# List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (coaches)

This is a list of College Football Hall of Fame members who have been inducted as coaches. As of the 2017 inductions, 214 individuals have been inducted as coaches since the College Football Hall of Fame was established in 1951.

## Details
### Active coaches

Seven individuals have coached as College Football Hall of Fame inductees:
* John Ralston was inducted in 1992 following his tenures with Utah State (1959–1962) and Stanford (1963–1971). He came out of retirement in 1993 to coach San Jose State and remained active through the 1996 season.
* Chris Ault was inducted in 2002 following two stints with Nevada (1976–1992 and 1994–1995). He returned as head coach at Nevada from 2004 to 2012.
* Bobby Bowden was inducted in 2006 and remained active as a head coach with Florida State until his retirement in 2009.
* John Gagliardi was also inducted in 2006 and remained active with Saint John's in Minnesota until he retired in 2012.
* Joe Paterno was inducted in 2007 and remained as a head coach at Penn State until he was fired during the 2011 season as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
* Bill Snyder was inducted in 2015 as an active head coach for the Kansas State Wildcats. He remained Kansas State's head coach though the 2018 season.
* Mack Brown was inducted in 2018 while working as a college football analyst for ESPN, having last coached at Texas in 2013. Brown returned to coaching the next year, returning to his previous position as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he remained until 2024.

### Time frame

Walter Camp first became a head coach in 1888 and is the earliest on the list to be named a head coach. Lloyd Carr first became a head coach in 1995 and is the most recent head coach appointee on the list. Edward K. Hall was a head coach for only two years, in 1892 and 1893, while John Gagliardi was head coach for 64 years before retiring at the end of the 2012 season.

### Win–loss records

Edward K. Hall and John Gagliardi have, respectively, the fewest wins (10) and most wins (489) on the list. Walter Camp has the fewest losses at five while Amos Alonzo Stagg has the most losses at 199. Stagg also has the most games resulting in a tie at 35. Multiple coaches have finished their career with zero ties, and overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996 which make ties impossible in the period since. Larry Kehres has the highest win percentage at .929; Walter Camp is second at .925. Tuss McLaughry has the lowest win percentage at .490. He is only coach on the list under the .500 mark.

## List of College Football Hall of Fame coaches

| Name | Teams | First year | Last year | Years | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Year inducted |
