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1927
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1926 CFB Coaches
1928 CFB Coaches
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95 Coaches
Record as
major school
95 Coaches Table
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
1
Biff Jones
Army
Ind
9
1
0
.900
2
Gus Tebell
North Carolina State
Southern
9
1
0
.900
3
George Cecil Woodruff Sr.
Georgia
Southern
9
1
0
.900
4
Enoch Bagshaw
Washington
PCC
9
2
0
.818
5
Dana Bible
Texas A&M
SWC
8
0
1
.944
6
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Southern
8
0
1
.944
7
Lou Little
Georgetown
Ind
8
1
0
.889
8
Francis Schmidt
Arkansas
SWC
8
1
0
.889
9
William Alexander
Georgia Tech
Southern
8
1
1
.850
10
Howard Jones
USC
PCC
8
1
1
.850
11
Jock Sutherland
Pitt
Ind
8
1
1
.850
12
Dan McGugin
Vanderbilt
Southern
8
1
2
.818
13
Pop Warner
Stanford
PCC
8
2
1
.773
14
Robert Zuppke
Illinois
Western
7
0
1
.938
15
Andrew Kerr
Washington & Jefferson
Ind
7
0
2
.889
16
Jesse Hawley
Dartmouth
Ind
7
1
0
.875
17
Harry Hughes
Colorado State
RMC
7
1
0
.875
18
Tad Jones
Yale
Ind
7
1
0
.875
19
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Ind
7
1
1
.833
20
Gus Dorais
Detroit Mercy
Ind
7
2
0
.778
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
21
Gwinn Henry
Missouri
MVIAA
7
2
0
.778
22
Ray Morrison
SMU
SWC
7
2
0
.778
23
Nibs Price
California
PCC
7
3
0
.700
24
Tom Sebring
Florida
Southern
7
3
0
.700
25
Clarence Spears
Minnesota
Western
6
0
2
.875
26
Chet Wynne
Creighton
Ind
6
1
1
.813
27
Ernest Bearg
Nebraska
MVIAA
6
2
0
.750
28
James Phelan
Purdue
Western
6
2
0
.750
29
W.T. VandeGraaff
Colorado College
RMC
6
2
0
.750
30
Tad Wieman
Michigan
Western
6
2
0
.750
31
Hugo Bezdek
Penn State
Ind
6
2
1
.722
32
Clyde Littlefield
Texas
SWC
6
2
1
.722
33
William Ingram
Navy
Ind
6
3
0
.667
34
Frank Murray
Marquette
Ind
6
3
0
.667
35
Lou Young
Pennsylvania
Ind
6
4
0
.600
36
Fred Dawson
Denver
RMC
5
2
0
.714
37
Charles Crowley
Columbia
Ind
5
2
2
.667
38
Bob Higgins
Washington (MO)
MVIAA
5
2
2
.667
39
J.W. Hancock
Mississippi State
Southern
5
3
0
.625
40
Josh Cody
Clemson
Southern
5
3
1
.611
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
41
Homer Hazel
Ole Miss
Southern
5
3
1
.611
42
Herb McCracken
Lafayette
Ind
5
3
1
.611
43
Lew Andreas
Syracuse
Ind
5
3
2
.600
44
Andy Gustafson
Virginia Tech
Southern
5
4
0
.556
45
Greasy Neale
Virginia
Southern
5
4
0
.556
46
Walter Steffen
Carnegie Mellon
Ind
5
4
1
.550
47
Wallace Wade
Alabama
Southern
5
4
1
.550
48
Charlie Erb
Idaho
PCC
4
2
2
.625
49
George Hauser
Colgate
Ind
4
2
3
.611
50
C. Noel Workman
Iowa State
MVIAA
4
3
1
.563
51
Madison Bell
TCU
SWC
4
3
2
.556
52
Mike Donahue
LSU
Southern
4
4
1
.500
53
Dick Hanley
Northwestern
Western
4
4
0
.500
54
Pat Herron
Washington & Lee
Southern
4
4
1
.500
55
Burton Ingwersen
Iowa
Western
4
4
0
.500
56
John Maulbetsch
Oklahoma State
MVIAA
4
4
0
.500
57
Ott Romney
Montana State
RMC
4
4
0
.500
58
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Chicago
Western
4
4
0
.500
59
Glenn Thistlethwaite
Wisconsin
Western
4
4
0
.500
60
John Wilce
Ohio State
Western
4
4
0
.500
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
61
Monk Younger
Davidson
Ind
4
4
1
.500
62
Jimmy DeHart
Duke
Ind
4
5
0
.444
63
Harry Lightsey
South Carolina
Southern
4
5
0
.444
64
George McLaren
Wyoming
RMC
4
5
0
.444
65
Myron Witham
Colorado
RMC
4
5
0
.444
66
Ralph Young
Michigan State
Ind
4
5
0
.444
67
Chuck Collins
North Carolina
Southern
4
6
0
.400
68
Curley Byrd
Maryland
Southern
4
7
0
.364
69
Ike Armstrong
Utah
RMC
3
3
1
.500
70
Gilmour Dobie
Cornell
Ind
3
3
2
.500
71
O.E. Hollingbery
Washington State
PCC
3
3
2
.500
72
Adrian Lindsey
Oklahoma
MVIAA
3
3
2
.500
73
Paul Schissler
Oregon State
PCC
3
3
1
.500
74
Cappy Cappon
Kansas
MVIAA
3
4
1
.438
75
Frank Millburn
Montana
PCC
3
4
1
.438
76
Pat Page
Indiana
Western
3
4
1
.438
77
E. Lowell Romney
Utah State
RMC
3
4
1
.438
78
Charlie Bachman
Kansas State
MVIAA
3
5
0
.375
79
Harry Gamage
Kentucky
Southern
3
6
1
.350
80
DeOrmond McLaughry
Brown
Ind
3
6
1
.350
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
81
Ossie Solem
Drake
MVIAA
3
6
0
.333
82
Rat Rogers
West Virginia
Ind
2
4
3
.389
83
C.J. Hart
Brigham Young
RMC
2
4
1
.357
84
John McEwan
Oregon
PCC
2
4
1
.357
85
Bernie Bierman
Tulane
Southern
2
5
1
.313
86
James Baldwin
Wake Forest
Ind
2
6
2
.300
87
George Allen
Colorado Mines
RMC
2
5
0
.286
88
John Heisman
Rice
SWC
2
6
1
.278
89
M.S. Bennett
Sewanee
Southern
2
6
0
.250
90
George Cooper
Northern Colorado
RMC
2
7
0
.222
91
Morley Jennings
Baylor
SWC
2
7
0
.222
92
John Van Liew
Western State
RMC
1
6
0
.143
93
Boozer Pitts
Auburn
Southern
0
4
2
.167
94
Lester Watt
Grinnell
MVIAA
0
7
1
.063
95
David Morey
Auburn
Southern
0
3
0
.000
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