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1939 College Football Coaches

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Champions: Texas A&M (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Nile Kinnick (Iowa)

AP First #1: Pitt

AP Final #1: Texas A&M

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119 Coaches

Record as major school

119 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Homer Norton	Texas A&M	SWC	11	0	0	1.000
2	Bob Neyland	Tennessee	SEC	10	1	0	.909
3	Jess Neely	Clemson	Southern	9	1	0	.900
4	Lon Stiner	Oregon State	PCC	9	1	1	.864
5	Frank Leahy	Boston College	Ind	9	2	0	.818
6	Carl Snavely	Cornell	Ind	8	0	0	1.000
7	Aldo Donelli	Duquesne	Ind	8	0	1	.944
8	Howard Jones	USC	PCC	8	0	2	.900
9	Wallace Wade	Duke	Southern	8	1	0	.889
10	Red Dawson	Tulane	SEC	8	1	1	.850
11	Raymond Wolf	North Carolina	Southern	8	1	1	.850
12	William Alexander	Georgia Tech	SEC	8	2	0	.800
13	Don Faurot	Missouri	Big 6	8	2	0	.800
14	Allyn McKeen	Mississippi State	SEC	8	2	0	.800
15	Ted Shipkey	New Mexico	BIAA	8	2	0	.800
16	Dixie Howell	Arizona State	BIAA	8	2	1	.773
17	Jack Hagerty	Georgetown	Ind	7	0	1	.938
18	Tad Wieman	Princeton	Ind	7	1	0	.875
19	Biff Jones	Nebraska	Big 6	7	1	1	.833
20	Frank Kimbrough	Hardin-Simmons	Ind	7	1	1	.833
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Glenn Thistlethwaite	Richmond	Southern	7	1	2	.800
22	Elmer Layden	Notre Dame	Ind	7	2	0	.778
23	Harry Mehre	Ole Miss	SEC	7	2	0	.778
24	Joseph Sheeketski	Holy Cross	Ind	7	2	0	.778
25	Morley Jennings	Baylor	SWC	7	3	0	.700
26	D.C. Walker	Wake Forest	Southern	7	3	0	.700
27	Edward Anderson	Iowa	Western	6	1	1	.813
28	Babe Horrell	UCLA	PCC	6	0	4	.800
29	Ike Armstrong	Utah	MSAC	6	1	2	.778
30	Fritz Crisler	Michigan	Western	6	2	0	.750
31	Jimmy Crowley	Fordham	Ind	6	2	0	.750
32	Puggy Hunton	Gonzaga	Ind	6	2	0	.750
33	Francis Schmidt	Ohio State	Western	6	2	0	.750
34	Maurice Smith	Villanova	Ind	6	2	0	.750
35	A.D. Kirwan	Kentucky	SEC	6	2	1	.722
36	Tom Stidham	Oklahoma	Big 6	6	2	1	.722
37	Carl Voyles	William & Mary	Southern	6	2	1	.722
38	Madison Bell	SMU	SWC	6	3	1	.650
39	Jimmy Conzelman	Washington (MO)	MVC	6	3	1	.650
40	Allison Hubert	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	6	3	1	.650
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Miles Casteel	Arizona	BIAA	6	4	0	.600
42	Elmer Holm	Washburn	MVC	6	4	0	.600
43	Bob Higgins	Penn State	Ind	5	1	2	.750
44	Buck Shaw	Santa Clara	Ind	5	1	3	.722
45	Edwin Kimball	Brigham Young	MSAC	5	2	2	.667
46	Bunny Oakes	Colorado	MSAC	5	3	0	.625
47	Bill Reinhard	George Washington	Ind	5	3	0	.625
48	Red Blaik	Dartmouth	Ind	5	3	1	.611
49	Gus Dorais	Detroit Mercy	Ind	5	3	1	.611
50	Cac Hubbard	Denver	MSAC	5	3	1	.611
51	DeOrmond McLaughry	Brown	Ind	5	3	1	.611
52	Frank Thomas	Alabama	SEC	5	3	1	.611
53	Dana Bible	Texas	SWC	5	4	0	.556
54	Charles Bowser	Pitt	Ind	5	4	0	.556
55	Frank Murray	Virginia	Ind	5	4	0	.556
56	Mack Saxon	UTEP	BIAA	5	4	0	.556
