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1970 College Football Coaches

1969 CFB Coaches 1971 CFB Coaches

Champions:
Nebraska (AP, FWAA)
Texas (NFF, UPI)
Ohio State (NFF)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Jim Plunkett (Stanford)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Alex Agase (Northwestern)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: Nebraska

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123 Coaches

Record as major school

123 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Frank Lauterbur	Toledo	MAC	12	0	0	1.000
2	Frank Kush	Arizona State	WAC	11	0	0	1.000
3	Bob Devaney	Nebraska	Big 8	11	0	1	.958
4	Bill Battle	Tennessee	SEC	11	1	0	.917
5	Ara Parseghian	Notre Dame	Ind	10	1	0	.909
6	Darrell Royal	Texas	SWC	10	1	0	.909
7	Bob Blackman	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	0	0	1.000
8	Woody Hayes	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	1	0	.900
9	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	9	1	0	.900
10	Frank Broyles	Arkansas	SWC	9	2	0	.818
11	Don Coryell	San Diego State	PCAA	9	2	0	.818
12	Lou Ferry	Villanova	Ind	9	2	0	.818
13	Ralph Jordan	Auburn	SEC	9	2	0	.818
14	Jim Strangeland	Long Beach State	PCAA	9	2	1	.792
15	Bud Carson	Georgia Tech	Ind	9	3	0	.750
16	Ben Martin	Air Force	Ind	9	3	0	.750
17	Charles McClendon	LSU	SEC	9	3	0	.750
18	John Ralston	Stanford	Pac-8	9	3	0	.750
19	Joseph Yukica	Boston College	Ind	8	2	0	.800
20	Bobby Bowden	West Virginia	Ind	8	3	0	.727
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Robert King	Furman	Southern	8	3	0	.727
22	Bill Yeoman	Houston	Ind	8	3	0	.727
23	Lee Corso	Louisville	MVC	8	3	1	.708
24	Jim Carlen	Texas Tech	SWC	8	4	0	.667
25	Bill Dooley	North Carolina	ACC	8	4	0	.667
26	Jim Pittman	Tulane	Ind	8	4	0	.667
27	Darryl Rogers	Fresno State	PCAA	8	4	0	.667
28	Carmen Cozza	Yale	Ivy	7	2	0	.778
29	John Yovicsin	Harvard	Ivy	7	2	0	.778
30	Bill Doolittle	Western Michigan	MAC	7	3	0	.700
31	Rudy Feldman	New Mexico	WAC	7	3	0	.700
32	Joe Kerbel	West Texas A&M	Ind	7	3	0	.700
33	Bill Mallory	Miami (OH)	MAC	7	3	0	.700
34	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	7	3	0	.700
35	Ray Callahan	Cincinnati	Ind	7	4	0	.636
36	Doug Dickey	Florida	SEC	7	4	0	.636
37	Bill Peterson	Florida State	Ind	7	4	0	.636
38	John Vaught	Ole Miss	SEC	7	4	0	.636
39	Chuck Fairbanks	Oklahoma	Big 8	7	4	1	.625
40	Jack Musick	Cornell	Ivy	6	3	0	.667
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Alex Agase	Northwestern	Big Ten	6	4	0	.600
42	Robert Dobbs	UTEP	WAC	6	4	0	.600
43	Claude Gibson	Tulsa	MVC	6	4	0	.600
44	Bill Meek	Utah	WAC	6	4	0	.600
45	Billy Murphy	Memphis	MVC	6	4	0	.600
46	Jim Owens	Washington	Pac-8	6	4	0	.600
47	Ben Schwartzwalder	Syracuse	Ind	6	4	0	.600
48	Jerry Frei	Oregon	Pac-8	6	4	1	.591
49	John McKay	USC	Pac-8	6	4	1	.591
50	Dee Andros	Oregon State	Pac-8	6	5	0	.545
51	Eddie Crowder	Colorado	Big 8	6	5	0	.545
52	Vince Gibson	Kansas State	Big 8	6	5	0	.545
53	Tom Harp	Duke	ACC	6	5	0	.545
54	Tommy Prothro	UCLA	Pac-8	6	5	0	.545
55	Charles Shira	Mississippi State	SEC	6	5	0	.545
56	Cal Stoll	Wake Forest	ACC	6	5	0	.545
57	Ray Willsey	California	Pac-8	6	5	0	.545