| Joe Aillet | Louisiana Tech | 1940 | 1966 | 26 | 245 | 151 | 86 | 8 | .633 | 1989 |
| Bill Alexander | Georgia Tech | 1920 | 1944 | 25 | 244 | 134 | 95 | 15 | .580 | 1951 |
| Barry Alvarez | Wisconsin | 1990 | 2005 | 16 | 195 | 118 | 77 | 4 | .603 | 2010 |
| Eddie Anderson | Columbia (IA), DePaul, Holy Cross, Iowa | 1922 | 1964 | 39 | 344 | 201 | 128 | 15 | .606 | 1971 |
| Ike Armstrong | Utah | 1925 | 1949 | 25 | 211 | 141 | 55 | 15 | .704 | 1957 |
| Volney Ashford | Missouri Valley | 1937 | 1967 | 31 | 264 | 197 | 55 | 12 | .769 | 2009 |
| Chris Ault | Nevada | 1976 | 2012 | 28 | 343 | 233 | 109 | 1 | .681 | 2002 |
| Charlie Bachman | Northwestern, Kansas State, Florida, Michigan State, Hillsdale | 1919 | 1953 | 28 | 232 | 137 | 82 | 24 | .613 | 1978 |
| Earl Banks | Morgan State | 1960 | 1973 | 14 | 129 | 96 | 31 | 2 | .752 | 1992 |
| Harry Baujan | Dayton | 1923 | 1946 | 21 | 196 | 124 | 64 | 8 | .653 | 1990 |
| Frank Beamer | Murray State, Virginia Tech | 1981 | 2015 | 34 | 427 | 280 | 143 | 4 | .660 | 2018 |
| Tom Beck | St. Procopius / Illinois Benedictine, Elmhurst, Grand Valley State | 1970 | 1990 | 19 | 190 | 153 | 52 | 1 | .745 | 2004 |
| Matty Bell | Haskell, Carroll (WI), TCU, Texas A&M, SMU | 1920 | 1949 | 26 | 258 | 153 | 88 | 17 | .626 | 1955 |
| Mike Bellotti | Chico State, Oregon | 1995 | 2008 | 19 | 219 | 137 | 80 | 2 | .630 | 2014 |
| Hugo Bezdek | Oregon, Arkansas, Penn State, Delaware Valley | 1906 | 1949 | 24 | 201 | 127 | 58 | 16 | .672 | 1954 |
| Dana X. Bible | Mississippi College, LSU, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Texas | 1913 | 1946 | 33 | 293 | 198 | 72 | 23 | .715 | 1951 |
| Bernie Bierman | Montana, Mississippi State, Tulane, Iowa Pre-Flight, Minnesota | 1919 | 1950 | 27 | 230 | 153 | 65 | 12 | .691 | 1955 |
| Bob Blackman | Denver, Dartmouth, Illinois, Cornell | 1953 | 1982 | 30 | 287 | 168 | 112 | 7 | .598 | 1987 |
| Earl Blaik | Dartmouth, Army | 1934 | 1958 | 25 | 228 | 166 | 48 | 14 | .759 | 1964 |
| Larry Blakeney | Troy | 1991 | 2014 | 24 | 292 | 178 | 131 | 1 | .611 | 2025 |
| Bobby Bowden | Samford, West Virginia, Florida State | 1959 | 2009 | 44 | 510 | 377 | 129 | 4 | .743 | 2006 |
| Bill Bowes | New Hampshire | 1972 | 1998 | 27 | 286 | 175 | 106 | 5 | .621 | 2016 |
| Mack Brown | Appalachian State, Tulane, North Carolina, Texas | 1983 | Present | 35 | 432 | 282 | 149 | 1 | .654 | 2018 |
| Frank Broyles | Missouri, Arkansas | 1957 | 1976 | 20 | 217 | 149 | 62 | 6 | .700 | 1983 |
| Earle Bruce | Tampa, Iowa State, Ohio State, Northern Iowa, Colorado State | 1972 | 1992 | 21 | 246 | 154 | 90 | 2 | .630 | 2002 |
| Bear Bryant | Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Alabama | 1945 | 1982 | 38 | 425 | 323 | 85 | 17 | .780 | 1986 |
