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2009 College Football Coaches

2008 CFB Coaches 2010 CFB Coaches

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Mark Ingram (Alabama)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Gary Patterson (TCU)

AP Preseason #1: Florida

AP Final #1: Alabama

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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	14	0	1.000
2	Nick Saban	Alabama	SEC	14	0	1.000
3	Mack Brown	Texas	Big 12	13	1	.929
4	Urban Meyer	Florida	SEC	13	1	.929
5	Brian Kelly	Cincinnati	Big East	12	0	1.000
6	Gary Patterson	TCU	MWC	12	1	.923
7	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	11	2	.846
8	Butch Jones	Central Michigan	MAC	11	2	.846
9	Bronco Mendenhall	Brigham Young	MWC	11	2	.846
10	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Big Ten	11	2	.846
11	Jim Tressel	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	2	.846
12	Paul Johnson	Georgia Tech	ACC	11	3	.786	record adjusted to 10-3-0 by NCAA
13	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	ACC	10	3	.769
14	Bret Bielema	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10	3	.769
15	Chip Kelly	Oregon	Pac-10	10	3	.769
16	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee State	Sun Belt	10	3	.769
17	Dave Wannstedt	Pitt	Big East	10	3	.769
18	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	MWC	10	3	.769
19	Ken Niumatalolo	Navy	Ind	10	4	.714
20	Bo Pelini	Nebraska	Big 12	10	4	.714
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Kevin Sumlin	Houston	CUSA	10	4	.714
22	Larry Blakeney	Troy	Sun Belt	9	4	.692
23	Pete Carroll	USC	Pac-10	9	4	.692
24	Al Golden	Temple	MAC	9	4	.692
25	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9	4	.692
26	Les Miles	LSU	SEC	9	4	.692
27	Houston Nutt	Ole Miss	SEC	9	4	.692
28	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	Big East	9	4	.692
29	Randy Shannon	Miami (FL)	ACC	9	4	.692
30	Bill Stewart	West Virginia	Big East	9	4	.692
31	Skip Holtz	East Carolina	CUSA	9	5	.643
32	Frank Solich	Ohio	MAC	9	5	.643
33	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	ACC	9	5	.643
34	Mike Leach	Texas Tech	Big 12	8	4	.667
35	Robb Akey	Idaho	WAC	8	5	.615
36	Chris Ault	Nevada	WAC	8	5	.615
37	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	MWC	8	5	.615
38	Gene Chizik	Auburn	SEC	8	5	.615
39	Butch Davis	North Carolina	ACC	8	5	.615	record adjusted to 0-5-0 by NCAA
40	Randy Edsall	Connecticut	Big East	8	5	.615
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	Big Ten	8	5	.615
42	Jim Harbaugh	Stanford	Pac-10	8	5	.615
43	Pat Hill	Fresno State	WAC	8	5	.615
44	June Jones	SMU	CUSA	8	5	.615
45	Jim Leavitt	South Florida	Big East	8	5	.615
46	George O'Leary	UCF	CUSA	8	5	.615
47	Bobby Petrino	Arkansas	SEC	8	5	.615
48	Gary Pinkel	Missouri	Big 12	8	5	.615
49	Mark Richt	Georgia	SEC	8	5	.615
50	Mike Riley	Oregon State	Pac-10	8	5	.615
51	Frank Spaziani	Boston College	ACC	8	5	.615
52	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	Big 12	8	5	.615
53	Mike Stoops	Arizona	Pac-10	8	5	.615
54	Jeff Tedford	California	Pac-10	8	5	.615
55	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	ACC	7	6	.538
56	Rich Brooks	Kentucky	SEC	7	6	.538
57	Dave Christensen	Wyoming	MWC	7	6	.538