58	Bear Bryant	Alabama	SEC	6	5	1	.542
59	Jake McCandless	Princeton	Ivy	5	4	0	.556
60	John McVay	Dayton	Ind	5	4	1	.550
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	John Bateman	Rutgers	Ind	5	5	0	.500
62	Carl DePasqua	Pitt	Ind	5	5	0	.500
63	Vince Dooley	Georgia	SEC	5	5	0	.500
64	Bo Hagan	Rice	SWC	5	5	0	.500
65	Chuck Mills	Utah State	Ind	5	5	0	.500
66	George Blackburn	Virginia	ACC	5	6	0	.455
67	Jerry Claiborne	Virginia Tech	Ind	5	6	0	.455
68	Dan Devine	Missouri	Big 8	5	6	0	.455
69	Hayden Fry	SMU	SWC	5	6	0	.455
70	Johnny Majors	Iowa State	Big 8	5	6	0	.455
71	Red Parker	The Citadel	Southern	5	6	0	.455
72	Pepper Rodgers	Kansas	Big 8	5	6	0	.455
73	Homer Smith	Pacific	PCAA	5	6	0	.455
74	P.W. Underwood	Southern Mississippi	Ind	5	6	0	.455
75	Neil Wheelwright	Colgate	Ind	5	6	0	.455
76	Lou Holtz	William & Mary	Southern	5	7	0	.417
77	John Jardine	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4	5	1	.450
78	Bill Hess	Ohio	MAC	4	5	0	.444
79	Robert Odell	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4	5	0	.444
80	Paul Dietzel	South Carolina	ACC	4	6	1	.409
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Fred Taylor	TCU	SWC	4	6	1	.409
82	Duffy Daugherty	Michigan State	Big Ten	4	6	0	.400
83	Bob DeMoss	Purdue	Big Ten	4	6	0	.400
84	Frank Jones	Richmond	Southern	4	6	0	.400
85	Bob Weber	Arizona	WAC	4	6	0	.400
86	Jim Wood	New Mexico State	Ind	4	6	0	.400
87	Floyd Gass	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4	7	0	.364
88	Bill Pace	Vanderbilt	SEC	4	7	0	.364
89	Don Robbins	Idaho	Ind	4	7	0	.364
90	Jerry Wampfler	Colorado State	WAC	4	7	0	.364
91	Ray Nagel	Iowa	Big Ten	3	6	1	.350
92	Murray Warmath	Minnesota	Big Ten	3	6	1	.350
93	Frank Navarro	Columbia	Ivy	3	6	0	.333
94	Rick Tolley	Marshall	Ind	3	6	0	.333
95	Earle Edwards	North Carolina State	ACC	3	7	1	.318
96	Dave Puddington	Kent State	MAC	3	7	0	.300
97	Doc Urich	Northern Illinois	Ind	3	7	0	.300
98	James Valek	Illinois	Big Ten	3	7	0	.300
99	Tommy Hudspeth	Brigham Young	WAC	3	8	0	.273
100	Cecil Ingram	Clemson	ACC	3	8	0	.273
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Mike McGee	East Carolina	Southern	3	8	0	.273
102	Rod Rust	North Texas	MVC	3	8	0	.273
103	Don Nehlen	Bowling Green State	MAC	2	6	1	.278
104	Leonard Jardine	Brown	Ivy	2	7	0	.222
105	Walter Kichefski	Miami (FL)	Ind	2	7	0	.222
106	David Fagg	Davidson	Southern	2	8	0	.200
107	Bill Beall	Baylor	SWC	2	9	0	.182
108	Bob Deming	Buffalo	Ind	2	9	0	.182
109	Rick Forzano	Navy	Ind	2	9	0	.182
110	Roy Lester	Maryland	ACC	2	9	0	.182
111	John Ray	Kentucky	SEC	2	9	0	.182
112	Gene Stallings	Texas A&M	SWC	2	9	0	.182
113	Charlie Tate	Miami (FL)	Ind	1	1	0	.500
114	Joe McMullen	San Jose State	PCAA	1	2	0	.333
115	Thomas Cahill	Army	Ind	1	9	1	.136
116	DeWayne King	San Jose State	PCAA	1	7	0	.125
117	Lloyd Eaton	Wyoming	WAC	1	9	0	.100
118	John Pont	Indiana	Big Ten	1	9	0	.100
119	Richard Selcer	Xavier	Ind	1	9	0	.100
120	Vito Ragazzo	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	1	10	0	.091
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
121	Jim Sweeney	Washington State	Pac-8	1	10	0	.091
122	Bill Whitton	Holy Cross	Ind	0	10	1	.045
123	Ben Wilson	Wichita State	MVC	0	9	0	.000