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2008 College Football Coaches

2007 CFB Coaches 2009 CFB Coaches

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Sam Bradford (Oklahoma)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Nick Saban (Alabama)

AP Preseason #1: Georgia

AP Final #1: Florida

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122 Coaches

Record as major school

122 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
1	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	MWC	13	0	1.000
2	Urban Meyer	Florida	SEC	13	1	.929
3	Mack Brown	Texas	Big 12	12	1	.923
4	Pete Carroll	USC	Pac-10	12	1	.923
5	Brady Hoke	Ball State	MAC	12	1	.923
6	Chris Petersen	Boise State	WAC	12	1	.923
7	Nick Saban	Alabama	SEC	12	2	.857
8	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	Big 12	12	2	.857
9	Mike Leach	Texas Tech	Big 12	11	2	.846
10	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Big Ten	11	2	.846
11	Gary Patterson	TCU	MWC	11	2	.846
12	Todd Graham	Tulsa	CUSA	11	3	.786
13	Brian Kelly	Cincinnati	Big East	11	3	.786
14	David Bailiff	Rice	CUSA	10	3	.769
15	Mike Bellotti	Oregon	Pac-10	10	3	.769
16	Bronco Mendenhall	Brigham Young	MWC	10	3	.769
17	Mark Richt	Georgia	SEC	10	3	.769
18	Jim Tressel	Ohio State	Big Ten	10	3	.769
19	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	ACC	10	4	.714
20	Gary Pinkel	Missouri	Big 12	10	4	.714
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	ACC	9	4	.692
22	Bill Cubit	Western Michigan	MAC	9	4	.692
23	Mark Dantonio	Michigan State	Big Ten	9	4	.692
24	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	9	4	.692
25	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	Big Ten	9	4	.692
26	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9	4	.692
27	Paul Johnson	Georgia Tech	ACC	9	4	.692
28	Houston Nutt	Ole Miss	SEC	9	4	.692
29	Bo Pelini	Nebraska	Big 12	9	4	.692
30	Mike Riley	Oregon State	Pac-10	9	4	.692
31	Bill Stewart	West Virginia	Big East	9	4	.692
32	Jeff Tedford	California	Pac-10	9	4	.692
33	Dave Wannstedt	Pitt	Big East	9	4	.692
34	Skip Holtz	East Carolina	CUSA	9	5	.643
35	Jeff Jagodzinski	Boston College	ACC	9	5	.643
36	Larry Blakeney	Troy	Sun Belt	8	5	.615
37	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	MWC	8	5	.615
38	Butch Davis	North Carolina	ACC	8	5	.615	record adjusted to 0-5-0 by NCAA
39	Derek Dooley	Louisiana Tech	WAC	8	5	.615
40	Randy Edsall	Connecticut	Big East	8	5	.615
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Ralph Friedgen	Maryland	ACC	8	5	.615
42	Jim Grobe	Wake Forest	ACC	8	5	.615
43	Butch Jones	Central Michigan	MAC	8	5	.615
44	Jim Leavitt	South Florida	Big East	8	5	.615
45	Mark Mangino	Kansas	Big 12	8	5	.615
46	Les Miles	LSU	SEC	8	5	.615
47	Ken Niumatalolo	Navy	Ind	8	5	.615
48	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	Big East	8	5	.615
49	Mike Stoops	Arizona	Pac-10	8	5	.615
50	Kevin Sumlin	Houston	CUSA	8	5	.615
51	Turner Gill	Buffalo	MAC	8	6	.571
52	Chris Ault	Nevada	WAC	7	6	.538
53	Bret Bielema	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7	6	.538
54	Tim Brewster	Minnesota	Big Ten	7	6	.538
55	Rich Brooks	Kentucky	SEC	7	6	.538
56	Steve Fairchild	Colorado State	MWC	7	6	.538
57	Larry Fedora	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	7	6	.538
