2006 College Football Coaches

2005 CFB Coaches 2007 CFB Coaches

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Troy Smith (Ohio State)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Greg Schiano (Rutgers)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: Florida

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123 Coaches

Record as major school

123 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
1	Chris Petersen	Boise State	WAC	13	0	1.000
2	Urban Meyer	Florida	SEC	13	1	.929
3	Bret Bielema	Wisconsin	Big Ten	12	1	.923
4	Bobby Petrino	Louisville	Big East	12	1	.923
5	Jim Tressel	Ohio State	Big Ten	12	1	.923
6	Lloyd Carr	Michigan	Big Ten	11	2	.846
7	Pete Carroll	USC	Pac-10	11	2	.846
8	Bronco Mendenhall	Brigham Young	MWC	11	2	.846
9	Les Miles	LSU	SEC	11	2	.846
10	Gary Patterson	TCU	MWC	11	2	.846
11	Rich Rodriguez	West Virginia	Big East	11	2	.846
12	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	Big East	11	2	.846
13	Tommy Tuberville	Auburn	SEC	11	2	.846
14	Jim Grobe	Wake Forest	ACC	11	3	.786
15	June Jones	Hawaii	WAC	11	3	.786
16	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	Big 12	11	3	.786
17	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	ACC	10	3	.769
18	Mack Brown	Texas	Big 12	10	3	.769
19	Jeff Tedford	California	Pac-10	10	3	.769
20	Charlie Weis	Notre Dame	Ind	10	3	.769
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Art Briles	Houston	CUSA	10	4	.714
22	Houston Nutt	Arkansas	SEC	10	4	.714
23	Mike Riley	Oregon State	Pac-10	10	4	.714
24	Tom O'Brien	Boston College	ACC	9	3	.750
25	Dennis Franchione	Texas A&M	Big 12	9	4	.692
26	Ralph Friedgen	Maryland	ACC	9	4	.692
27	Phillip Fulmer	Tennessee	SEC	9	4	.692
28	Paul Johnson	Navy	Ind	9	4	.692
29	Brian Kelly	Central Michigan	MAC	9	4	.692
30	Jim Leavitt	South Florida	Big East	9	4	.692
31	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Big Ten	9	4	.692
32	Mark Richt	Georgia	SEC	9	4	.692
33	Dick Tomey	San Jose State	WAC	9	4	.692
34	Jeff Bower	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	9	5	.643
35	Bill Callahan	Nebraska	Big 12	9	5	.643
36	Chan Gailey	Georgia Tech	ACC	9	5	.643
37	Frank Solich	Ohio	MAC	9	5	.643
38	Chris Ault	Nevada	WAC	8	5	.615
39	Larry Blakeney	Troy	Sun Belt	8	5	.615
40	Tommy Bowden	Clemson	ACC	8	5	.615
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Rich Brooks	Kentucky	SEC	8	5	.615
42	Bill Cubit	Western Michigan	MAC	8	5	.615
43	Steve Kragthorpe	Tulsa	CUSA	8	5	.615
44	Mike Leach	Texas Tech	Big 12	8	5	.615
45	Gary Pinkel	Missouri	Big 12	8	5	.615
46	Steve Spurrier	South Carolina	SEC	8	5	.615
47	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	MWC	8	5	.615
48	Joe Tiller	Purdue	Big Ten	8	6	.571
49	Mark Dantonio	Cincinnati	Big East	7	5	.583
50	Mike Bellotti	Oregon	Pac-10	7	6	.538
51	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	ACC	7	6	.538	record adjusted to 2-6-0 by NCAA
52	Larry Coker	Miami (FL)	ACC	7	6	.538
53	Karl Dorrell	UCLA	Pac-10	7	6	.538
54	Todd Graham	Rice	CUSA	7	6	.538
55	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7	6	.538
56	Skip Holtz	East Carolina	CUSA	7	6	.538
57	Dirk Koetter	Arizona State	Pac-10	7	6	.538
58	Joe Novak	Northern Illinois	MAC	7	6	.538