58	Dave Clawson	Bowling Green State	MAC	7	6	.538
59	Larry Fedora	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	7	6	.538
60	Lane Kiffin	Tennessee	SEC	7	6	.538
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	Jerry Kill	Northern Illinois	MAC	7	6	.538
62	Rick Neuheisel	UCLA	Pac-10	7	6	.538
63	Paul Rhoads	Iowa State	Big 12	7	6	.538
64	Mark Snyder	Marshall	CUSA	7	6	.538
65	Steve Spurrier	South Carolina	SEC	7	6	.538
66	Rickey Bustle	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6	6	.500
67	Bill Snyder	Kansas State	Big 12	6	6	.500
68	Charlie Weatherbie	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	6	6	.500
69	Charlie Weis	Notre Dame	Ind	6	6	.500
70	Tim Brewster	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	7	.462
71	Mark Dantonio	Michigan State	Big Ten	6	7	.462
72	Greg McMackin	Hawaii	WAC	6	7	.462
73	Mike Sherman	Texas A&M	Big 12	6	7	.462
74	Tim Beckman	Toledo	MAC	5	7	.417
75	Neil Callaway	UAB	CUSA	5	7	.417
76	Bill Cubit	Western Michigan	MAC	5	7	.417
77	David Cutcliffe	Duke	ACC	5	7	.417
78	Rich Ellerson	Army	Ind	5	7	.417
79	Turner Gill	Buffalo	MAC	5	7	.417
80	Todd Graham	Tulsa	CUSA	5	7	.417
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Jim Grobe	Wake Forest	ACC	5	7	.417
82	Danny Hope	Purdue	Big Ten	5	7	.417
83	Mark Mangino	Kansas	Big 12	5	7	.417
84	Doug Martin	Kent State	MAC	5	7	.417
85	Dan Mullen	Mississippi State	SEC	5	7	.417
86	Tom O'Brien	North Carolina State	ACC	5	7	.417
87	Rich Rodriguez	Michigan	Big Ten	5	7	.417
88	Mike Sanford	UNLV	MWC	5	7	.417
89	Steve Sarkisian	Washington	Pac-10	5	7	.417
90	Howard Schnellenberger	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
91	Gary Andersen	Utah State	WAC	4	8	.333
92	Art Briles	Baylor	Big 12	4	8	.333
93	Derek Dooley	Louisiana Tech	WAC	4	8	.333
94	Dennis Erickson	Arizona State	Pac-10	4	8	.333
95	Brady Hoke	San Diego State	MWC	4	8	.333
96	Steve Kragthorpe	Louisville	Big East	4	8	.333
97	Bill Lynch	Indiana	Big Ten	4	8	.333
98	Doug Marrone	Syracuse	Big East	4	8	.333
99	Mike Price	UTEP	CUSA	4	8	.333
100	Steve Roberts	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4	8	.333
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	J.D. Brookhart	Akron	MAC	3	9	.250
102	Mario Cristobal	Florida International	Sun Belt	3	9	.250
103	Steve Fairchild	Colorado State	MWC	3	9	.250
104	Al Groh	Virginia	ACC	3	9	.250
105	Dan Hawkins	Colorado	Big 12	3	9	.250
106	Bob Toledo	Tulane	CUSA	3	9	.250
107	Ron Zook	Illinois	Big Ten	3	9	.250
108	DeWayne Walker	New Mexico State	WAC	3	10	.231
109	David Bailiff	Rice	CUSA	2	10	.167
110	Todd Dodge	North Texas	Sun Belt	2	10	.167
111	Ralph Friedgen	Maryland	ACC	2	10	.167
112	Bobby Johnson	Vanderbilt	SEC	2	10	.167
113	Stan Parrish	Ball State	MAC	2	10	.167
114	Dick Tomey	San Jose State	WAC	2	10	.167
115	Tommy West	Memphis	CUSA	2	10	.167
116	Ruffin McNeill	Texas Tech	Big 12	1	0	1.000
117	Steve Stripling	Central Michigan	MAC	1	0	1.000
118	Michael Haywood	Miami (OH)	MAC	1	11	.083
119	Mike Locksley	New Mexico	MWC	1	11	.083
120	Paul Wulff	Washington State	Pac-10	1	11	.083
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
121	David Elson	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	0	12	.000
122	Ron English	Eastern Michigan	MAC	0	12	.000
123	Jeff Quinn	Cincinnati	Big East	0	1	.000