| Harold Burry | Westminster (PA) | 1952 | 1971 | 20 | 163 | 127 | 31 | 5 | .794 | 1996 |
| Jim Butterfield | Ithaca | 1967 | 1993 | 27 | 278 | 206 | 71 | 1 | .743 | 1997 |
| Wally Butts | Georgia | 1939 | 1960 | 22 | 235 | 140 | 86 | 9 | .615 | 1997 |
| Charlie Caldwell | Williams, Princeton | 1928 | 1956 | 27 | 222 | 146 | 67 | 9 | .678 | 1961 |
| Walter Camp | Yale, Stanford | 1888 | 1895 | 8 | 87 | 79 | 5 | 3 | .925 | 1951 |
| Gene Carpenter | Adams State, Millersville | 1968 | 2000 | 32 | 316 | 220 | 96 | 6 | .693 | 2012 |
| Lloyd Carr | Michigan | 1995 | 2007 | 13 | 162 | 122 | 40 | 0 | .753 | 2011 |
| Len Casanova | Santa Clara, Pittsburgh, Oregon | 1946 | 1966 | 21 | 209 | 104 | 94 | 11 | .524 | 1977 |
| Marino Casem | Alabama State, Alcorn State, Southern | 1963 | 1992 | 26 | 260 | 159 | 93 | 8 | .627 | 2003 |
| Monte Cater | Lakeland, Shepherd | 1981 | 2017 | 37 | 394 | 275 | 117 | 2 | .701 | 2023 |
| Frank Cavanaugh | Cincinnati, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Boston College, Fordham | 1898 | 1932 | 24 | 210 | 146 | 47 | 17 | .736 | 1954 |
| Jim Christopherson | Concordia (MN) | 1969 | 2000 | 32 | 326 | 218 | 101 | 7 | .677 | 2007 |
| Frank Cignetti Sr. | West Virginia, IUP | 1976 | 2005 | 24 | 277 | 199 | 77 | 1 | .720 | 2013 |
| Jerry Claiborne | Virginia Tech, Maryland, Kentucky | 1961 | 1989 | 28 | 309 | 178 | 122 | 8 | .591 | 1999 |
| Dick Colman | Princeton | 1957 | 1968 | 12 | 108 | 75 | 33 | 0 | .694 | 1990 |
| John Cooper | Tulsa, Arizona State, Ohio State | 1977 | 2000 | 24 | 282 | 192 | 84 | 6 | .691 | 2008 |
| Don Coryell | Whittier, San Diego State | 1957 | 1972 | 15 | 154 | 127 | 24 | 3 | .834 | 1999 |
| Carmen Cozza | Yale | 1965 | 1996 | 32 | 303 | 179 | 119 | 5 | .599 | 2002 |
| Fritz Crisler | Minnesota, Princeton, Michigan | 1930 | 1947 | 18 | 157 | 116 | 32 | 9 | .768 | 1954 |
| Mark Dantonio | Cincinnati, Michigan State | 2004 | 2019 | 16 | 206 | 132 | 74 | 0 | .641 | 2024 |
| Duffy Daugherty | Michigan State | 1954 | 1972 | 19 | 183 | 109 | 69 | 5 | .623 | 1984 |
| Fisher DeBerry | Air Force | 1984 | 2006 | 23 | 279 | 169 | 109 | 1 | .608 | 2011 |
| Herb Deromedi | Central Michigan | 1978 | 1993 | 16 | 175 | 110 | 55 | 10 | .657 | 2007 |
| Bob Devaney | Wyoming, Nebraska | 1957 | 1972 | 16 | 173 | 136 | 30 | 7 | .806 | 1981 |
| Dan Devine | Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame | 1955 | 1980 | 22 | 239 | 173 | 57 | 9 | .743 | 1985 |
| Doug Dickey | Tennessee, Florida | 1964 | 1978 | 15 | 168 | 104 | 58 | 6 | .639 | 2003 |
| William Henry Dietz | Washington State, Purdue, Louisiana Tech, Wyoming, Haskell, Albright | 1915 | 1942 | 19 | 166 | 96 | 62 | 8 | .752 | 2012 |
| Gil Dobie | North Dakota State, Washington, Navy, Cornell, Boston College | 1906 | 1938 | 33 | 242 | 182 | 45 | 15 | .783 | 1951 |
