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1979 College Football Coaches

1978 CFB Coaches 1980 CFB Coaches

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Charles White (USC)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Earle Bruce (Ohio State)

AP Preseason #1: USC

AP Final #1: Alabama

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141 Coaches

Record as major school

141 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Bear Bryant	Alabama	SEC	12	0	0	1.000
2	John Robinson	USC	Pac-10	11	0	1	.958
3	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	Ind	11	1	0	.917
4	Earle Bruce	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	1	0	.917
5	Ernie Duplechin	McNeese State	Southland	11	1	0	.917
6	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	11	1	0	.917
7	Jackie Sherrill	Pitt	Ind	11	1	0	.917
8	Barry Switzer	Oklahoma	Big 8	11	1	0	.917
9	Bill Yeoman	Houston	SWC	11	1	0	.917
10	Herb Deromedi	Central Michigan	MAC	10	0	1	.955
11	Wayne Hardin	Temple	Ind	10	2	0	.833
12	Lou Holtz	Arkansas	SWC	10	2	0	.833
13	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	Big 8	10	2	0	.833
14	Jim Young	Purdue	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833
15	Tony Knap	UNLV	Ind	9	1	2	.833
16	Harold Elliott	UT Arlington	Southland	9	2	0	.818
17	Joe Morrison	Chattanooga	Southern	9	2	0	.818
18	Fred Akers	Texas	SWC	9	3	0	.750
19	Don James	Washington	Pac-10	9	3	0	.750	record adjusted to 10-2-0 by NCAA
20	Larry Smith	Tulane	Ind	9	3	0	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Carmen Cozza	Yale	Ivy	8	1	0	.889
22	Doug Barfield	Auburn	SEC	8	3	0	.727
23	Frank Burns	Rutgers	Ind	8	3	0	.727
24	Rey Dempsey	Southern Illinois	MVC	8	3	0	.727
25	Claude Gilbert	San Diego State	WAC	8	3	0	.727
26	Dick Jamieson	Indiana State	MVC	8	3	0	.727
27	Dick Crum	North Carolina	ACC	8	3	1	.708
28	Jim Carlen	South Carolina	Ind	8	4	0	.667
29	Lee Corso	Indiana	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667
30	Danny Ford	Clemson	ACC	8	4	0	.667
31	John Mackovic	Wake Forest	ACC	8	4	0	.667
32	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	8	4	0	.667
33	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667
34	Grant Teaff	Baylor	SWC	8	4	0	.667
35	Pat Dye	East Carolina	Ind	7	3	1	.682
36	Bruce Snyder	Utah State	PCAA	7	3	1	.682	record adjusted to 8-2-1 by NCAA
37	Chuck Stobart	Toledo	MAC	7	3	1	.682	record adjusted to 8-2-1 by NCAA
38	Jack Carlisle	East Tennessee State	Southern	7	4	0	.636
39	Jerry Claiborne	Maryland	ACC	7	4	0	.636
40	Dave Currey	Long Beach State	PCAA	7	4	0	.636
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Dan Devine	Notre Dame	Ind	7	4	0	.636
42	Jimmy Johnson	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7	4	0	.636
43	Bo Rein	North Carolina State	ACC	7	4	0	.636
44	George Welsh	Navy	Ind	7	4	0	.636
45	Johnny Majors	Tennessee	SEC	7	5	0	.583
46	Frank Maloney	Syracuse	Ind	7	5	0	.583
47	Charles McClendon	LSU	SEC	7	5	0	.583
48	Warren Powers	Missouri	Big 8	7	5	0	.583
49	John Anderson	Brown	Ivy	6	3	0	.667
50	Bob Frederick	Lamar	Southland	6	3	2	.636
51	Bobby Collins	Southern Mississippi	Ind	6	4	1	.591
52	Jack Elway	San Jose State	PCAA	6	4	1	.591
53	Bob Thalman	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	6	4	1	.591
54	Art Baker	The Citadel	Southern	6	5	0	.545
55	Dick Bestwick	Virginia	ACC	6	5	0	.545
56	Rich Brooks	Oregon	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545
57	Brian Burke	Ohio	MAC	6	5	0	.545
58	John Cooper	Tulsa	MVC	6	5	0	.545
59	Vince Dooley	Georgia	SEC	6	5	0	.545
60	Tom Reed	Miami (OH)	MAC	6	5	0	.545
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Dick Tomey	Hawaii	WAC	6	5	0	.545
62	Elliot Uzelac	Western Michigan	MAC	6	5	0	.545
63	Dwight Wallace	Ball State	MAC	6	5	0	.545
64	Bob Waters	Western Carolina	Southern	6	5	0	.545
65	Tom Wilson	Texas A&M	SWC	6	5	0	.545
66	Tony Mason	Arizona	Pac-10	6	5	1	.542
67	Wayne Howard	Utah	WAC	6	6	0	.500
