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1981 College Football Coaches

1980 CFB Coaches 1982 CFB Coaches

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Marcus Allen (USC)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Danny Ford (Clemson)

AP Preseason #1: Michigan

AP Final #1: Clemson

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139 Coaches

Record as major school

139 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Danny Ford	Clemson	ACC	12	0	0	1.000
2	Jackie Sherrill	Pitt	Ind	11	1	0	.917
3	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	11	2	0	.846
4	Ron Meyer	SMU	SWC	10	1	0	.909
5	Chuck Shelton	Drake	MVC	10	1	0	.909
6	Fred Akers	Texas	SWC	10	1	1	.875
7	Dick Crum	North Carolina	ACC	10	2	0	.833
8	Vince Dooley	Georgia	SEC	10	2	0	.833
9	Don James	Washington	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833
10	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	10	2	0	.833
11	Carmen Cozza	Yale	Ivy	9	1	0	.900
12	Darryl Rogers	Arizona State	Pac-10	9	2	0	.818
13	Howard Schnellenberger	Miami (FL)	Ind	9	2	0	.818
14	Dick Tomey	Hawaii	WAC	9	2	0	.818
15	Bear Bryant	Alabama	SEC	9	2	1	.792
16	Bobby Collins	Southern Mississippi	Ind	9	2	1	.792
17	Earle Bruce	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	3	0	.750
18	Jack Elway	San Jose State	PCAA	9	3	0	.750
19	Don Nehlen	West Virginia	Ind	9	3	0	.750
20	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	Big 8	9	3	0	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	John Robinson	USC	Pac-10	9	3	0	.750
22	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	9	3	0	.750
23	Chuck Stobart	Toledo	MAC	9	3	0	.750
24	Wayne Howard	Utah	WAC	8	2	1	.773
25	Tom Reed	Miami (OH)	MAC	8	2	1	.773
26	Al Kincaid	Wyoming	WAC	8	3	0	.727
27	Dick Sheridan	Furman	Southern	8	3	0	.727
28	Jim Walden	Washington State	Pac-10	8	3	1	.708
29	Emory Bellard	Mississippi State	SEC	8	4	0	.667
30	Don Fambrough	Kansas	Big 8	8	4	0	.667
31	Hayden Fry	Iowa	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667
32	Lou Holtz	Arkansas	SWC	8	4	0	.667
33	Johnny Majors	Tennessee	SEC	8	4	0	.667
34	Warren Powers	Missouri	Big 8	8	4	0	.667
35	Frederick Dunlap	Colgate	Ind	7	3	0	.700
36	Art Baker	The Citadel	Southern	7	3	1	.682
37	Ernie Duplechin	McNeese State	Southland	7	3	1	.682
38	Bill Oliver	Chattanooga	Southern	7	3	1	.682
39	Rey Dempsey	Southern Illinois	MVC	7	4	0	.636
40	Herb Deromedi	Central Michigan	MAC	7	4	0	.636
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Bill Dooley	Virginia Tech	Ind	7	4	0	.636
42	Mike White	Illinois	Big Ten	7	4	0	.636
43	Bill Yung	West Texas A&M	MVC	7	4	0	.636
44	Terry Donahue	UCLA	Pac-10	7	4	1	.625
45	Barry Switzer	Oklahoma	Big 8	7	4	1	.625
46	George Welsh	Navy	Ind	7	4	1	.625
47	Bill Yeoman	Houston	SWC	7	4	1	.625
48	Jimmy Johnson	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7	5	0	.583
49	Dave McClain	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7	5	0	.583
50	Charley Pell	Florida	SEC	7	5	0	.583
51	Tom Wilson	Texas A&M	SWC	7	5	0	.583
52	Bob Thalman	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	6	3	1	.650
53	Joseph Yukica	Dartmouth	Ivy	6	4	0	.600
54	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	Ind	6	5	0	.545
55	Jack Carlisle	East Tennessee State	Southern	6	5	0	.545
56	Rick Carter	Holy Cross	Ind	6	5	0	.545
57	John Cooper	Tulsa	MVC	6	5	0	.545
58	Harold Elliott	UT Arlington	Southland	6	5	0	.545
59	Vince Gibson	Tulane	Ind	6	5	0	.545
60	Mike Gottfried	Cincinnati	Ind	6	5	0	.545
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Larry Lacewell	Arkansas State	Southland	6	5	0	.545
62	Joe Salem	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545
63	Doug Scovil	San Diego State	WAC	6	5	0	.545