| Bobby Dodd | Georgia Tech | 1945 | 1966 | 22 | 237 | 165 | 64 | 8 | .713 | 1993 |
| Mike Donahue | Auburn, LSU | 1904 | 1927 | 23 | 191 | 129 | 54 | 8 | .696 | 1951 |
| Terry Donahue | UCLA | 1976 | 1995 | 20 | 233 | 151 | 74 | 8 | .665 | 2000 |
| Jim Donnan | Marshall, Georgia | 1990 | 2000 | 11 | 145 | 104 | 40 | 1 | .721 | 2009 |
| Boots Donnelly | Austin Peay, Middle Tennessee | 1977 | 1998 | 22 | 249 | 154 | 94 | 1 | .620 | 2013 |
| Vince Dooley | Georgia | 1964 | 1988 | 25 | 288 | 201 | 77 | 10 | .715 | 1994 |
| Gus Dorais | Loras, Gonzaga, Detroit | 1914 | 1942 | 27 | 232 | 151 | 70 | 12 | .674 | 1954 |
| Jess Dow | Southern Connecticut State | 1948 | 1965 | 18 | 154 | 107 | 41 | 6 | .714 | 2013 |
| Pat Dye | East Carolina, Wyoming, Auburn | 1974 | 1992 | 19 | 220 | 153 | 62 | 5 | .707 | 2006 |
| Bill Edwards | Western Reserve, Vanderbilt, Wittenberg | 1936 | 1968 | 23 | 221 | 168 | 45 | 8 | .777 | 1986 |
| LaVell Edwards | Brigham Young | 1972 | 2000 | 29 | 361 | 257 | 101 | 3 | .716 | 2004 |
| Rip Engle | Brown, Penn State | 1944 | 1965 | 22 | 208 | 132 | 68 | 8 | .654 | 1973 |
| Dennis Erickson | Idaho, Wyoming, Washington State, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Arizona State | 1982 | 2011 | 23 | 276 | 179 | 96 | 1 | .650 | 2019 |
| Forest Evashevski | Hamilton, Washington State, Iowa | 1941 | 1960 | 12 | 109 | 68 | 35 | 6 | .651 | 2000 |
| Dick Farley | Williams | 1987 | 2003 | 17 | 136 | 114 | 19 | 3 | .849 | 2006 |
| Don Faurot | Kirksville State, Iowa Pre-Flight, NAS Jacksonville, Missouri | 1926 | 1956 | 30 | 286 | 177 | 96 | 13 | .639 | 1961 |
| Danny Ford | Clemson, Arkansas | 1978 | 1997 | 17 | 186 | 122 | 59 | 5 | .669 | 2017 |
| Hayden Fry | SMU, North Texas State, Iowa | 1962 | 1998 | 37 | 420 | 232 | 178 | 10 | .564 | 2003 |
| Phillip Fulmer | Tennessee | 1992 | 2008 | 17 | 204 | 152 | 42 | 0 | .745 | 2012 |
| Joe Fusco | Westminster (PA) | 1972 | 1990 | 19 | 191 | 154 | 34 | 3 | .814 | 2001 |
| John Gagliardi | Carroll (MT), Saint John's (MN) | 1949 | 2012 | 64 | 638 | 489 | 138 | 11 | .775 | 2006 |
| Jake Gaither | Florida A&M | 1945 | 1969 | 25 | 244 | 204 | 36 | 4 | .844 | 1975 |
| Sid Gillman | Miami (OH), Cincinnati | 1944 | 1954 | 10 | 102 | 81 | 19 | 2 | .804 | 1989 |
| Frank Girardi | Lycoming | 1972 | 2007 | 36 | 358 | 257 | 97 | 4 | .723 | 2016 |
| Ernie Godfrey | Wittenberg | 1916 | 1928 | 11 | 93 | 63 | 24 | 8 | .705 | 1972 |
| W. C. Gorden | Jackson State | 1977 | 1991 | 15 | 170 | 118 | 47 | 5 | .709 | 2008 |
| Ray Graves | Florida | 1960 | 1969 | 10 | 105 | 70 | 31 | 4 | .686 | 1990 |
| Andy Gustafson | Virginia Tech, Miami (FL) | 1926 | 1963 | 20 | 197 | 115 | 78 | 4 | .594 | 1985 |
| Danny Hale | West Chester, Bloomsburg | 1984 | 2012 | 25 | 283 | 213 | 69 | 1 | .754 | 2024 |
| Edward K. Hall | Illinois | 1892 | 1893 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1951 |