58	Pat Hill	Fresno State	WAC	7	6	.538
59	Bobby Johnson	Vanderbilt	SEC	7	6	.538
60	Howard Schnellenberger	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	7	6	.538
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	Randy Shannon	Miami (FL)	ACC	7	6	.538
62	Steve Spurrier	South Carolina	SEC	7	6	.538
63	Charlie Weis	Notre Dame	Ind	7	6	.538
64	Greg McMackin	Hawaii	WAC	7	7	.500
65	Gregg Brandon	Bowling Green State	MAC	6	6	.500
66	Rickey Bustle	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6	6	.500
67	Steve Roberts	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	6	6	.500
68	Dick Tomey	San Jose State	WAC	6	6	.500
69	Jerry Kill	Northern Illinois	MAC	6	7	.462
70	Tom O'Brien	North Carolina State	ACC	6	7	.462
71	Tommy West	Memphis	CUSA	6	7	.462
72	J.D. Brookhart	Akron	MAC	5	7	.417
73	Mario Cristobal	Florida International	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
74	Dennis Erickson	Arizona State	Pac-10	5	7	.417
75	Phillip Fulmer	Tennessee	SEC	5	7	.417
76	Al Golden	Temple	MAC	5	7	.417
77	Al Groh	Virginia	ACC	5	7	.417
78	Jim Harbaugh	Stanford	Pac-10	5	7	.417
79	Dan Hawkins	Colorado	Big 12	5	7	.417
80	Steve Kragthorpe	Louisville	Big East	5	7	.417
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Bobby Petrino	Arkansas	SEC	5	7	.417
82	Mike Price	UTEP	CUSA	5	7	.417
83	Ron Prince	Kansas State	Big 12	5	7	.417
84	Mike Sanford	UNLV	MWC	5	7	.417
85	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee State	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
86	Tommy Tuberville	Auburn	SEC	5	7	.417
87	Ron Zook	Illinois	Big Ten	5	7	.417
88	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	ACC	4	3	.571
89	Art Briles	Baylor	Big 12	4	8	.333
90	Neil Callaway	UAB	CUSA	4	8	.333
91	Sylvester Croom	Mississippi State	SEC	4	8	.333
92	David Cutcliffe	Duke	ACC	4	8	.333
93	Joe Glenn	Wyoming	MWC	4	8	.333
94	Rocky Long	New Mexico	MWC	4	8	.333
95	Doug Martin	Kent State	MAC	4	8	.333
96	Rick Neuheisel	UCLA	Pac-10	4	8	.333
97	George O'Leary	UCF	CUSA	4	8	.333
98	Mike Sherman	Texas A&M	Big 12	4	8	.333
99	Mark Snyder	Marshall	CUSA	4	8	.333
100	Frank Solich	Ohio	MAC	4	8	.333
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	Joe Tiller	Purdue	Big Ten	4	8	.333
102	Charlie Weatherbie	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	4	8	.333
103	Tommy Bowden	Clemson	ACC	3	3	.500
104	Tom Amstutz	Toledo	MAC	3	9	.250
105	Stan Brock	Army	Ind	3	9	.250
106	Jeff Genyk	Eastern Michigan	MAC	3	9	.250
107	Brent Guy	Utah State	WAC	3	9	.250
108	Bill Lynch	Indiana	Big Ten	3	9	.250
109	Hal Mumme	New Mexico State	WAC	3	9	.250
110	Greg Robinson	Syracuse	Big East	3	9	.250
111	Rich Rodriguez	Michigan	Big Ten	3	9	.250
112	Robb Akey	Idaho	WAC	2	10	.167
113	Gene Chizik	Iowa State	Big 12	2	10	.167
114	David Elson	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	2	10	.167
115	Chuck Long	San Diego State	MWC	2	10	.167
116	Shane Montgomery	Miami (OH)	MAC	2	10	.167
117	Bob Toledo	Tulane	CUSA	2	10	.167
118	Paul Wulff	Washington State	Pac-10	2	11	.154
119	Todd Dodge	North Texas	Sun Belt	1	11	.083
120	June Jones	SMU	CUSA	1	11	.083
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
121	Stan Parrish	Ball State	MAC	0	1	.000
122	Tyrone Willingham	Washington	Pac-10	0	12	.000