2024 College Football Coaches

2023 CFB Coaches

Champions: Ohio State (AP, CFP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Travis Hunter (Colorado)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Curt Cignetti (Indiana)

AP Preseason #1: Georgia

AP Current #1: Oregon

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148 Coaches

Record as major school

148 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
1	Ryan Day	Ohio State	Big Ten	14	2	.875
2	Marcus Freeman	Notre Dame	Ind	14	2	.875
3	Dan Lanning	Oregon	Big Ten	13	1	.929
4	James Franklin	Penn State	Big Ten	13	3	.813
5	Steve Sarkisian	Texas	SEC	13	3	.813
6	Spencer Danielson	Boise State	MWC	12	2	.857
7	Jeff Monken	Army	American	12	2	.857
8	Curt Cignetti	Indiana	Big Ten	11	2	.846
9	Ryan Silverfield	Memphis	American	11	2	.846
10	Kalani Sitake	Brigham Young	Big 12	11	2	.846
11	Tim Albin	Ohio	MAC	11	3	.786
12	Matt Campbell	Iowa State	Big 12	11	3	.786
13	Kenny Dillingham	Arizona State	Big 12	11	3	.786
14	Rhett Lashlee	SMU	ACC	11	3	.786
15	Barry Odom	UNLV	MWC	11	3	.786
16	Kirby Smart	Georgia	SEC	11	3	.786
17	Bret Bielema	Illinois	Big Ten	10	3	.769
18	Fran Brown	Syracuse	ACC	10	3	.769
19	Mario Cristobal	Miami (FL)	ACC	10	3	.769
20	Eli Drinkwitz	Missouri	SEC	10	3	.769
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Josh Heupel	Tennessee	SEC	10	3	.769
22	Charles Huff	Marshall	Sun Belt	10	3	.769
23	Lane Kiffin	Ole Miss	SEC	10	3	.769
24	Brian Newberry	Navy	American	10	3	.769
25	Michael Desormeaux	Louisiana	Sun Belt	10	4	.714
26	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	ACC	10	4	.714
27	K.C. Keeler	Sam Houston	CUSA	9	3	.750
28	Shane Beamer	South Carolina	SEC	9	4	.692
29	Jeff Brohm	Louisville	ACC	9	4	.692
30	Bob Chesney	James Madison	Sun Belt	9	4	.692
31	Kalen DeBoer	Alabama	SEC	9	4	.692
32	Manny Diaz	Duke	ACC	9	4	.692
33	Sonny Dykes	TCU	Big 12	9	4	.692
34	Brian Kelly	LSU	SEC	9	4	.692
35	Chris Klieman	Kansas State	Big 12	9	4	.692
36	Pete Lembo	Buffalo	MAC	9	4	.692
37	Jim Mora	Connecticut	Ind	9	4	.692
38	Deion Sanders	Colorado	Big 12	9	4	.692
39	Chuck Martin	Miami (OH)	MAC	9	5	.643
40	Rich Rodriguez	Jacksonville State	CUSA	9	5	.643
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Jon Sumrall	Tulane	American	9	5	.643
42	Jamey Chadwell	Liberty	CUSA	8	4	.667
43	Jake Dickert	Washington State	Ind	8	4	.667
44	Dave Aranda	Baylor	Big 12	8	5	.615
45	Jason Candle	Toledo	MAC	8	5	.615
46	Mike Elko	Texas A&M	SEC	8	5	.615
47	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	8	5	.615
48	P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Big Ten	8	5	.615
49	Thomas Hammock	Northern Illinois	MAC	8	5	.615
50	Clay Helton	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	8	5	.615
51	Butch Jones	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8	5	.615
52	G.J. Kinne	Texas State	Sun Belt	8	5	.615
53	Joey McGuire	Texas Tech	Big 12	8	5	.615
54	Sherrone Moore	Michigan	Big Ten	8	5	.615
55	Billy Napier	Florida	SEC	8	5	.615
56	Jay Norvell	Colorado State	MWC	8	5	.615
57	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	CUSA	8	6	.571
58	Major Applewhite	South Alabama	Sun Belt	7	6	.538
59	Alex Golesh	South Florida	American	7	6	.538
60	Brent Key	Georgia Tech	ACC	7	6	.538
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	Clark Lea	Vanderbilt	SEC	7	6	.538
62	Scot Loeffler	Bowling Green State	MAC	7	6	.538
63	Pat Narduzzi	Pitt	ACC	7	6	.538
64	Ken Niumatalolo	San Jose State	MWC	7	6	.538
65	Bill O'Brien	Boston College	ACC	7	6	.538
66	Sam Pittman	Arkansas	SEC	7	6	.538
67	Matt Rhule	Nebraska	Big Ten	7	6	.538
68	Lincoln Riley	USC	Big Ten	7	6	.538
69	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	Big Ten	7	6	.538
70	Jeff Traylor	UTSA	American	7	6	.538
71	Mack Brown	North Carolina	ACC	6	6	.500
72	Neal Brown	West Virginia	Big 12	6	6	.500
73	Tim Beck	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	6	7	.462