| Wayne Hardin | Navy, Temple | 1959 | 1982 | 19 | 197 | 118 | 74 | 5 | .612 | 2013 |
| Jack Harding | Scranton, Miami (FL) | 1926 | 1947 | 20 | 184 | 103 | 69 | 12 | .592 | 1980 |
| Dick Harlow | Penn State, Colgate, Western Maryland, Harvard | 1915 | 1947 | 27 | 235 | 149 | 69 | 17 | .670 | 1954 |
| Harvey Harman | Haverford, Sewanee, Penn, Rutgers | 1922 | 1955 | 30 | 254 | 140 | 107 | 7 | .565 | 1981 |
| Ron Harms | Concordia (NE), Adams State, Texas A&M–Kingsville | 1964 | 1999 | 31 | 184 | 218 | 112 | 5 | .658 | 2012 |
| Jesse Harper | Notre Dame | 1906 | 1917 | 11 | 81 | 57 | 17 | 7 | .747 | 1971 |
| Roger Harring | Wisconsin–La Crosse | 1969 | 1999 | 31 | 343 | 261 | 75 | 7 | .771 | 2005 |
| Percy Haughton | Cornell, Harvard, Columbia | 1899 | 1924 | 13 | 120 | 97 | 17 | 6 | .833 | 1951 |
| Woody Hayes | Denison, Miami (OH), Ohio State | 1946 | 1978 | 33 | 320 | 238 | 72 | 10 | .759 | 1983 |
| John Heisman | Oberlin, Akron, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Penn, Washington & Jefferson, Rice | 1892 | 1927 | 36 | 272 | 186 | 70 | 18 | .712 | 1954 |
| Bob Higgins | West Virginia Wesleyan, Washington University, Penn State | 1920 | 1948 | 26 | 222 | 123 | 86 | 16 | .582 | 1954 |
| Paul Hoernemann | Heidelberg | 1946 | 1959 | 14 | 124 | 102 | 18 | 4 | .839 | 1997 |
| Babe Hollingbery | Washington State | 1926 | 1942 | 17 | 160 | 93 | 53 | 14 | .625 | 1979 |
| Lou Holtz | William & Mary, NC State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, South Carolina | 1969 | 2004 | 33 | 388 | 239 | 132 | 7 | .642 | 2008 |
| Frank Howard | Clemson | 1940 | 1969 | 30 | 295 | 165 | 118 | 12 | .580 | 1989 |
| Rudy Hubbard | Florida A&M | 1974 | 1985 | 12 | 134 | 83 | 48 | 3 | .631 | 2021 |
| Marcelino Huerta | Tampa, Wichita State | 1952 | 1967 | 16 | 159 | 98 | 58 | 3 | .589 | 2002 |
| Bill Ingram | William & Mary, Indiana, Navy, California | 1922 | 1934 | 13 | 126 | 75 | 42 | 9 | .585 | 1973 |
| Don James | Kent State, Washington | 1971 | 1992 | 22 | 257 | 178 | 76 | 3 | .698 | 1998 |
| Willie Jeffries | South Carolina State, Howard, Wichita State | 1973 | 2001 | 29 | 318 | 180 | 132 | 6 | .587 | 2010 |
| Morley Jennings | Ouachita, Baylor | 1912 | 1940 | 29 | 248 | 153 | 77 | 18 | .653 | 1973 |
| Billy Joe | Cheyney State, Central State (OH), Florida A&M | 1972 | 2004 | 31 | 349 | 237 | 108 | 4 | .685 | 2007 |
| Jimmy Johnson | Oklahoma State, Miami (FL) | 1979 | 1988 | 10 | 118 | 81 | 34 | 3 | .699 | 2012 |
| Paul Johnson | Georgia Southern, Navy, Georgia Tech | 1997 | 2018 | 22 | 288 | 189 | 99 | 0 | .656 | 2023 |
| Biff Jones | Army, LSU, Oklahoma, Nebraska | 1926 | 1941 | 14 | 135 | 87 | 33 | 15 | .700 | 1954 |
| Howard Jones | Syracuse, Yale, Ohio State, Iowa, Duke, USC | 1908 | 1940 | 29 | 279 | 194 | 64 | 21 | .733 | 1951 |
