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1998 College Football Coaches

1997 CFB Coaches 1999 CFB Coaches

Champions: Tennessee (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA-ESPN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Ricky Williams (Texas)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: Tennessee

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115 Coaches

Record as major school

115 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
1	Phillip Fulmer	Tennessee	SEC	13	0	1.000
2	Fisher DeBerry	Air Force	WAC	12	1	.923
3	Bob Pruett	Marshall	MAC	12	1	.923
4	Dick Tomey	Arizona	Pac-10	12	1	.923
5	Tommy Bowden	Tulane	CUSA	11	0	1.000
6	Barry Alvarez	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11	1	.917
7	John Cooper	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	1	.917
8	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	ACC	11	2	.846
9	Bill Snyder	Kansas State	Big 12	11	2	.846
10	R.C. Slocum	Texas A&M	Big 12	11	3	.786
11	Randy Walker	Miami (OH)	MAC	10	1	.909
12	George O'Leary	Georgia Tech	ACC	10	2	.833
13	Steve Spurrier	Florida	SEC	10	2	.833
14	Bob Toledo	UCLA	Pac-10	10	2	.833
15	Lloyd Carr	Michigan	Big Ten	10	3	.769
16	Mike Kruczek	UCF	Ind	9	2	.818
17	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	Big East	9	3	.750
18	Mack Brown	Texas	Big 12	9	3	.750
19	Bob Davie	Notre Dame	Ind	9	3	.750
20	Butch Davis	Miami (FL)	Big East	9	3	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Jim Donnan	Georgia	SEC	9	3	.750
22	Houston Nutt	Arkansas	SEC	9	3	.750
23	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Big Ten	9	3	.750
24	Chris Tormey	Idaho	Big West	9	3	.750
25	George Welsh	Virginia	ACC	9	3	.750
26	Frank Solich	Nebraska	Big 12	9	4	.692
27	Joe Tiller	Purdue	Big Ten	9	4	.692
28	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	9	5	.643
29	Dana Dimel	Wyoming	WAC	8	3	.727
30	Mike Bellotti	Oregon	Pac-10	8	4	.667
31	Sonny Lubick	Colorado State	WAC	8	4	.667
32	Don Nehlen	West Virginia	Big East	8	4	.667
33	Rick Neuheisel	Colorado	Big 12	8	4	.667
34	Paul Pasqualoni	Syracuse	Big East	8	4	.667
35	Larry Smith	Missouri	Big 12	8	4	.667
36	Paul Hackett	USC	Pac-10	8	5	.615
37	Jackie Sherrill	Mississippi State	SEC	8	5	.615
38	Gary Darnell	Western Michigan	MAC	7	4	.636
39	Ron McBride	Utah	WAC	7	4	.636
40	Jeff Bower	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	7	5	.583
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Mike DuBose	Alabama	SEC	7	5	.583
42	Spike Dykes	Texas Tech	Big 12	7	5	.583
43	Dennis Franchione	TCU	WAC	7	5	.583
44	Hal Mumme	Kentucky	SEC	7	5	.583
45	Mike O'Cain	North Carolina State	ACC	7	5	.583
46	Gary Pinkel	Toledo	MAC	7	5	.583
47	John Smith	Louisville	CUSA	7	5	.583
48	Ted Tollner	San Diego State	WAC	7	5	.583
49	Carl Torbush	North Carolina	ACC	7	5	.583
50	Dick Flynn	Central Michigan	MAC	6	5	.545
51	Dirk Koetter	Boise State	Big West	6	5	.545