64	Larry Smith	Arizona	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545
65	Elliot Uzelac	Western Michigan	MAC	6	5	0	.545
66	Red Wilson	Duke	ACC	6	5	0	.545
67	Jim Carlen	South Carolina	Ind	6	6	0	.500
68	Tony Knap	UNLV	Ind	6	6	0	.500
69	Frank Navarro	Princeton	Ivy	5	4	1	.550
70	Joseph Restic	Harvard	Ivy	5	4	1	.550
71	Donnie Duncan	Iowa State	Big 8	5	5	1	.500
72	Wayne Hardin	Temple	Ind	5	5	0	.500
73	Dennis Raetz	Indiana State	MVC	5	5	1	.500
74	Bruce Snyder	Utah State	PCAA	5	5	1	.500
75	Dennis Stolz	Bowling Green State	MAC	5	5	1	.500
76	Jack Bicknell	Boston College	Ind	5	6	0	.455
77	Brian Burke	Ohio	MAC	5	6	0	.455
78	Frank Burns	Rutgers	Ind	5	6	0	.455
79	Pat Collins	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	5	6	0	.455
80	Pat Dye	Auburn	SEC	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Ed Emory	East Carolina	Ind	5	6	0	.455
82	Gerry Faust	Notre Dame	Ind	5	6	0	.455
83	Jimmye Laycock	William & Mary	Ind	5	6	0	.455
84	Jim Sweeney	Fresno State	PCAA	5	6	0	.455
85	Grant Teaff	Baylor	SWC	5	6	0	.455
86	Bob Toledo	Pacific	PCAA	5	6	0	.455
87	Frank Waters	Michigan State	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
88	Bob Weber	Louisville	Ind	5	6	0	.455
89	Jim Young	Purdue	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
90	Billy Brewer	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4	6	1	.409
91	Jerry Claiborne	Maryland	ACC	4	6	1	.409
92	Bob Frederick	Lamar	Southland	4	6	1	.409
93	Willie Jeffries	Wichita State	MVC	4	6	1	.409
94	Dick MacPherson	Syracuse	Ind	4	6	1	.409
95	Steve Sloan	Ole Miss	SEC	4	6	1	.409
96	Joe Morrison	New Mexico	WAC	4	7	1	.375
97	Ray Alborn	Rice	SWC	4	7	0	.364
98	Ed Chlebek	Kent State	MAC	4	7	0	.364
99	Al Groh	Wake Forest	ACC	4	7	0	.364
100	Ken Hatfield	Air Force	WAC	4	7	0	.364
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Monte Kiffin	North Carolina State	ACC	4	7	0	.364
102	George MacIntyre	Vanderbilt	SEC	4	7	0	.364
103	Dal Shealy	Richmond	Ind	4	7	0	.364
104	Dwight Wallace	Ball State	MAC	4	7	0	.364
105	Bob Waters	Western Carolina	Southern	4	7	0	.364
106	Paul Wiggin	Stanford	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364
107	Ed Cavanaugh	Army	Ind	3	7	1	.318
108	Jerry Stovall	LSU	SEC	3	7	1	.318
109	Mike Working	Appalachian State	Southern	3	7	1	.318
110	John Anderson	Brown	Ivy	3	7	0	.300
111	Bob Blackman	Cornell	Ivy	3	7	0	.300
112	Bob Otolski	Illinois State	MVC	3	7	0	.300
113	Lee Corso	Indiana	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273
114	Fran Curci	Kentucky	SEC	3	8	0	.273
115	Chuck Fairbanks	Colorado	Big 8	3	8	0	.273
116	Gil Krueger	New Mexico State	MVC	3	8	0	.273
117	Bill Mallory	Northern Illinois	MAC	3	8	0	.273
118	Gene Murphy	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3	8	0	.273
119	F. Dry	TCU	SWC	2	7	2	.273
120	Dave Currey	Long Beach State	PCAA	2	8	0	.200
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
121	Rich Brooks	Oregon	Pac-10	2	9	0	.182
122	Jim Dickey	Kansas State	Big 8	2	9	0	.182
123	Sonny Randle	Marshall	Southern	2	9	0	.182
124	Roger Theder	California	Pac-10	2	9	0	.182
125	Bob Tyler	North Texas	Ind	2	9	0	.182
126	Jerry Moore	Texas Tech	SWC	1	9	1	.136
127	Sam Robertson	Louisiana	Southland	1	9	1	.136
128	Billy Alton	UTEP	WAC	1	8	0	.111
129	Jerry Berndt	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1	9	0	.100
130	Bob Naso	Columbia	Ivy	1	9	0	.100
131	Joe Avezzano	Oregon State	Pac-10	1	10	0	.091
132	Dick Bestwick	Virginia	ACC	1	10	0	.091
133	Bill Curry	Georgia Tech	Ind	1	10	0	.091
134	Rex Dockery	Memphis	Ind	1	10	0	.091
135	Sarkis Arslanian	Colorado State	WAC	0	6	0	.000
136	Chester Caddas	Colorado State	WAC	0	6	0	.000
137	Dennis Green	Northwestern	Big Ten	0	11	0	.000
138	Bill Michael	UTEP	WAC	0	2	0	.000
139	Mike Stock	Eastern Michigan	MAC	0	11	0	.000