74	Dave Doeren	North Carolina State	ACC	6	7	.462
75	Jedd Fisch	Washington	Big Ten	6	7	.462
76	Eric Morris	North Texas	American	6	7	.462
77	Brent Pry	Virginia Tech	ACC	6	7	.462
78	Tim Skipper	Fresno State	MWC	6	7	.462
79	Lance Taylor	Western Michigan	MAC	6	7	.462
80	Brent Venables	Oklahoma	SEC	6	7	.462
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Justin Wilcox	California	ACC	6	7	.462
82	Blake Harrell	East Carolina	American	5	1	.833
83	Shawn Clark	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	5	6	.455
84	Trent Bray	Oregon State	Ind	5	7	.417
85	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	MWC	5	7	.417
86	Timmy Chang	Hawaii	MWC	5	7	.417
87	Chris Creighton	Eastern Michigan	MAC	5	7	.417
88	Tony Elliott	Virginia	ACC	5	7	.417
89	Luke Fickell	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5	7	.417
90	Deshaun Foster	UCLA	Big Ten	5	7	.417
91	Hugh Freeze	Auburn	SEC	5	7	.417
92	Lance Leipold	Kansas	Big 12	5	7	.417
93	Bronco Mendenhall	New Mexico	MWC	5	7	.417
94	Ricky Rahne	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
95	Scott Satterfield	Cincinnati	Big 12	5	7	.417
96	Jonathan Smith	Michigan State	Big Ten	5	7	.417
97	Bryant Vincent	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
98	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	Big 12	5	7	.417
99	Sonny Cumbie	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	5	8	.385
100	David Braun	Northwestern	Big Ten	4	8	.333
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	Brent Brennan	Arizona	Big 12	4	8	.333
102	Dave Clawson	Wake Forest	ACC	4	8	.333
103	Nate Dreiling	Utah State	MWC	4	8	.333
104	Willie Fritz	Houston	Big 12	4	8	.333
105	Mike Locksley	Maryland	Big Ten	4	8	.333
106	Mike MacIntyre	Florida International	CUSA	4	8	.333
107	Gus Malzahn	UCF	Big 12	4	8	.333
108	Jim McElwain	Central Michigan	MAC	4	8	.333
109	Joe Moorhead	Akron	MAC	4	8	.333
110	Gerad Parker	Troy	Sun Belt	4	8	.333
111	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	SEC	4	8	.333
112	Mike Houston	East Carolina	American	3	4	.429
113	Stan Drayton	Temple	American	3	7	.300
114	Mike Neu	Ball State	MAC	3	7	.300
115	Biff Poggi	Charlotte	American	3	7	.300
116	Kevin Wilson	Tulsa	American	3	8	.273
117	Trent Dilfer	UAB	American	3	9	.250
118	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3	9	.250
119	Sean Lewis	San Diego State	MWC	3	9	.250
120	Derek Mason	Middle Tennessee State	CUSA	3	9	.250
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
121	Dell McGee	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3	9	.250
122	Tony Sanchez	New Mexico State	CUSA	3	9	.250
123	Jay Sawvel	Wyoming	MWC	3	9	.250
124	Troy Taylor	Stanford	ACC	3	9	.250
125	Scotty Walden	UTEP	CUSA	3	9	.250
126	Jeff Choate	Nevada	MWC	3	10	.231
127	Tim Brewster	Charlotte	American	2	0	1.000
128	Pete Alamar	Rice	American	2	2	.500
129	Mike Bloomgren	Rice	American	2	6	.250
130	Don Brown	Massachusetts	Ind	2	8	.200
131	Tom Herman	Florida Atlantic	American	2	8	.200
132	Jeff Lebby	Mississippi State	SEC	2	10	.167
133	Mike Norvell	Florida State	ACC	2	10	.167
134	Brad Cornelsen	Sam Houston	CUSA	1	0	1.000
135	Chad Lunsford	Florida Atlantic	American	1	1	.500
136	Chandler Burks	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1	2	.333
137	Will Hall	Southern Mississippi	Sun Belt	1	6	.143
138	Brian Bohannon	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1	8	.111
139	Ryan Walters	Purdue	Big Ten	1	11	.083
140	Kenni Burns	Kent State	MAC	0	12	.000
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
141	Colin Johnson	Ball State	MAC	0	2	.000
142	Pete Kaligis	Washington State	Ind	0	1	.000
143	Freddie Kitchens	North Carolina	ACC	0	1	.000
144	Shane Montgomery	Massachusetts	Ind	0	2	.000
145	Chad Scott	West Virginia	Big 12	0	1	.000
146	Reed Stringer	Southern Mississippi	Sun Belt	0	5	.000
147	Ryan Switzer	Tulsa	American	0	1	.000
148	Everett Withers	Temple	American	0	2	.000