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1980 College Football Coaches

1979 CFB Coaches 1981 CFB Coaches

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: George Rogers (South Carolina)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Vince Dooley (Georgia)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: Georgia

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138 Coaches

Record as major school

138 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Vince Dooley	Georgia	SEC	12	0	0	1.000
2	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	12	1	0	.923
3	Dick Crum	North Carolina	ACC	11	1	0	.917
4	Jackie Sherrill	Pitt	Ind	11	1	0	.917
5	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	Ind	10	2	0	.833
6	Bear Bryant	Alabama	SEC	10	2	0	.833
7	Ernie Duplechin	McNeese State	Southland	10	2	0	.833
8	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	Big 8	10	2	0	.833
9	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	10	2	0	.833
10	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833
11	Barry Switzer	Oklahoma	Big 8	10	2	0	.833
12	Grant Teaff	Baylor	SWC	10	2	0	.833
13	Dick Sheridan	Furman	Southern	9	1	1	.864
14	Herb Deromedi	Central Michigan	MAC	9	2	0	.818
15	Terry Donahue	UCLA	Pac-10	9	2	0	.818
16	Dan Devine	Notre Dame	Ind	9	2	1	.792
17	Emory Bellard	Mississippi State	SEC	9	3	0	.750
18	Earle Bruce	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	3	0	.750
19	Bobby Collins	Southern Mississippi	Ind	9	3	0	.750
20	Don James	Washington	Pac-10	9	3	0	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Howard Schnellenberger	Miami (FL)	Ind	9	3	0	.750
22	Jim Young	Purdue	Big Ten	9	3	0	.750
23	Carmen Cozza	Yale	Ivy	8	2	0	.800
24	John Robinson	USC	Pac-10	8	2	1	.773
25	John Cooper	Tulsa	MVC	8	3	0	.727
26	Dave Currey	Long Beach State	PCAA	8	3	0	.727
27	Bill Oliver	Chattanooga	Southern	8	3	0	.727
28	Chuck Shelton	Drake	MVC	8	3	0	.727
29	Dick Tomey	Hawaii	WAC	8	3	0	.727
30	Jim Carlen	South Carolina	Ind	8	4	0	.667
31	Jerry Claiborne	Maryland	ACC	8	4	0	.667
32	Bill Dooley	Virginia Tech	Ind	8	4	0	.667
33	Ron Meyer	SMU	SWC	8	4	0	.667
34	Charley Pell	Florida	SEC	8	4	0	.667
35	Warren Powers	Missouri	Big 8	8	4	0	.667
36	George Welsh	Navy	Ind	8	4	0	.667
37	Joseph Restic	Harvard	Ivy	7	3	0	.700
38	Art Baker	The Citadel	Southern	7	4	0	.636
39	Frank Burns	Rutgers	Ind	7	4	0	.636
40	Ed Chlebek	Boston College	Ind	7	4	0	.636
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	John David Crow	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	7	4	0	.636
42	Jack Elway	San Jose State	PCAA	7	4	0	.636
43	Tony Knap	UNLV	Ind	7	4	0	.636
44	Bill Mallory	Northern Illinois	MAC	7	4	0	.636
45	Sam Robertson	Louisiana	Southland	7	4	0	.636
46	Darryl Rogers	Arizona State	Pac-10	7	4	0	.636
47	Jerry Stovall	LSU	SEC	7	4	0	.636
48	Elliot Uzelac	Western Michigan	MAC	7	4	0	.636
49	Fred Akers	Texas	SWC	7	5	0	.583
50	Vince Gibson	Tulane	Ind	7	5	0	.583
51	Lou Holtz	Arkansas	SWC	7	5	0	.583
52	Bill Yeoman	Houston	SWC	7	5	0	.583
53	Rich Brooks	Oregon	Pac-10	6	3	2	.636
54	John Anderson	Brown	Ivy	6	4	0	.600
55	Frank Navarro	Princeton	Ivy	6	4	0	.600
56	Sarkis Arslanian	Colorado State	WAC	6	4	1	.591
57	Mike Working	Appalachian State	Southern	6	4	1	.591
58	Dick Bedesem Sr.	Villanova	Ind	6	5	0	.545
59	Brian Burke	Ohio	MAC	6	5	0	.545
60	Lee Corso	Indiana	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Donnie Duncan	Iowa State	Big 8	6	5	0	.545
62	Pat Dye	Wyoming	WAC	6	5	0	.545
63	Danny Ford	Clemson	ACC	6	5	0	.545
64	Monte Kiffin	North Carolina State	ACC	6	5	0	.545
65	Jerry Moore	North Texas	Ind	6	5	0	.545
66	Dennis Raetz	Indiana State	MVC	6	5	0	.545
67	Bruce Snyder	Utah State	PCAA	6	5	0	.545
