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1972 College Football Coaches

1971 CFB Coaches 1973 CFB Coaches

Champions: USC (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: John McKay (USC)

AP Preseason #1: Nebraska

AP Final #1: USC

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129 Coaches

Record as major school

129 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	John McKay	USC	Pac-8	12	0	0	1.000
2	Bill Dooley	North Carolina	ACC	11	1	0	.917
3	Chuck Fairbanks	Oklahoma	Big 8	11	1	0	.917
4	Don Coryell	San Diego State	PCAA	10	1	0	.909
5	Ralph Jordan	Auburn	SEC	10	1	0	.909
6	Darrell Royal	Texas	SWC	10	1	0	.909
7	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	10	1	0	.909
8	Bill Battle	Tennessee	SEC	10	2	0	.833
9	Earle Bruce	Tampa	Ind	10	2	0	.833
10	Bear Bryant	Alabama	SEC	10	2	0	.833
11	Frank Kush	Arizona State	WAC	10	2	0	.833
12	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	10	2	0	.833
13	Lee Corso	Louisville	MVC	9	1	0	.900
14	Woody Hayes	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	2	0	.818
15	Sonny Randle	East Carolina	Southern	9	2	0	.818
16	Bob Devaney	Nebraska	Big 8	9	2	1	.792
17	Charles McClendon	LSU	SEC	9	2	1	.792
18	Chester Caddas	Pacific	PCAA	8	3	0	.727
19	Chuck Mills	Utah State	Ind	8	3	0	.727
20	Jim Owens	Washington	Pac-8	8	3	0	.727
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Ara Parseghian	Notre Dame	Ind	8	3	0	.727
22	Pepper Rodgers	UCLA	Pac-8	8	3	0	.727
23	Lou Holtz	North Carolina State	ACC	8	3	1	.708
24	Bobby Bowden	West Virginia	Ind	8	4	0	.667
25	Jim Carlen	Texas Tech	SWC	8	4	0	.667
26	Eddie Crowder	Colorado	Big 8	8	4	0	.667
27	John Crouthamel	Dartmouth	Ivy	7	1	1	.833
28	Carmen Cozza	Yale	Ivy	7	2	0	.778
29	Bill Mallory	Miami (OH)	MAC	7	3	0	.700
30	Bill Doolittle	Western Michigan	MAC	7	3	1	.682
31	John Bateman	Rutgers	Ind	7	4	0	.636
32	Vince Dooley	Georgia	SEC	7	4	0	.636
33	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	7	4	0	.636
34	Hayden Fry	SMU	SWC	7	4	0	.636
35	Jerry Ippoliti	Northern Illinois	Ind	7	4	0	.636
36	Larry Jones	Florida State	Ind	7	4	0	.636
37	Jim Sweeney	Washington State	Pac-8	7	4	0	.636
38	Bill Fulcher	Georgia Tech	Ind	7	4	1	.625
39	Jack Wallace	Drake	MVC	7	5	0	.583
40	Harry Gamble	Pennsylvania	Ivy	6	3	0	.667
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Jack Musick	Cornell	Ivy	6	3	0	.667
42	Don Nehlen	Bowling Green State	MAC	6	3	1	.650
43	Thomas Cahill	Army	Ind	6	4	0	.600
44	Frank Jones	Richmond	Southern	6	4	0	.600
45	Ben Martin	Air Force	Ind	6	4	0	.600
46	Charles Coffey	Virginia Tech	Ind	6	4	1	.591
47	Darryl Rogers	Fresno State	PCAA	6	4	1	.591
48	Bill Yeoman	Houston	Ind	6	4	1	.591
49	Frank Broyles	Arkansas	SWC	6	5	0	.545
50	Jack Christiansen	Stanford	Pac-8	6	5	0	.545
51	Bob DeMoss	Purdue	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545
52	Bennie Ellender	Tulane	Ind	6	5	0	.545
53	Bill Meek	Utah	WAC	6	5	0	.545
54	Jack Murphy	Toledo	MAC	6	5	0	.545
55	Bob Seaman	Wichita State	MVC	6	5	0	.545
56	Dave Smith	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6	5	0	.545
57	Don James	Kent State	MAC	6	5	1	.542
58	Al Onofrio	Missouri	Big 8	6	6	0	.500
59	Wayne Hardin	Temple	Ind	5	4	0	.556
60	Edward Doherty	Holy Cross	Ind	5	4	1	.550
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Neil Wheelwright	Colgate	Ind	5	4	1	.550