59	Ron Prince	Kansas State	Big 12	7	6	.538
60	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee State	Sun Belt	7	6	.538
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	Phil Bennett	SMU	CUSA	6	6	.500
62	Rickey Bustle	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6	6	.500
63	Bill Doba	Washington State	Pac-10	6	6	.500
64	Joe Glenn	Wyoming	MWC	6	6	.500
65	Mark Mangino	Kansas	Big 12	6	6	.500
66	Doug Martin	Kent State	MAC	6	6	.500
67	Steve Roberts	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	6	6	.500	record adjusted to 0-6-0 by NCAA
68	Mike Shula	Alabama	SEC	6	6	.500	record adjusted to 0-6-0 by NCAA
69	Mike Stoops	Arizona	Pac-10	6	6	.500
70	Dave Wannstedt	Pitt	Big East	6	6	.500
71	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	6	7	.462
72	Rocky Long	New Mexico	MWC	6	7	.462
73	Glen Mason	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	7	.462
74	Tom Amstutz	Toledo	MAC	5	7	.417
75	J.D. Brookhart	Akron	MAC	5	7	.417
76	Al Groh	Virginia	ACC	5	7	.417
77	Terry Hoeppner	Indiana	Big Ten	5	7	.417
78	Brady Hoke	Ball State	MAC	5	7	.417
79	Mike Price	UTEP	CUSA	5	7	.417
80	Howard Schnellenberger	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Mark Snyder	Marshall	CUSA	5	7	.417
82	Tyrone Willingham	Washington	Pac-10	5	7	.417
83	Gregg Brandon	Bowling Green State	MAC	4	8	.333
84	Fisher DeBerry	Air Force	MWC	4	8	.333
85	Randy Edsall	Connecticut	Big East	4	8	.333
86	Dennis Erickson	Idaho	WAC	4	8	.333
87	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	Big Ten	4	8	.333
88	Pat Hill	Fresno State	WAC	4	8	.333
89	Bobby Johnson	Vanderbilt	SEC	4	8	.333
90	Sonny Lubick	Colorado State	MWC	4	8	.333
91	Dan McCarney	Iowa State	Big 12	4	8	.333
92	Guy Morriss	Baylor	Big 12	4	8	.333
93	Hal Mumme	New Mexico State	WAC	4	8	.333
94	George O'Leary	UCF	CUSA	4	8	.333
95	Ed Orgeron	Ole Miss	SEC	4	8	.333
96	Greg Robinson	Syracuse	Big East	4	8	.333	record adjusted to 0-8-0 by NCAA
97	Chris Scelfo	Tulane	CUSA	4	8	.333
98	John Smith	Michigan State	Big Ten	4	8	.333
99	Charlie Weatherbie	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	4	8	.333
100	Chuck Amato	North Carolina State	ACC	3	9	.250
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	Watson Brown	UAB	CUSA	3	9	.250
102	John Bunting	North Carolina	ACC	3	9	.250
103	Sylvester Croom	Mississippi State	SEC	3	9	.250
104	Darrell Dickey	North Texas	Sun Belt	3	9	.250
105	Chuck Long	San Diego State	MWC	3	9	.250
106	Bobby Ross	Army	Ind	3	9	.250
107	Jack Bicknell III	Louisiana Tech	WAC	3	10	.231
108	Turner Gill	Buffalo	MAC	2	10	.167
109	Dan Hawkins	Colorado	Big 12	2	10	.167
110	Shane Montgomery	Miami (OH)	MAC	2	10	.167
111	Mike Sanford	UNLV	MWC	2	10	.167
112	Tommy West	Memphis	CUSA	2	10	.167
113	Ron Zook	Illinois	Big Ten	2	10	.167
114	Brian Kelly	Cincinnati	Big East	1	0	1.000
115	Jeff Quinn	Central Michigan	MAC	1	0	1.000
116	Frank Spaziani	Boston College	ACC	1	0	1.000
117	Jeff Genyk	Eastern Michigan	MAC	1	11	.083
118	Al Golden	Temple	Ind	1	11	.083
119	Brent Guy	Utah State	WAC	1	11	.083
120	Walt Harris	Stanford	Pac-10	1	11	.083
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
121	Joe Kines	Alabama	SEC	0	1	.000
122	Ted Roof	Duke	ACC	0	12	.000
123	Don Strock	Florida International	Sun Belt	0	12	.000