2018 College Football Coaches

2017 CFB Coaches 2019 CFB Coaches

Champions: Clemson (AP, CFP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Kyler Murray (Oklahoma)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Bill Clark (UAB)

AP Preseason #1: Alabama

AP Final #1: Clemson

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139 Coaches

Record as major school

139 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
1	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	ACC	15	0	1.000
2	Nick Saban	Alabama	SEC	14	1	.933
3	Josh Heupel	UCF	American	12	1	.923
4	Brian Kelly	Notre Dame	Ind	12	1	.923
5	Lincoln Riley	Oklahoma	Big 12	12	2	.857
6	Jeff Tedford	Fresno State	MWC	12	2	.857
7	Luke Fickell	Cincinnati	American	11	2	.846
8	Mike Leach	Washington State	Pac-12	11	2	.846
9	Jeff Monken	Army	Ind	11	2	.846
10	Bill Clark	UAB	CUSA	11	3	.786
11	Kirby Smart	Georgia	SEC	11	3	.786
12	Urban Meyer	Ohio State	Big Ten	10	1	.909
13	Scott Satterfield	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	10	2	.833
14	Matt Wells	Utah State	MWC	10	2	.833
15	Dino Babers	Syracuse	ACC	10	3	.769
16	Neal Brown	Troy	Sun Belt	10	3	.769
17	Jim Harbaugh	Michigan	Big Ten	10	3	.769
18	Bryan Harsin	Boise State	MWC	10	3	.769
19	Chad Lunsford	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	10	3	.769
20	Dan Mullen	Florida	SEC	10	3	.769
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Ed Orgeron	LSU	SEC	10	3	.769
22	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	SEC	10	3	.769
23	Tom Herman	Texas	Big 12	10	4	.714
24	Lance Leipold	Buffalo	MAC	10	4	.714
25	Chris Petersen	Washington	Pac-12	10	4	.714
26	Mario Cristobal	Oregon	Pac-12	9	4	.692
27	Butch Davis	Florida International	CUSA	9	4	.692
28	Dave Doeren	North Carolina State	ACC	9	4	.692
29	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	9	4	.692
30	Jimbo Fisher	Texas A&M	SEC	9	4	.692
31	James Franklin	Penn State	Big Ten	9	4	.692
32	Doc Holliday	Marshall	CUSA	9	4	.692
33	Seth Littrell	North Texas	CUSA	9	4	.692
34	David Shaw	Stanford	Pac-12	9	4	.692
35	Frank Solich	Ohio	MAC	9	4	.692
36	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	Big Ten	9	5	.643
37	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	Pac-12	9	5	.643
38	Geoff Collins	Temple	American	8	4	.667
39	Dana Holgorsen	West Virginia	Big 12	8	4	.667
40	Blake Anderson	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8	5	.615
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Major Applewhite	Houston	American	8	5	.615
42	Matt Campbell	Iowa State	Big 12	8	5	.615
43	Paul Chryst	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8	5	.615
44	David Cutcliffe	Duke	ACC	8	5	.615
45	Skip Holtz	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	8	5	.615
46	Gus Malzahn	Auburn	SEC	8	5	.615
47	Bronco Mendenhall	Virginia	ACC	8	5	.615
48	Joe Moorhead	Mississippi State	SEC	8	5	.615
49	Jay Norvell	Nevada	MWC	8	5	.615
50	Barry Odom	Missouri	SEC	8	5	.615
51	Rod Carey	Northern Illinois	MAC	8	6	.571
52	Mike Norvell	Memphis	American	8	6	.571
53	Nick Rolovich	Hawaii	MWC	8	6	.571
54	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee State	CUSA	8	6	.571
55	Steve Addazio	Boston College	ACC	7	5	.583
56	Jason Candle	Toledo	MAC	7	6	.538
57	Dave Clawson	Wake Forest	ACC	7	6	.538
58	Chris Creighton	Eastern Michigan	MAC	7	6	.538
59	Mark Dantonio	Michigan State	Big Ten	7	6	.538
60	Herm Edwards	Arizona State	Pac-12	7	6	.538
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Big Ten	7	6	.538
62	Willie Fritz	Tulane	American	7	6	.538
63	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7	6	.538
64	Paul Johnson	Georgia Tech	ACC	7	6	.538
