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1988 College Football Coaches

1987 CFB Coaches 1989 CFB Coaches

Champions: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Lou Holtz (Notre Dame)

AP Preseason #1: Florida State

AP Final #1: Notre Dame

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105 Coaches

Record as major school

105 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Lou Holtz	Notre Dame	Ind	12	0	0	1.000
2	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	Ind	11	1	0	.917
3	Jimmy Johnson	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	1	0	.917
4	Don Nehlen	West Virginia	Ind	11	1	0	.917
5	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	Big 8	11	2	0	.846
6	Paul Roach	Wyoming	WAC	11	2	0	.846
7	Terry Donahue	UCLA	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833
8	Pat Dye	Auburn	SEC	10	2	0	.833
9	Danny Ford	Clemson	ACC	10	2	0	.833
10	Curley Hallman	Southern Mississippi	Ind	10	2	0	.833
11	Ken Hatfield	Arkansas	SWC	10	2	0	.833
12	Pat Jones	Oklahoma State	Big 8	10	2	0	.833
13	Dick MacPherson	Syracuse	Ind	10	2	0	.833
14	Larry Smith	USC	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833
15	Jim Sweeney	Fresno State	Big West	10	2	0	.833
16	Bob Stull	UTEP	WAC	10	3	0	.769
17	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	9	2	1	.792
18	Bill Curry	Alabama	SEC	9	3	0	.750
19	Vince Dooley	Georgia	SEC	9	3	0	.750
20	Dennis Erickson	Washington State	Pac-10	9	3	0	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Al Molde	Western Michigan	MAC	9	3	0	.750
22	Jack Pardee	Houston	SWC	9	3	0	.750
23	Barry Switzer	Oklahoma	Big 8	9	3	0	.750
24	Bob Wagner	Hawaii	WAC	9	3	0	.750
25	Jim Young	Army	Ind	9	3	0	.750
26	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	9	4	0	.692
27	Howard Schnellenberger	Louisville	Ind	8	3	0	.727
28	Paul Schudel	Ball State	MAC	8	3	0	.727
29	Bill Mallory	Indiana	Big Ten	8	3	1	.708
30	Dick Sheridan	North Carolina State	ACC	8	3	1	.708
31	Mike Archer	LSU	SEC	8	4	0	.667
32	Bill McCartney	Colorado	Big 8	8	4	0	.667
33	Joe Morrison	South Carolina	Ind	8	4	0	.667
34	Steve Spurrier	Duke	ACC	7	3	1	.682
35	Herb Deromedi	Central Michigan	MAC	7	4	0	.636
36	Jerry Pettibone	Northern Illinois	Ind	7	4	0	.636
37	Dick Tomey	Arizona	Pac-10	7	4	0	.636
38	George Welsh	Virginia	ACC	7	4	0	.636
39	Galen Hall	Florida	SEC	7	5	0	.583
40	Jackie Sherrill	Texas A&M	SWC	7	5	0	.583
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Jim Harkema	Eastern Michigan	MAC	6	3	1	.650
42	Bill Dooley	Wake Forest	ACC	6	4	1	.591
43	Hayden Fry	Iowa	Big Ten	6	4	3	.577
44	Charlie Bailey	Memphis	Ind	6	5	0	.545
45	Jim Fassel	Utah	WAC	6	5	0	.545
46	Mike Gottfried	Pitt	Ind	6	5	0	.545
47	Don James	Washington	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545
48	Larry Marmie	Arizona State	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545
49	Dan Simrell	Toledo	MAC	6	5	0	.545
50	Nelson Stokley	Louisiana	Ind	6	5	0	.545
51	Grant Teaff	Baylor	SWC	6	5	0	.545
52	John Mackovic	Illinois	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542
53	George Perles	Michigan State	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542
54	Rich Brooks	Oregon	Pac-10	6	6	0	.500
55	Bruce Snyder	California	Pac-10	5	5	1	.500
56	Dick Anderson	Rutgers	Ind	5	6	0	.455
57	Billy Brewer	Ole Miss	SEC	5	6	0	.455
58	Jerry Claiborne	Kentucky	SEC	5	6	0	.455
59	Dick Crum	Kent State	MAC	5	6	0	.455
60	Greg Davis	Tulane	Ind	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Spike Dykes	Texas Tech	SWC	5	6	0	.455
62	Gerry Faust	Akron	Ind	5	6	0	.455
63	Joe Krivak	Maryland	ACC	5	6	0	.455
64	Johnny Majors	Tennessee	SEC	5	6	0	.455
65	Gene Murphy	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	5	6	0	.455
66	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	5	6	0	.455
67	Jim Walden	Iowa State	Big 8	5	6	0	.455
68	Fisher DeBerry	Air Force	WAC	5	7	0	.417
69	Cleve Bryant	Ohio	MAC	4	6	1	.409
70	John Cooper	Ohio State	Big Ten	4	6	1	.409
71	Dave Kragthorpe	Oregon State	Pac-10	4	6	1	.409
72	Fred Akers	Purdue	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364
73	Bruce Arians	Temple	Ind	4	7	0	.364
74	David McWilliams	Texas	SWC	4	7	0	.364
75	Wayne Nunnely	UNLV	Big West	4	7	0	.364
76	Joe Peace	Louisiana Tech	Ind	4	7	0	.364
77	David Rader	Tulsa	Ind	4	7	0	.364
78	Chuck Shelton	Utah State	Big West	4	7	0	.364
79	Jim Wacker	TCU	SWC	4	7	0	.364
80	Claude Gilbert	San Jose State	Big West	4	8	0	.333
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Jack Elway	Stanford	Pac-10	3	6	2	.364
82	Woody Widenhofer	Missouri	Big 8	3	7	1	.318
83	Art Baker	East Carolina	Ind	3	8	0	.273
84	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	Ind	3	8	0	.273
85	Jack Bicknell	Boston College	Ind	3	8	0	.273
86	Watson Brown	Vanderbilt	SEC	3	8	0	.273
87	Dave Currey	Cincinnati	Ind	3	8	0	.273
88	Bobby Ross	Georgia Tech	ACC	3	8	0	.273
89	Dennis Stolz	San Diego State	WAC	3	8	0	.273
90	Elliot Uzelac	Navy	Ind	3	8	0	.273
91	Larry Reisbig	Long Beach State	Big West	3	9	0	.250
92	John Gutekunst	Minnesota	Big Ten	2	7	2	.273
93	Moe Ankney	Bowling Green State	MAC	2	8	1	.227
94	Francis Peay	Northwestern	Big Ten	2	8	1	.227
95	Bob Cope	Pacific	Big West	2	9	0	.182
96	Mike Sheppard	New Mexico	WAC	2	10	0	.167
97	Mack Brown	North Carolina	ACC	1	10	0	.091
98	Rockey Felker	Mississippi State	SEC	1	10	0	.091
99	Leon Fuller	Colorado State	WAC	1	10	0	.091
100	Mike Knoll	New Mexico State	Big West	1	10	0	.091
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Glen Mason	Kansas	Big 8	1	10	0	.091
102	Don Morton	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1	10	0	.091
103	Tim Rose	Miami (OH)	MAC	0	10	1	.045
104	Jerry Berndt	Rice	SWC	0	11	0	.000
105	Stan Parrish	Kansas State	Big 8	0	11	0	.000