2005 College Football Coaches

2004 CFB Coaches 2006 CFB Coaches

Champions: Texas (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Reggie Bush (USC)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Charlie Weis (Notre Dame)

AP Preseason #1: USC

AP Final #1: Texas

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120 Coaches

Record as major school

120 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
1	Mack Brown	Texas	Big 12	13	0	1.000
2	Pete Carroll	USC	Pac-10	12	1	.923	record adjusted to 0-1-0 by NCAA
3	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Big Ten	11	1	.917
4	Gary Patterson	TCU	MWC	11	1	.917
5	Rich Rodriguez	West Virginia	Big East	11	1	.917
6	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	ACC	11	2	.846
7	Les Miles	LSU	SEC	11	2	.846
8	Mike Bellotti	Oregon	Pac-10	10	2	.833
9	Karl Dorrell	UCLA	Pac-10	10	2	.833
10	Mike Shula	Alabama	SEC	10	2	.833	record adjusted to 0-2-0 by NCAA
11	Jim Tressel	Ohio State	Big Ten	10	2	.833
12	Barry Alvarez	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10	3	.769
13	Mark Richt	Georgia	SEC	10	3	.769
14	Tom Amstutz	Toledo	MAC	9	3	.750
15	Chris Ault	Nevada	WAC	9	3	.750
16	Larry Coker	Miami (FL)	ACC	9	3	.750
17	Mike Leach	Texas Tech	Big 12	9	3	.750
18	Urban Meyer	Florida	SEC	9	3	.750
19	Tom O'Brien	Boston College	ACC	9	3	.750
20	Bobby Petrino	Louisville	Big East	9	3	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Tommy Tuberville	Auburn	SEC	9	3	.750
22	Charlie Weis	Notre Dame	Ind	9	3	.750
23	Dan Hawkins	Boise State	WAC	9	4	.692
24	Steve Kragthorpe	Tulsa	CUSA	9	4	.692
25	Tommy Bowden	Clemson	ACC	8	4	.667
26	Bill Callahan	Nebraska	Big 12	8	4	.667
27	Paul Johnson	Navy	Ind	8	4	.667
28	Mike Price	UTEP	CUSA	8	4	.667
29	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	Big 12	8	4	.667
30	Jeff Tedford	California	Pac-10	8	4	.667
31	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	ACC	8	5	.615
32	Pat Hill	Fresno State	WAC	8	5	.615
33	George O'Leary	UCF	CUSA	8	5	.615
34	Jack Bicknell III	Louisiana Tech	WAC	7	4	.636
35	Bill Cubit	Western Michigan	MAC	7	4	.636
36	Shane Montgomery	Miami (OH)	MAC	7	4	.636
37	Chuck Amato	North Carolina State	ACC	7	5	.583
38	Gary Barnett	Colorado	Big 12	7	5	.583
39	Jeff Bower	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	7	5	.583
40	Lloyd Carr	Michigan	Big Ten	7	5	.583
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	7	5	.583
42	Chan Gailey	Georgia Tech	ACC	7	5	.583
43	Al Groh	Virginia	ACC	7	5	.583
44	Dirk Koetter	Arizona State	Pac-10	7	5	.583
45	Mark Mangino	Kansas	Big 12	7	5	.583
46	Glen Mason	Minnesota	Big Ten	7	5	.583
47	Dan McCarney	Iowa State	Big 12	7	5	.583
48	Joe Novak	Northern Illinois	MAC	7	5	.583
49	Gary Pinkel	Missouri	Big 12	7	5	.583
50	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	Big East	7	5	.583
51	Steve Spurrier	South Carolina	SEC	7	5	.583
52	Randy Walker	Northwestern	Big Ten	7	5	.583
53	Tommy West	Memphis	CUSA	7	5	.583
54	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	MWC	7	5	.583
55	J.D. Brookhart	Akron	MAC	7	6	.538
56	Gregg Brandon	Bowling Green State	MAC	6	5	.545
