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1931
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1930 CFB Coaches
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104 Coaches
Record as
major school
104 Coaches Table
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
1
Bernie Bierman
Tulane
Southern
11
1
0
.917
2
Howard Jones
USC
PCC
10
1
0
.909
3
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Southern
9
0
1
.950
4
Noble Kizer
Purdue
Western
9
1
0
.900
5
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Southern
9
1
0
.900
6
Ray Morrison
SMU
SWC
9
1
1
.864
7
Francis Schmidt
TCU
SWC
9
2
1
.792
8
Andrew Kerr
Colgate
Ind
8
1
0
.889
9
Frank Murray
Marquette
Ind
8
1
0
.889
10
Jock Sutherland
Pitt
Ind
8
1
0
.889
11
Curley Byrd
Maryland
Southern
8
1
1
.850
12
Harry Kipke
Michigan
Western
8
1
1
.850
13
Henry Miller
Temple
Ind
8
1
1
.850
14
Dana Bible
Nebraska
Big 6
8
2
0
.800
15
William Ingram
California
PCC
8
2
0
.800
16
Slip Madigan
Saint Mary's (CA)
Ind
8
2
0
.800
17
Bo McMillin
Kansas State
Big 6
8
2
0
.800
18
Harry Mehre
Georgia
Southern
8
2
0
.800
19
Ralph Sasse
Army
Ind
8
2
1
.773
20
Pappy Waldorf
Oklahoma State
MVC
8
2
1
.773
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
21
Gilmour Dobie
Cornell
Ind
7
1
0
.875
22
Dick Hanley
Northwestern
Western
7
1
1
.833
23
Vic Hanson
Syracuse
Ind
7
1
1
.833
24
Lou Little
Columbia
Ind
7
1
1
.833
25
Ike Armstrong
Utah
RMC
7
2
0
.778
26
Gus Dorais
Detroit Mercy
Ind
7
2
1
.750
27
Pop Warner
Stanford
PCC
7
2
2
.727
28
Madison Bell
Texas A&M
SWC
7
3
0
.700
29
Fritz Crisler
Minnesota
Western
7
3
0
.700
30
DeOrmond McLaughry
Brown
Ind
7
3
0
.700
31
Carl Snavely
Bucknell
Ind
6
0
3
.833
32
Frank Cavanaugh
Fordham
Ind
6
1
2
.778
33
E. Lowell Romney
Utah State
RMC
6
2
0
.750
34
Ted Shipkey
Arizona State
BIAA
6
2
0
.750
35
Hunk Anderson
Notre Dame
Ind
6
2
1
.722
36
Clarence Spears
Oregon
PCC
6
2
2
.700
37
Harvey Harman
Pennsylvania
Ind
6
3
0
.667
38
Sam Willaman
Ohio State
Western
6
3
0
.667
39
Heck Clark
Sewanee
Southern
6
3
1
.650
40
Paul Schissler
Oregon State
PCC
6
3
1
.650
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
41
William Amos
Washington & Jefferson
Ind
6
4
0
.600
42
Gerald Hines
New Mexico State
BIAA
6
4
0
.600
43
O.E. Hollingbery
Washington State
PCC
6
4
0
.600
44
Clyde Littlefield
Texas
SWC
6
4
0
.600
45
Jack Meagher
Rice
SWC
6
4
0
.600
46
John Rhodes
Wyoming
RMC
6
4
0
.600
47
Mal Stevens
Yale
Ind
5
1
2
.750
48
Harry Gamage
Kentucky
Southern
5
2
2
.667
49
George Veenker
Iowa State
Big 6
5
3
0
.625
50
Lester Watt
Grinnell
MVC
5
3
0
.625
51
Myron Witham
Colorado
RMC
5
3
0
.625
52
Jack Cannell
Dartmouth
Ind
5
3
1
.611
53
Jimmy Crowley
Michigan State
Ind
5
3
1
.611
54
James Phelan
Washington
PCC
5
3
1
.611
55
Chet Wynne
Auburn
Southern
5
3
1
.611
56
Wallace Wade
Duke
Southern
5
3
2
.600
57
Russ Cohen
LSU
Southern
5
4
0
.556
58
Harry Hughes
Colorado State
RMC
5
4
0
.556
59
Dan McGugin
Vanderbilt
Southern
5
4
0
.556
60
Billy Laval
South Carolina
Southern
5
4
1
.550
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
61
Glenn Thistlethwaite
Wisconsin
Western
5
4
1
.550
62
Bill Hargiss
Kansas
Big 6
5
5
0
.500
63
Rip Miller
Navy
Ind
5
5
1
.500
64
Homer Norton
Centenary (LA)
Ind
5
5
0
.500
65
Ossie Solem
Drake
MVC
5
6
0
.455
66
Harry Stuhldreher
Villanova
Ind
4
3
2
.556
67
Chuck Collins
North Carolina
Southern
4
3
3
.550
68
F.S. Miller
Wake Forest
Ind
4
4
0
.500
69
Ott Romney
Brigham Young
RMC
4
4
0
.500
70
W.T. VandeGraaff
Colorado College
RMC
4
4
0
.500
71
Monk Younger
Davidson
Ind
4
4
2
.500
72
Jimmy DeHart
Washington & Lee
Southern
4
5
1
.450
73
Tommy Mills
Georgetown
Ind
4
5
1
.450
74
Jeff Cravath
Denver
RMC
4
6
0
.400
75
Greasy Neale
West Virginia
Ind
4
6
0
.400
76
Adrian Lindsey
Oklahoma
Big 6
4
7
1
.375
77
O.E. Neale
Virginia Tech
Southern
3
4
2
.444
78
William Spaulding
UCLA
PCC
3
4
1
.438
79
Leo Calland
Idaho
PCC
3
4
0
.429
80
Mike Pecarovich
Gonzaga
Ind
3
4
0
.429
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
81
Fred Enke
Arizona
BIAA
3
5
1
.389
82
Walter Steffen
Carnegie Mellon
Ind
3
5
1
.389
83
Fred Thomsen
Arkansas
SWC
3
5
1
.389
84
Rudy Lavik
Northern Arizona
BIAA
3
5
0
.375
85
Morley Jennings
Baylor
SWC
3
6
0
.333
86
Clipper Smith
North Carolina State
Southern
3
6
0
.333
87
William Saunders
Northern Colorado
RMC
2
4
1
.357
88
Billy Hayes
Indiana
Western
2
5
1
.313
89
Charlie Bachman
Florida
Southern
2
6
2
.300
90
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Chicago
Western
2
6
1
.278
91
William Alexander
Georgia Tech
Southern
2
7
1
.250
92
Ray Dauber
Mississippi State
Southern
2
6
0
.250
93
Robert Zuppke
Illinois
Western
2
6
0
.250
94
Albert Sharpe
Washington (MO)
MVC
2
7
0
.222
95
Gwinn Henry
Missouri
Big 6
2
8
0
.200
96
Bob Higgins
Penn State
Ind
2
8
0
.200
97
Jess Neely
Clemson
Southern
1
6
2
.222
98
George Allen
Colorado Mines
RMC
1
5
1
.214
99
Schubert Dyche
Montana State
RMC
1
5
1
.214
100
Elmer Wynne
Colorado Mines
RMC
1
5
1
.214
Rk
Coach
School
Conf
W
L
T
Pct
Notes
101
Fred Dawson
Virginia
Southern
1
7
2
.200
102
Burton Ingwersen
Iowa
Western
1
6
1
.188
103
Tefler Meade
Western State
RMC
1
6
0
.143
104
Bunny Oakes
Montana
PCC
1
6
0
.143
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