57	Mal Stevens	New York University	Ind	5	4	0	.556
58	Jim Lookabaugh	Oklahoma State	MVC	5	4	1	.550
59	Pete Cawthon	Texas Tech	BIAA	5	5	1	.500
60	Josh Cody	Florida	SEC	5	5	1	.500
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Vee Green	Drake	MVC	5	5	0	.500
62	Jack Harding	Miami (FL)	Ind	5	5	0	.500
63	Jack Meagher	Auburn	SEC	5	5	1	.500
64	Wallace Butts	Georgia	SEC	5	6	0	.455
65	George Malley	San Francisco	Ind	4	3	3	.550
66	Charlie Bachman	Michigan State	Ind	4	4	1	.500
67	Paddy Driscoll	Marquette	Ind	4	4	0	.500
68	Dick Harlow	Harvard	Ind	4	4	0	.500
69	Herb Kopf	Manhattan	Ind	4	4	0	.500
70	George Munger	Pennsylvania	Ind	4	4	0	.500
71	Chet Benefiel	Tulsa	MVC	4	5	1	.450
72	Henry Redd	Virginia Tech	Southern	4	5	1	.450
73	Fred Thomsen	Arkansas	SWC	4	5	1	.450
74	Wesley Fry	Kansas State	Big 6	4	5	0	.444
75	O.E. Hollingbery	Washington State	PCC	4	5	0	.444
76	Bernie Moore	LSU	SEC	4	5	0	.444
77	James Phelan	Washington	PCC	4	5	0	.444
78	Marchy Schwartz	Creighton	MVC	4	5	0	.444
79	Mal Elward	Purdue	Western	3	3	2	.500
80	Ossie Solem	Syracuse	Ind	3	3	2	.500
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	William Wood	Army	Ind	3	4	2	.444
82	Bernie Bierman	Minnesota	Western	3	4	1	.438
83	Slip Madigan	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind	3	4	1	.438
84	Tex Oliver	Oregon	PCC	3	4	1	.438
85	Ducky Pond	Yale	Ind	3	4	1	.438
86	E. Lowell Romney	Utah State	MSAC	3	4	1	.438
87	Tex Tilson	Washington & Lee	Southern	3	4	1	.438
88	Pappy Waldorf	Northwestern	Western	3	4	1	.438
89	Robert Zuppke	Illinois	Western	3	4	1	.438
90	Swede Larson	Navy	Ind	3	5	1	.389
91	Heck Clark	Sewanee	SEC	3	5	0	.375
92	Al Humphreys	Bucknell	Ind	3	5	0	.375
93	William Kern	Carnegie Mellon	Ind	3	5	0	.375
94	Rex Enright	South Carolina	Southern	3	6	1	.350
95	Doug Fessenden	Montana	PCC	3	6	0	.333
96	Gerald Hines	New Mexico State	BIAA	3	6	0	.333
97	Stub Allison	California	PCC	3	7	0	.300
98	Dutch Meyer	TCU	SWC	3	7	0	.300
99	Tatum Gressette	The Citadel	Southern	3	8	0	.273
100	Lou Little	Columbia	Ind	2	4	2	.375
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Bo McMillin	Indiana	Western	2	4	2	.375
102	Andrew Kerr	Colgate	Ind	2	5	1	.313
103	Marshall Glenn	West Virginia	Ind	2	6	1	.278
104	Mike Pecarovich	Loyola Marymount	Ind	2	6	1	.278
105	Ted Bank	Idaho	PCC	2	6	0	.250
106	Gwinn Henry	Kansas	Big 6	2	6	0	.250
107	Ray Morrison	Vanderbilt	SEC	2	7	1	.250
108	Clark Shaughnessy	Chicago	Western	2	6	0	.250
109	Frank Dobson	Maryland	Southern	2	7	0	.222
110	Harry Hughes	Colorado State	MSAC	2	7	0	.222
111	Gene McEver	Davidson	Southern	2	7	0	.222
112	Fred Swan	Temple	Ind	2	7	0	.222
113	Jim Yeager	Iowa State	Big 6	2	7	0	.222
114	Curtis Parker	Centenary (LA)	Ind	2	9	1	.208
115	Garrett Arbelbide	Northern Arizona	BIAA	1	6	1	.188
116	Harry Stuhldreher	Wisconsin	Western	1	6	1	.188
117	Tiny Thornhill	Stanford	PCC	1	7	1	.167
118	Jimmy Kitts	Rice	SWC	1	9	1	.136
119	Joel Hunt	Wyoming	MSAC	0	7	1	.063

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