 'Single season' filters for all player stats. Now, you can pin columns in the table, filter on each column, export…
achiThis update has a good mix of bug fixes, quality of life improvements, UI improvements, and one big feature: custom logo support for saves! With this update, you can go to "Game Settings" (found in the top right orange football menu), and…
achiWith this update comes a long awaited feature that amps up the realism: a new "Scholarship limits" setting, which if enabled, limits your roster to 85 scholarship players total. To facilitate adhering to this limit, you can now cut players…
achiThese patch notes are gonna be short and sweet, as there's really just one big change to talk about: jersey numbers! https://i.imgur.com/S6hvZ1D.png Now, each player is assigned a jersey number after the "Position Changes" stage in…
achiCoach Contracts! This update is highly anticipated, and greatly improves one of the core features of the game: hiring and firing coaches. With this update, a new Coach Contracts setting has been added, which can be enabled on new saves. If…
achiI appreciate everyone's patience as I work on the next update; I know it's been 3 weeks since the last one (school archetypes). Coach Contracts Update This one is focused almost exclusively on revamping the coach carousel, and includes…
achiThis update is all about adding more variety and personality to each school. Previously, the endgame for each school would be level 10 in everything, and all the top schools would be pretty similar. Now, each school has an archetype, which…
achiThis update doesn't have a big killer feature (one week of vacation will do that), but does have a litany of minor additions and quality of life improvements, as well as a few bug fixes. The first addition worth mentioning is that bowl…
achiWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Windows launch option | FootballCoach.exe | windows | ||
| Mac launch option | Football Coach.app | macos |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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