68	Dwight Wallace	Ball State	MAC	6	5	0	.545
69	Paul Wiggin	Stanford	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545
70	Don Nehlen	West Virginia	Ind	6	6	0	.500
71	Frederick Dunlap	Colgate	Ind	5	4	1	.550
72	Bob Blackman	Cornell	Ivy	5	5	0	.500
73	Wayne Howard	Utah	WAC	5	5	1	.500
74	Willie Jeffries	Wichita State	MVC	5	5	1	.500
75	Ray Alborn	Rice	SWC	5	6	0	.455
76	Doug Barfield	Auburn	SEC	5	6	0	.455
77	Billy Brewer	Louisiana Tech	Southland	5	6	0	.455
78	Rex Dockery	Texas Tech	SWC	5	6	0	.455
79	John Mackovic	Wake Forest	ACC	5	6	0	.455
80	Johnny Majors	Tennessee	SEC	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Frank Maloney	Syracuse	Ind	5	6	0	.455
82	Tom Reed	Miami (OH)	MAC	5	6	0	.455
83	Joe Salem	Minnesota	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
84	Dal Shealy	Richmond	Ind	5	6	0	.455
85	Larry Smith	Arizona	Pac-10	5	6	0	.455
86	Jim Sweeney	Fresno State	PCAA	5	6	0	.455
87	Bob Weber	Louisville	Ind	5	6	0	.455
88	Bill Yung	West Texas A&M	MVC	5	6	0	.455
89	Don Fambrough	Kansas	Big 8	4	5	2	.455	record adjusted to 3-6-2 by NCAA
90	Joseph Yukica	Dartmouth	Ivy	4	6	0	.400
91	Dick Bestwick	Virginia	ACC	4	7	0	.364
92	Charlie Cowdrey	Illinois State	Ind	4	7	0	.364
93	Ed Emory	East Carolina	Ind	4	7	0	.364
94	Hayden Fry	Iowa	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364
95	Wayne Hardin	Temple	Ind	4	7	0	.364
96	Dave McClain	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364
97	Joe Morrison	New Mexico	WAC	4	7	0	.364
98	Gene Murphy	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	4	7	0	.364
99	Chuck Stobart	Toledo	MAC	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	Jim Walden	Washington State	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364
102	Tom Wilson	Texas A&M	SWC	4	7	0	.364
103	Claude Gilbert	San Diego State	WAC	4	8	0	.333
104	Bob Toledo	Pacific	PCAA	4	8	0	.333
105	Ed Cavanaugh	Army	Ind	3	7	1	.318
106	Jimmy Johnson	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3	7	1	.318
107	Gil Krueger	New Mexico State	MVC	3	7	1	.318
108	Bob Thalman	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	3	7	1	.318
109	Bob Waters	Western Carolina	Southern	3	7	1	.318
110	Mike White	Illinois	Big Ten	3	7	1	.318
111	Ron Blackledge	Kent State	MAC	3	8	0	.273
112	Fran Curci	Kentucky	SEC	3	8	0	.273
113	Rey Dempsey	Southern Illinois	MVC	3	8	0	.273
114	Jim Dickey	Kansas State	Big 8	3	8	0	.273	record adjusted to 4-7-0 by NCAA
115	Harold Elliott	UT Arlington	Southland	3	8	0	.273
116	Bob Frederick	Lamar	Southland	3	8	0	.273
117	Steve Sloan	Ole Miss	SEC	3	8	0	.273
118	Roger Theder	California	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273
119	Frank Waters	Michigan State	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273
120	Neil Wheelwright	Holy Cross	Ind	3	8	0	.273
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
121	Sonny Randle	Marshall	Southern	2	8	1	.227
122	Ken Hatfield	Air Force	WAC	2	9	1	.208
123	Jack Carlisle	East Tennessee State	Southern	2	9	0	.182
124	Larry Lacewell	Arkansas State	Southland	2	9	0	.182
125	Jimmye Laycock	William & Mary	Ind	2	9	0	.182
126	George MacIntyre	Vanderbilt	SEC	2	9	0	.182
127	Ralph Staub	Cincinnati	Ind	2	9	0	.182
128	Richard Williamson	Memphis	Ind	2	9	0	.182
129	Red Wilson	Duke	ACC	2	9	0	.182
130	Bill Curry	Georgia Tech	Ind	1	9	1	.136
131	Harry Gamble	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1	9	0	.100
132	Bob Naso	Columbia	Ivy	1	9	0	.100
133	Mike Stock	Eastern Michigan	MAC	1	9	0	.100
134	F. Dry	TCU	SWC	1	10	0	.091
135	Chuck Fairbanks	Colorado	Big 8	1	10	0	.091
136	Bill Michael	UTEP	WAC	1	11	0	.083
137	Joe Avezzano	Oregon State	Pac-10	0	11	0	.000
138	Rick Venturi	Northwestern	Big Ten	0	11	0	.000