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1977 College Football Coaches

1976 CFB Coaches 1978 CFB Coaches

Champions: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Earl Campbell (Texas)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Lou Holtz (Arkansas)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Notre Dame

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146 Coaches

Record as major school

146 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Fred Akers	Texas	SWC	11	1	0	.917
2	Bear Bryant	Alabama	SEC	11	1	0	.917
3	Dan Devine	Notre Dame	Ind	11	1	0	.917
4	Lou Holtz	Arkansas	SWC	11	1	0	.917
5	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	11	1	0	.917
6	Dick Crum	Miami (OH)	MAC	10	1	0	.909
7	Fran Curci	Kentucky	SEC	10	1	0	.909
8	Frederick Dunlap	Colgate	Ind	10	1	0	.909
9	Claude Gilbert	San Diego State	Ind	10	1	0	.909
10	Roy Kramer	Central Michigan	MAC	10	1	0	.909
11	Eddie Robinson	Grambling State	SWAC	10	1	0	.909
12	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	Ind	10	2	0	.833
13	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833
14	Barry Switzer	Oklahoma	Big 8	10	2	0	.833
15	Joe Morrison	Chattanooga	Southern	9	1	1	.864
16	Maxie Lambright	Louisiana Tech	Southland	9	1	2	.833
17	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	9	2	0	.818
18	Hayden Fry	North Texas	Ind	9	2	0	.818	record adjusted to 10-1-0 by NCAA
19	Dave McClain	Ball State	MAC	9	2	0	.818
20	Jim Sweeney	Fresno State	PCAA	9	2	0	.818
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Sarkis Arslanian	Colorado State	WAC	9	2	1	.792
22	Jackie Sherrill	Pitt	Ind	9	2	1	.792
23	Woody Hayes	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	3	0	.750
24	Frank Kush	Arizona State	WAC	9	3	0	.750
25	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	Big 8	9	3	0	.750
26	Bill Walsh	Stanford	Pac-8	9	3	0	.750
27	John Merritt	Tennessee State	Ind	8	1	1	.850
28	Frank Burns	Rutgers	Ind	8	3	0	.727
29	Ed Chlebek	Eastern Michigan	MAC	8	3	0	.727
30	Pat Dye	East Carolina	Ind	8	3	0	.727
31	W.C. Gorden	Jackson State	SWAC	8	3	0	.727
32	Bill Dooley	North Carolina	ACC	8	3	1	.708
33	Charley Pell	Clemson	ACC	8	3	1	.708
34	Emory Bellard	Texas A&M	SWC	8	4	0	.667
35	Earle Bruce	Iowa State	Big 8	8	4	0	.667
36	Jerry Claiborne	Maryland	ACC	8	4	0	.667
37	Don James	Washington	Pac-8	8	4	0	.667	record adjusted to 10-2-0 by NCAA
38	Charles McClendon	LSU	SEC	8	4	0	.667
39	Bo Rein	North Carolina State	ACC	8	4	0	.667
40	John Robinson	USC	Pac-8	8	4	0	.667
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	John Anderson	Brown	Ivy	7	2	0	.778
42	Carmen Cozza	Yale	Ivy	7	2	0	.778
43	Bill Mallory	Colorado	Big 8	7	3	1	.682
44	Darryl Rogers	Michigan State	Big Ten	7	3	1	.682
45	Bill Davidson	Arkansas State	Southland	7	4	0	.636
46	Terry Donahue	UCLA	Pac-8	7	4	0	.636	record adjusted to 0-11-0 by NCAA
47	Homer Smith	Army	Ind	7	4	0	.636
48	Bob Thalman	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	7	4	0	.636
49	Mike White	California	Pac-8	7	4	0	.636	record adjusted to 8-3-0 by NCAA
50	Vince Gibson	Louisville	Ind	7	4	1	.625
51	Steve Sloan	Texas Tech	SWC	7	5	0	.583
52	Cal Stoll	Minnesota	Big Ten	7	5	0	.583
53	John Crouthamel	Dartmouth	Ivy	6	3	0	.667
54	Doug Dickey	Florida	SEC	6	4	1	.591
55	Wendell Mosley	Texas Southern	SWAC	6	4	1	.591
56	Bob Waters	Western Carolina	Southern	6	4	1	.591
57	Bill Yung	West Texas A&M	MVC	6	4	1	.591
58	Augie Tammariello	Louisiana	Southland	6	4	2	.583
59	Chester Caddas	Pacific	PCAA	6	5	0	.545
60	Dennis Fitzgerald	Kent State	MAC	6	5	0	.545
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Frank Maloney	Syracuse	Ind	6	5	0	.545
62	Warren Powers	Washington State	Pac-8	6	5	0	.545	record adjusted to 7-4-0 by NCAA
63	Pepper Rodgers	Georgia Tech	Ind	6	5	0	.545
64	James Root	William & Mary	Ind	6	5	0	.545
65	A.L. Williams	Northwestern State	Ind	6	5	0	.545
66	Richard Williamson	Memphis	Ind	6	5	0	.545
67	Bill Yeoman	Houston	SWC	6	5	0	.545
68	Joseph Yukica	Boston College	Ind	6	5	0	.545
69	Bobby Collins	Southern Mississippi	Ind	6	6	0	.500