62	Jim Brakefield	Appalachian State	Southern	5	5	1	.500
63	Jerry Claiborne	Maryland	ACC	5	5	1	.500
64	Al Conover	Rice	SWC	5	5	1	.500
65	Duffy Daugherty	Michigan State	Big Ten	5	5	1	.500
66	Doug Dickey	Florida	SEC	5	5	1	.500
67	Billy Kinard	Ole Miss	SEC	5	5	0	.500
68	Gene Mayfield	West Texas A&M	MVC	5	5	0	.500
69	Fred Pancoast	Memphis	MVC	5	5	1	.500
70	Johnny Majors	Iowa State	Big 8	5	6	1	.458
71	Fran Curci	Miami (FL)	Ind	5	6	0	.455
72	Mike McGee	Duke	ACC	5	6	0	.455
73	Red Parker	The Citadel	Southern	5	6	0	.455
74	John Pont	Indiana	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
75	James Root	William & Mary	Southern	5	6	0	.455
76	Ben Schwartzwalder	Syracuse	Ind	5	6	0	.455
77	Jim Strangeland	Long Beach State	PCAA	5	6	0	.455
78	John Symank	UT Arlington	Ind	5	6	0	.455
79	Grant Teaff	Baylor	SWC	5	6	0	.455
80	Billy Tohill	TCU	SWC	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Joseph Restic	Harvard	Ivy	4	4	1	.500
82	John McVay	Dayton	Ind	4	6	1	.409
83	Paul Dietzel	South Carolina	Ind	4	7	0	.364
84	Dick Enright	Oregon	Pac-8	4	7	0	.364
85	Don Fambrough	Kansas	Big 8	4	7	0	.364
86	Rick Forzano	Navy	Ind	4	7	0	.364
87	Cecil Ingram	Clemson	ACC	4	7	0	.364
88	John Jardine	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364
89	DeWayne King	San Jose State	PCAA	4	7	0	.364
90	Don Lawrence	Virginia	ACC	4	7	0	.364
91	Don Robbins	Idaho	Ind	4	7	0	.364
92	Charles Shira	Mississippi State	SEC	4	7	0	.364
93	Fritz Shurmur	Wyoming	WAC	4	7	0	.364
94	Cal Stoll	Minnesota	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364
95	Bob Weber	Arizona	WAC	4	7	0	.364
96	Joseph Yukica	Boston College	Ind	4	7	0	.364
97	F. Dry	Tulsa	MVC	3	2	0	.600
98	Jake McCandless	Princeton	Ivy	3	5	1	.389
99	Frank Navarro	Columbia	Ivy	3	5	1	.389
100	David Fagg	Davidson	Southern	3	7	1	.318
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Frank Lauterbur	Iowa	Big Ten	3	7	1	.318
102	P.W. Underwood	Southern Mississippi	Ind	3	7	1	.318
103	Emory Bellard	Texas A&M	SWC	3	8	0	.273
104	Bob Blackman	Illinois	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273
105	Thomas Cecchini	Xavier	Ind	3	8	0	.273
106	Rudy Feldman	New Mexico	WAC	3	8	0	.273
107	Vince Gibson	Kansas State	Big 8	3	8	0	.273
108	Bill Hess	Ohio	MAC	3	8	0	.273
109	Bill Pace	Vanderbilt	SEC	3	8	0	.273
110	John Ray	Kentucky	SEC	3	8	0	.273
111	Mike White	California	Pac-8	3	8	0	.273
112	Jack Lengyel	Marshall	Ind	2	8	0	.200
113	Alex Agase	Northwestern	Big Ten	2	9	0	.182
114	Dee Andros	Oregon State	Pac-8	2	9	0	.182
115	Ray Callahan	Cincinnati	Ind	2	9	0	.182
116	Lou Ferry	Villanova	Ind	2	9	0	.182
117	Tom Harper	Wake Forest	ACC	2	9	0	.182
118	Robert King	Furman	Southern	2	9	0	.182
119	Bob Thalman	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	2	9	0	.182
120	Harold Wilkes	Chattanooga	Ind	2	9	0	.182
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
121	Jim Wood	New Mexico State	MVC	2	9	0	.182
122	Tommy Hudspeth	UTEP	WAC	1	3	0	.250
123	Robert Dobbs	UTEP	WAC	1	5	0	.167
124	Claude Gibson	Tulsa	MVC	1	5	0	.167
125	Dick Towers	Southern Illinois	Ind	1	8	1	.150
126	Leonard Jardine	Brown	Ivy	1	8	0	.111
127	Carl DePasqua	Pitt	Ind	1	10	0	.091
128	Rod Rust	North Texas	MVC	1	10	0	.091
129	Jerry Wampfler	Colorado State	WAC	1	10	0	.091