68	Bill Mondt	New Mexico	WAC	6	6	0	.500
69	Roger Theder	California	Pac-10	6	6	0	.500
70	Bob Blackman	Cornell	Ivy	5	4	0	.556
71	Frank Navarro	Princeton	Ivy	5	4	0	.556
72	Frederick Dunlap	Colgate	Ind	5	4	1	.550
73	Pat Culpepper	Northern Illinois	MAC	5	5	1	.500
74	Ron Dowhower	Stanford	Pac-10	5	5	1	.500
75	Bill Yung	West Texas A&M	MVC	5	5	1	.500
76	Dick Bedesem Sr.	Villanova	Ind	5	6	0	.455
77	Ed Chlebek	Boston College	Ind	5	6	0	.455
78	Frank Cignetti	West Virginia	Ind	5	6	0	.455
79	Fran Curci	Kentucky	SEC	5	6	0	.455
80	Terry Donahue	UCLA	Pac-10	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Bill Dooley	Virginia Tech	Ind	5	6	0	.455
82	Hayden Fry	Iowa	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
83	Ron Meyer	SMU	SWC	5	6	0	.455
84	Jerry Moore	North Texas	Ind	5	6	0	.455
85	Darryl Rogers	Michigan State	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
86	Howard Schnellenberger	Miami (FL)	Ind	5	6	0	.455
87	Dick Sheridan	Furman	Southern	5	6	0	.455
88	Neil Wheelwright	Holy Cross	Ind	5	6	0	.455
89	Richard Williamson	Memphis	Ind	5	6	0	.455
90	Joseph Yukica	Dartmouth	Ivy	4	4	1	.500
91	Vince Gibson	Louisville	Ind	4	6	1	.409
92	Pepper Rodgers	Georgia Tech	Ind	4	6	1	.409
93	Joe Salem	Minnesota	Big Ten	4	6	1	.409
94	Sarkis Arslanian	Colorado State	WAC	4	7	1	.375
95	Larry Lacewell	Arkansas State	Southland	4	7	0	.364
96	Dave McClain	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364
97	Bob Padilla	Fresno State	PCAA	4	7	0	.364
98	James Root	William & Mary	Ind	4	7	0	.364
99	Steve Sloan	Ole Miss	SEC	4	7	0	.364
100	Dennis Stolz	Bowling Green State	MAC	4	7	0	.364
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Augie Tammariello	Louisiana	Southland	4	7	0	.364
102	Bill Lewis	Wyoming	WAC	4	8	0	.333
103	Frank Kush	Arizona State	Pac-10	3	2	0	.600
104	Bob Owens	Arizona State	Pac-10	3	4	0	.429
105	Rex Dockery	Texas Tech	SWC	3	6	2	.364
106	Walt Nadzak	Connecticut	Ind	3	6	2	.364
107	Joseph Restic	Harvard	Ivy	3	6	0	.333
108	Bob Toledo	Pacific	PCAA	3	7	0	.300
109	Emory Bellard	Mississippi State	SEC	3	8	0	.273
110	Jim Brakefield	Appalachian State	Southern	3	8	0	.273
111	Jim Colletto	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3	8	0	.273
112	Charlie Cowdrey	Illinois State	Ind	3	8	0	.273
113	John David Crow	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	3	8	0	.273
114	Jim Dickey	Kansas State	Big 8	3	8	0	.273
115	Donnie Duncan	Iowa State	Big 8	3	8	0	.273
116	Chuck Fairbanks	Colorado	Big 8	3	8	0	.273
117	Don Fambrough	Kansas	Big 8	3	8	0	.273
118	Chuck Shelton	Drake	MVC	3	8	0	.273
119	Jim Walden	Washington State	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	record adjusted to 4-7-0 by NCAA
120	F. Dry	TCU	SWC	2	8	1	.227
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
121	Gary Moeller	Illinois	Big Ten	2	8	1	.227
122	Lou Saban	Army	Ind	2	8	1	.227
123	Mike Stock	Eastern Michigan	MAC	2	8	1	.227
124	Red Wilson	Duke	ACC	2	8	1	.227
125	Ken Hatfield	Air Force	Ind	2	9	0	.182
126	Gil Krueger	New Mexico State	MVC	2	9	0	.182
127	Bill Michael	UTEP	WAC	2	9	0	.182
128	Ralph Staub	Cincinnati	Ind	2	9	0	.182
129	Pat Patterson	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1	0	0	1.000
130	William Campbell	Columbia	Ivy	1	8	0	.111
131	Larry Beightol	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1	9	0	.100
132	Ray Alborn	Rice	SWC	1	10	0	.091
133	Ron Blackledge	Kent State	MAC	1	10	0	.091
134	Craig Fertig	Oregon State	Pac-10	1	10	0	.091	record adjusted to 2-9-0 by NCAA
135	Willie Jeffries	Wichita State	MVC	1	10	0	.091
136	George MacIntyre	Vanderbilt	SEC	1	10	0	.091
137	Sonny Randle	Marshall	Southern	1	10	0	.091
138	Rick Venturi	Northwestern	Big Ten	1	10	0	.091
139	Charley Pell	Florida	SEC	0	10	1	.045
140	Harry Gamble	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0	9	0	.000
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
141	Jim Tait	Richmond	Ind	0	11	0	.000