70	Harry Gamble	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5	4	0	.556
71	Ralph Staub	Cincinnati	Ind	5	4	2	.545
72	Lee Corso	Indiana	Big Ten	5	5	1	.500
73	Jack Doland	McNeese State	Southland	5	5	1	.500
74	Wayne Hardin	Temple	Ind	5	5	1	.500
75	Davis Weathersby	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	5	5	0	.500
76	Doug Barfield	Auburn	SEC	5	6	0	.455	record adjusted to 6-5-0 by NCAA
77	Frank Cignetti	West Virginia	Ind	5	6	0	.455
78	Ken Cooper	Ole Miss	SEC	5	6	0	.455	record adjusted to 6-5-0 by NCAA
79	Vince Dooley	Georgia	SEC	5	6	0	.455
80	Harold Elliott	UT Arlington	Southland	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	John Jardine	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
82	Mike McGee	Duke	ACC	5	6	0	.455
83	Bobby Ross	The Citadel	Southern	5	6	0	.455
84	Grant Teaff	Baylor	SWC	5	6	0	.455
85	Dick Tomey	Hawaii	Ind	5	6	0	.455
86	Bob Tyler	Mississippi State	SEC	5	6	0	.455	record adjusted to 0-11-0 by NCAA
87	George Welsh	Navy	Ind	5	6	0	.455
88	Jim Wright	Wichita State	MVC	5	6	0	.455
89	Jim Young	Purdue	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
90	Jim Carlen	South Carolina	Ind	5	7	0	.417
91	Tony Mason	Arizona	WAC	5	7	0	.417
92	Bill Mondt	New Mexico	WAC	5	7	0	.417
93	Dennis Stolz	Bowling Green State	MAC	5	7	0	.417
94	Art Baker	Furman	Southern	4	5	2	.455
95	Joseph Restic	Harvard	Ivy	4	5	0	.444
96	Bill Lewis	Wyoming	WAC	4	6	1	.409
97	Dave Currey	Long Beach State	PCAA	4	6	0	.400
98	Dick Bedesem Sr.	Villanova	Ind	4	7	0	.364
99	Jim Bradley	New Mexico State	MVC	4	7	0	.364
100	Jim Colletto	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4	7	0	.364
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Bob Commings	Iowa	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364	record adjusted to 5-6-0 by NCAA
102	Johnny Majors	Tennessee	SEC	4	7	0	.364
103	Ron Meyer	SMU	SWC	4	7	0	.364
104	Al Onofrio	Missouri	Big 8	4	7	0	.364
105	Bruce Snyder	Utah State	Ind	4	7	0	.364
106	Jim Stanley	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4	7	0	.364
107	Lynn Stiles	San Jose State	PCAA	4	7	0	.364
108	Elliot Uzelac	Western Michigan	MAC	4	7	0	.364
109	Charlie Bates	Southern	SWAC	3	3	1	.500
110	Robert Casciola	Princeton	Ivy	3	6	0	.333
111	Charlie Cowdrey	Illinois State	Ind	3	7	1	.318
112	Bud Moore	Kansas	Big 8	3	7	1	.318	record adjusted to 4-6-1 by NCAA
113	Jimmy Sharpe	Virginia Tech	Ind	3	7	1	.318
114	Tom Harp	Indiana State	Ind	3	7	0	.300
115	Marino Casem	Alcorn State	SWAC	3	8	0	.273
116	John Cooper	Tulsa	MVC	3	8	0	.273
117	Pat Culpepper	Northern Illinois	MAC	3	8	0	.273
118	Rey Dempsey	Southern Illinois	MVC	3	8	0	.273
119	Wayne Howard	Utah	WAC	3	8	0	.273
120	Gary Moeller	Illinois	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
121	Lou Saban	Miami (FL)	Ind	3	8	0	.273
122	Larry Smith	Tulane	Ind	3	8	0	.273
123	Jim Tait	Richmond	Ind	3	8	0	.273
124	Hoover Wright	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	3	8	0	.273
125	Ben Martin	Air Force	Ind	2	8	1	.227
126	William Campbell	Columbia	Ivy	2	7	0	.222
127	Jim Brakefield	Appalachian State	Southern	2	9	0	.182
128	Rich Brooks	Oregon	Pac-8	2	9	0	.182	record adjusted to 3-8-0 by NCAA
129	John David Crow	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	2	9	0	.182
130	F. Dry	TCU	SWC	2	9	0	.182
131	Frank Ellwood	Marshall	Southern	2	9	0	.182
132	Craig Fertig	Oregon State	Pac-8	2	9	0	.182	record adjusted to 3-8-0 by NCAA
133	Bob Frederick	Lamar	Southland	2	9	0	.182
134	Fred Pancoast	Vanderbilt	SEC	2	9	0	.182
135	Chuck Shelton	Drake	MVC	2	9	0	.182
136	Chuck Stobart	Toledo	MAC	2	9	0	.182
137	Neil Wheelwright	Holy Cross	Ind	2	9	0	.182
138	Dick Bestwick	Virginia	ACC	1	9	1	.136
139	Bob Blackman	Cornell	Ivy	1	8	0	.111
140	Bill Hess	Ohio	MAC	1	10	0	.091
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
141	Bill Michael	UTEP	WAC	1	10	0	.091
142	Chuck Mills	Wake Forest	ACC	1	10	0	.091
143	John Pont	Northwestern	Big Ten	1	10	0	.091
144	Ellis Rainsberger	Kansas State	Big 8	1	10	0	.091	record adjusted to 2-9-0 by NCAA
145	Homer Rice	Rice	SWC	1	10	0	.091
146	Ken Tillage	Southern	SWAC	0	4	0	.000