65	Tim Lester	Western Michigan	MAC	7	6	.538
66	Rocky Long	San Diego State	MWC	7	6	.538
67	Will Muschamp	South Carolina	SEC	7	6	.538
68	Gary Patterson	TCU	Big 12	7	6	.538
69	Matt Rhule	Baylor	Big 12	7	6	.538
70	Mark Richt	Miami (FL)	ACC	7	6	.538
71	Kalani Sitake	Brigham Young	Ind	7	6	.538
72	Charlie Strong	South Florida	American	7	6	.538
73	Justin Wilcox	California	Pac-12	7	6	.538
74	Billy Napier	Louisiana	Sun Belt	7	7	.500
75	Pat Narduzzi	Pitt	ACC	7	7	.500
76	Jay Hopson	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	6	5	.545
77	Craig Bohl	Wyoming	MWC	6	6	.500
78	Turner Gill	Liberty		6	6	.500
79	Chuck Martin	Miami (OH)	MAC	6	6	.500
80	Matt Viator	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	6	6	.500
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Jeff Brohm	Purdue	Big Ten	6	7	.462
82	Justin Fuente	Virginia Tech	ACC	6	7	.462
83	Derek Mason	Vanderbilt	SEC	6	7	.462
84	Mike MacIntyre	Colorado	Pac-12	5	6	.455
85	Tom Allen	Indiana	Big Ten	5	7	.417
86	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	MWC	5	7	.417
87	Matt Canada	Maryland	Big Ten	5	7	.417
88	Sonny Dykes	SMU	American	5	7	.417
89	Clay Helton	USC	Pac-12	5	7	.417
90	Lane Kiffin	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	5	7	.417
91	Kliff Kingsbury	Texas Tech	Big 12	5	7	.417
92	Brad Lambert	Charlotte	CUSA	5	7	.417
93	Matt Luke	Ole Miss	SEC	5	7	.417
94	Joe Moglia	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
95	Jeremy Pruitt	Tennessee	SEC	5	7	.417
96	Bill Snyder	Kansas State	Big 12	5	7	.417
97	Kevin Sumlin	Arizona	Pac-12	5	7	.417
98	Willie Taggart	Florida State	ACC	5	7	.417
99	Terry Bowden	Akron	MAC	4	8	.333
100	Scott Frost	Nebraska	Big Ten	4	8	.333
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	Mike Neu	Ball State	MAC	4	8	.333
102	Tony Sanchez	UNLV	MWC	4	8	.333
103	Lovie Smith	Illinois	Big Ten	4	8	.333
104	Mark Whipple	Massachusetts	Ind	4	8	.333
105	Bobby Wilder	Old Dominion	CUSA	4	8	.333
106	Ryan Day	Ohio State	Big Ten	3	0	1.000
107	Scottie Montgomery	East Carolina	American	3	8	.273
108	Everett Withers	Texas State	Sun Belt	3	8	.273
109	David Beaty	Kansas	Big 12	3	9	.250
110	Mike Bobo	Colorado State	MWC	3	9	.250
111	Steve Campbell	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3	9	.250
112	Bob Davie	New Mexico	MWC	3	9	.250
113	Chip Kelly	UCLA	Pac-12	3	9	.250
114	Doug Martin	New Mexico State		3	9	.250
115	Philip Montgomery	Tulsa	American	3	9	.250
116	Mike Sanford Jr.	Western Kentucky	CUSA	3	9	.250
117	Frank Wilson	UTSA	CUSA	3	9	.250
118	Ken Niumatalolo	Navy	American	3	10	.231
119	Carl Pelini	Bowling Green State	MAC	2	3	.400
120	Bobby Petrino	Louisville	ACC	2	8	.200
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
121	Larry Fedora	North Carolina	ACC	2	9	.182
122	Shawn Elliott	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2	10	.167
123	Sean Lewis	Kent State	MAC	2	10	.167
124	Chad Morris	Arkansas	SEC	2	10	.167
125	Jonathan Smith	Oregon State	Pac-12	2	10	.167
126	Mike Bloomgren	Rice	CUSA	2	11	.154
127	Mark Ivey	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	1	0	1.000
128	Frank Maile	Utah State	MWC	1	0	1.000
129	Mike Jinks	Bowling Green State	MAC	1	6	.143
130	Chris Ash	Rutgers	Big Ten	1	11	.083
131	John Bonamego	Central Michigan	MAC	1	11	.083
132	Brent Brennan	San Jose State	MWC	1	11	.083
133	Dana Dimel	UTEP	CUSA	1	11	.083
134	Randy Edsall	Connecticut	American	1	11	.083
135	David Blackwell	East Carolina	American	0	1	.000
136	Ed Foley	Temple	American	0	1	.000
137	Kurt Roper	Colorado	Pac-12	0	1	.000
138	Lorenzo Ward	Louisville	ACC	0	2	.000
139	Chris Woods	Texas State	Sun Belt	0	1	.000