52	Steve Logan	East Carolina	CUSA	6	5	.545
53	Jeff Tisdel	Nevada	Big West	6	5	.545
54	Tommy Tuberville	Ole Miss	SEC	6	5	.545
55	Gary Crowton	Louisiana Tech	Ind	6	6	.500
56	Jim Lambright	Washington	Pac-10	6	6	.500
57	Nick Saban	Michigan State	Big Ten	6	6	.500
58	Gary Blackney	Bowling Green State	MAC	5	6	.455
59	John Blake	Oklahoma	Big 12	5	6	.455
60	Jim Grobe	Ohio	MAC	5	6	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	Ken Hatfield	Rice	WAC	5	6	.455
62	Pat Hill	Fresno State	WAC	5	6	.455
63	Tom Holmoe	California	Pac-10	5	6	.455
64	Glen Mason	Minnesota	Big Ten	5	6	.455
65	Mike Riley	Oregon State	Pac-10	5	6	.455
66	Terry Shea	Rutgers	Big East	5	6	.455
67	Bob Simmons	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5	6	.455
68	Bruce Snyder	Arizona State	Pac-10	5	6	.455
69	Ed Zaunbrecher	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	5	6	.455
70	Mike Cavan	SMU	WAC	5	7	.417	record adjusted to 1-1-0 by NCAA
71	Terry Allen	Kansas	Big 12	4	7	.364
72	Watson Brown	UAB	Ind	4	7	.364
73	Cam Cameron	Indiana	Big Ten	4	7	.364
74	Gerry DiNardo	LSU	SEC	4	7	.364
75	Fred Goldsmith	Duke	ACC	4	7	.364
76	Tom O'Brien	Boston College	Big East	4	7	.364
77	Lee Owens	Akron	MAC	4	7	.364
78	David Rader	Tulsa	WAC	4	7	.364
79	Dave Baldwin	San Jose State	WAC	4	8	.333
80	Joe Hollis	Arkansas State	Ind	4	8	.333
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Dave Arslanian	Utah State	Big West	3	8	.273
82	Charlie Bailey	UTEP	WAC	3	8	.273
83	Jim Caldwell	Wake Forest	ACC	3	8	.273
84	Darrell Dickey	North Texas	Big West	3	8	.273
85	Hayden Fry	Iowa	Big Ten	3	8	.273
86	Kim Helton	Houston	CUSA	3	8	.273
87	Dan McCarney	Iowa State	Big 12	3	8	.273
88	Mike Price	Washington State	Pac-10	3	8	.273
89	Rick Rasnick	Eastern Michigan	MAC	3	8	.273
90	Tony Samuel	New Mexico State	Big West	3	8	.273
91	Bob Sutton	Army	CUSA	3	8	.273
92	Ron Turner	Illinois	Big Ten	3	8	.273
93	Ron Vanderlinden	Maryland	ACC	3	8	.273
94	Charlie Weatherbie	Navy	Ind	3	8	.273
95	Tommy West	Clemson	ACC	3	8	.273
96	Tyrone Willingham	Stanford	Pac-10	3	8	.273
97	Gary Barnett	Northwestern	Big Ten	3	9	.250
98	Rocky Long	New Mexico	WAC	3	9	.250
99	Bill Oliver	Auburn	SEC	2	3	.400
100	Walt Harris	Pitt	Big East	2	9	.182
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	Rick Minter	Cincinnati	CUSA	2	9	.182
102	Joe Novak	Northern Illinois	MAC	2	9	.182
103	Dave Roberts	Baylor	Big 12	2	9	.182
104	Rip Scherer	Memphis	CUSA	2	9	.182
105	Nelson Stokley	Louisiana	Ind	2	9	.182
106	Bobby Wallace	Temple	Big East	2	9	.182
107	Woody Widenhofer	Vanderbilt	SEC	2	9	.182
108	David Cutcliffe	Ole Miss	SEC	1	0	1.000
109	Chris Scelfo	Tulane	CUSA	1	0	1.000
110	Terry Bowden	Auburn	SEC	1	5	.167
111	Bill Lynch	Ball State	MAC	1	10	.091
112	Brad Scott	South Carolina	SEC	1	10	.091
113	Jeff Horton	UNLV	WAC	0	11	.000
114	Dean Pees	Kent State	MAC	0	11	.000
115	Fred Vonappen	Hawaii	WAC	0	12	.000