57	Rickey Bustle	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6	5	.545
58	Brian Kelly	Central Michigan	MAC	6	5	.545
59	Rocky Long	New Mexico	MWC	6	5	.545
60	Art Briles	Houston	CUSA	6	6	.500
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	Jim Leavitt	South Florida	Big East	6	6	.500
62	Sonny Lubick	Colorado State	MWC	6	6	.500
63	Bronco Mendenhall	Brigham Young	MWC	6	6	.500
64	Steve Roberts	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	6	6	.500	record adjusted to 2-6-0 by NCAA
65	Phil Bennett	SMU	CUSA	5	6	.455
66	Watson Brown	UAB	CUSA	5	6	.455
67	John Bunting	North Carolina	ACC	5	6	.455
68	Randy Edsall	Connecticut	Big East	5	6	.455
69	Dennis Franchione	Texas A&M	Big 12	5	6	.455
70	Ralph Friedgen	Maryland	ACC	5	6	.455
71	Phillip Fulmer	Tennessee	SEC	5	6	.455
72	Walt Harris	Stanford	Pac-10	5	6	.455
73	Skip Holtz	East Carolina	CUSA	5	6	.455
74	Bobby Johnson	Vanderbilt	SEC	5	6	.455
75	Guy Morriss	Baylor	Big 12	5	6	.455
76	Mike Riley	Oregon State	Pac-10	5	6	.455
77	John Smith	Michigan State	Big Ten	5	6	.455
78	Bill Snyder	Kansas State	Big 12	5	6	.455
79	Don Strock	Florida International	Sun Belt	5	6	.455
80	Joe Tiller	Purdue	Big Ten	5	6	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Dave Wannstedt	Pitt	Big East	5	6	.455
82	Charlie Weatherbie	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	5	6	.455
83	Tom Craft	San Diego State	MWC	5	7	.417
84	June Jones	Hawaii	WAC	5	7	.417
85	Larry Blakeney	Troy	Sun Belt	4	7	.364
86	Mark Dantonio	Cincinnati	Big East	4	7	.364
87	Fisher DeBerry	Air Force	MWC	4	7	.364
88	Bill Doba	Washington State	Pac-10	4	7	.364
89	Jeff Genyk	Eastern Michigan	MAC	4	7	.364
90	Joe Glenn	Wyoming	MWC	4	7	.364
91	Jim Grobe	Wake Forest	ACC	4	7	.364
92	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4	7	.364
93	Terry Hoeppner	Indiana	Big Ten	4	7	.364
94	Brady Hoke	Ball State	MAC	4	7	.364
95	Andy McCollum	Middle Tennessee State	Sun Belt	4	7	.364
96	Houston Nutt	Arkansas	SEC	4	7	.364
97	Bobby Ross	Army	Ind	4	7	.364
98	Mark Snyder	Marshall	CUSA	4	7	.364
99	Frank Solich	Ohio	MAC	4	7	.364
100	Rich Brooks	Kentucky	SEC	3	8	.273
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	Sylvester Croom	Mississippi State	SEC	3	8	.273
102	Brent Guy	Utah State	WAC	3	8	.273
103	Ed Orgeron	Ole Miss	SEC	3	8	.273
104	Mike Stoops	Arizona	Pac-10	3	8	.273
105	Dick Tomey	San Jose State	WAC	3	8	.273
106	Darrell Dickey	North Texas	Sun Belt	2	9	.182
107	Nick Holt	Idaho	WAC	2	9	.182
108	Mike Sanford	UNLV	MWC	2	9	.182
109	Chris Scelfo	Tulane	CUSA	2	9	.182
110	Howard Schnellenberger	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	2	9	.182
111	Tyrone Willingham	Washington	Pac-10	2	9	.182
112	Ron Zook	Illinois	Big Ten	2	9	.182
113	Ken Hatfield	Rice	CUSA	1	10	.091
114	Jim Hofher	Buffalo	MAC	1	10	.091
115	Doug Martin	Kent State	MAC	1	10	.091
116	Greg Robinson	Syracuse	Big East	1	10	.091	record adjusted to 0-10-0 by NCAA
117	Ted Roof	Duke	ACC	1	10	.091
118	Mike Hankwitz	Colorado	Big 12	0	1	.000
119	Hal Mumme	New Mexico State	WAC	0	12	.000
120	Bobby Wallace	Temple	Ind	0	11	.000