1996 College Football Coaches

1995 CFB Coaches 1997 CFB Coaches

Champions: Florida (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Danny Wuerffel (Florida)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Bruce Snyder (Arizona State)

AP Preseason #1: Nebraska

AP Final #1: Florida

112 Coaches

Record as major school

112 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
1	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	14	1	.933
2	Steve Spurrier	Florida	SEC	12	1	.923
3	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	ACC	11	1	.917
4	John Cooper	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	1	.917
5	Bruce Snyder	Arizona State	Pac-10	11	1	.917
6	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	Big 12	11	2	.846
7	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Big Ten	11	2	.846
8	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	Big East	10	2	.833
9	Mack Brown	North Carolina	ACC	10	2	.833
10	Gerry DiNardo	LSU	SEC	10	2	.833
11	Phillip Fulmer	Tennessee	SEC	10	2	.833
12	Rick Neuheisel	Colorado	Big 12	10	2	.833
13	Bob Sutton	Army	Ind	10	2	.833
14	Joe Tiller	Wyoming	WAC	10	2	.833
15	Gene Stallings	Alabama	SEC	10	3	.769
16	Gary Barnett	Northwestern	Big Ten	9	3	.750
17	Butch Davis	Miami (FL)	Big East	9	3	.750
18	Hayden Fry	Iowa	Big Ten	9	3	.750
19	Jim Lambright	Washington	Pac-10	9	3	.750
20	Paul Pasqualoni	Syracuse	Big East	9	3	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Bill Snyder	Kansas State	Big 12	9	3	.750
22	Jeff Tisdel	Nevada	Big West	9	3	.750
23	Charlie Weatherbie	Navy	Ind	9	3	.750
24	Jeff Bower	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	8	3	.727
25	Lou Holtz	Notre Dame	Ind	8	3	.727
26	Steve Logan	East Carolina	Ind	8	3	.727
27	Ted Tollner	San Diego State	WAC	8	3	.727
28	Terry Bowden	Auburn	SEC	8	4	.667
29	Lloyd Carr	Michigan	Big Ten	8	4	.667
30	Bill Lynch	Ball State	MAC	8	4	.667
31	Ron McBride	Utah	WAC	8	4	.667
32	Don Nehlen	West Virginia	Big East	8	4	.667
33	Barry Alvarez	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8	5	.615
34	John Mackovic	Texas	Big 12	8	5	.615
35	Ken Hatfield	Rice	WAC	7	4	.636
36	Gary Pinkel	Toledo	MAC	7	4	.636
37	Spike Dykes	Texas Tech	Big 12	7	5	.583
38	Kim Helton	Houston	CUSA	7	5	.583
39	Sonny Lubick	Colorado State	WAC	7	5	.583
40	George Welsh	Virginia	ACC	7	5	.583
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Tommy West	Clemson	ACC	7	5	.583
42	Tyrone Willingham	Stanford	Pac-10	7	5	.583
43	Mike Bellotti	Oregon	Pac-10	6	5	.545
44	Gary Crowton	Louisiana Tech	Ind	6	5	.545
45	Fisher DeBerry	Air Force	WAC	6	5	.545
46	Dennis Franchione	New Mexico	WAC	6	5	.545
47	Rick Minter	Cincinnati	CUSA	6	5	.545
48	Brad Scott	South Carolina	SEC	6	5	.545
49	John Smith	Utah State	Big West	6	5	.545
50	Chris Tormey	Idaho	Big West	6	5	.545
51	Randy Walker	Miami (OH)	MAC	6	5	.545
52	Jim Grobe	Ohio	MAC	6	6	.500
53	Steve Mariucci	California	Pac-10	6	6	.500
54	John Robinson	USC	Pac-10	6	6	.500
55	Nick Saban	Michigan State	Big Ten	6	6	.500
56	R.C. Slocum	Texas A&M	Big 12	6	6	.500
57	Watson Brown	UAB	Ind	5	6	.455
58	Ron Cooper	Louisville	CUSA	5	6	.455
59	Jim Donnan	Georgia	SEC	5	6	.455
60	Mark Duffner	Maryland	ACC	5	6	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	Dick Flynn	Central Michigan	MAC	5	6	.455
62	Gene McDowell	UCF	Ind	5	6	.455
63	George O'Leary	Georgia Tech	ACC	5	6	.455
64	Mike Price	Washington State	Pac-10	5	6	.455
65	Tom Rossley	SMU	WAC	5	6	.455
66	Jackie Sherrill	Mississippi State	SEC	5	6	.455
67	Bob Simmons	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5	6	.455
68	Matt Simon	North Texas	Big West	5	6	.455
69	Larry Smith	Missouri	Big 12	5	6	.455
70	Nelson Stokley	Louisiana	Ind	5	6	.455
71	Bob Toledo	UCLA	Pac-10	5	6	.455
72	Dick Tomey	Arizona	Pac-10	5	6	.455
73	Tommy Tuberville	Ole Miss	SEC	5	6	.455
74	Ed Zaunbrecher	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	5	6	.455
75	Dan Henning	Boston College	Big East	5	7	.417
76	Gary Blackney	Bowling Green State	MAC	4	7	.364
77	John Bobo	Arkansas State	Ind	4	7	.364
78	Bill Curry	Kentucky	SEC	4	7	.364
79	Danny Ford	Arkansas	SEC	4	7	.364
80	Johnny Majors	Pitt	Big East	4	7	.364
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Glen Mason	Kansas	Big 12	4	7	.364
82	Lee Owens	Akron	MAC	4	7	.364
83	David Rader	Tulsa	WAC	4	7	.364
84	Chuck Reedy	Baylor	Big 12	4	7	.364
85	Rip Scherer	Memphis	CUSA	4	7	.364
86	Pat Sullivan	TCU	WAC	4	7	.364
87	Jim Sweeney	Fresno State	WAC	4	7	.364
88	Jim Wacker	Minnesota	Big Ten	4	7	.364
89	John Blake	Oklahoma	Big 12	3	8	.273
90	Jim Caldwell	Wake Forest	ACC	3	8	.273
91	Jim Colletto	Purdue	Big Ten	3	8	.273
92	Bill Mallory	Indiana	Big Ten	3	8	.273
93	Mike O'Cain	North Carolina State	ACC	3	8	.273
94	Rick Rasnick	Eastern Michigan	MAC	3	8	.273
95	John Ralston	San Jose State	WAC	3	9	.250
96	Charlie Bailey	UTEP	WAC	2	9	.182
97	Jim Corrigall	Kent State	MAC	2	9	.182
98	Ron Dowhower	Vanderbilt	SEC	2	9	.182
99	Dan McCarney	Iowa State	Big 12	2	9	.182
100	Al Molde	Western Michigan	MAC	2	9	.182
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	Jerry Pettibone	Oregon State	Pac-10	2	9	.182
102	Terry Shea	Rutgers	Big East	2	9	.182
103	Buddy Teevens	Tulane	CUSA	2	9	.182
104	Lou Tepper	Illinois	Big Ten	2	9	.182
105	Fred Vonappen	Hawaii	WAC	2	10	.167
106	Pokey Allen	Boise State	Big West	1	1	.500
107	Tom Mason	Boise State	Big West	1	9	.100
108	Ron Dickerson Sr.	Temple	Big East	1	10	.091
109	Jim Hess	New Mexico State	Big West	1	10	.091
110	Joe Novak	Northern Illinois	Ind	1	10	.091
111	Jeff Horton	UNLV	WAC	1	11	.083
112	Fred Goldsmith	Duke	ACC	0	11	.000