| Tad Jones | Syracuse, Yale | 1909 | 1927 | 12 | 99 | 69 | 24 | 6 | .727 | 1958 |
| Lloyd Jordan | Amherst, Harvard | 1932 | 1956 | 23 | 181 | 101 | 72 | 8 | .580 | 1978 |
| Ralph Jordan | Auburn | 1951 | 1975 | 25 | 266 | 176 | 83 | 7 | .675 | 1982 |
| Larry Kehres | Mount Union | 1986 | 2012 | 27 | 359 | 332 | 24 | 3 | .929 | 2017 |
| Mike Kelly | Dayton | 1981 | 2007 | 27 | 301 | 246 | 54 | 1 | .819 | 2011 |
| Andrew Kerr | Stanford, Washington & Jefferson, Colgate, Lebanon Valley | 1922 | 1949 | 26 | 222 | 137 | 71 | 14 | .649 | 1951 |
| Ted Kessinger | Bethany (KS) | 1976 | 2003 | 28 | 277 | 219 | 57 | 1 | .792 | 2010 |
| Roy Kidd | Eastern Kentucky | 1964 | 2002 | 39 | 446 | 314 | 124 | 8 | .713 | 2003 |
| Chuck Klausing | Indiana (PA), Carnegie Mellon | 1964 | 1985 | 16 | 151 | 123 | 26 | 2 | .821 | 1998 |
| Frank Kush | Arizona State | 1958 | 1979 | 22 | 231 | 176 | 54 | 1 | .764 | 1995 |
| Larry Korver | Northwestern College (IA) | 1967 | 1994 | 28 | 295 | 212 | 77 | 6 | .729 | 2025 |
| Roy Kramer | Central Michigan | 1967 | 1977 | 11 | 117 | 83 | 32 | 2 | .718 | 2023 |
| Frank Leahy | Boston College, Notre Dame | 1939 | 1953 | 13 | 129 | 107 | 13 | 9 | .864 | 1970 |
| George Little | Cincinnati, Miami (OH), Michigan, Wisconsin | 1914 | 1926 | 9 | 74 | 54 | 16 | 4 | .757 | 1955 |
| Lou Little | Georgetown, Columbia | 1924 | 1956 | 33 | 292 | 151 | 128 | 13 | .539 | 1960 |
| John Luckhardt | Washington & Jefferson, California (PA) | 1982 | 2011 | 27 | 297 | 225 | 70 | 2 | .761 | 2022 |
| Dick MacPherson | Massachusetts, Syracuse | 1971 | 1990 | 17 | 189 | 111 | 73 | 5 | .601 | 2009 |
| Slip Madigan | Saint Mary's, Iowa | 1921 | 1944 | 21 | 190 | 119 | 58 | 13 | .661 | 1974 |
| Bill Manlove | Widener, Delaware Valley, La Salle | 1969 | 2001 | 32 | 324 | 212 | 111 | 1 | .656 | 2011 |
| Fred Martinelli | Ashland | 1959 | 1993 | 35 | 348 | 217 | 119 | 12 | .641 | 2002 |
| Dave Maurer | Wittenberg | 1969 | 1983 | 15 | 155 | 129 | 23 | 3 | .842 | 1991 |
| Vernon McCain | Maryland State | 1948 | 1963 | 16 | 126 | 102 | 20 | 5 | .813 | 2006 |
| Bill McCartney | Colorado | 1982 | 1994 | 13 | 153 | 93 | 55 | 5 | .624 | 2013 |
| Charles McClendon | LSU | 1962 | 1979 | 18 | 203 | 137 | 59 | 7 | .692 | 1986 |
| Herb McCracken | Allegheny, Lafayette | 1921 | 1935 | 15 | 130 | 75 | 48 | 7 | .604 | 1973 |
| Dan McGugin | Vanderbilt | 1904 | 1934 | 30 | 271 | 197 | 55 | 19 | .762 | 1951 |
| John McKay | USC | 1960 | 1975 | 16 | 175 | 127 | 40 | 8 | .749 | 1988 |
| Allyn McKeen | Memphis State, Mississippi State | 1937 | 1948 | 11 | 106 | 78 | 25 | 3 | .750 | 1991 |
| Tuss McLaughry | Westminster (PA), Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth | 1915 | 1954 | 35 | 305 | 143 | 149 | 13 | .490 | 1962 |
| John Merritt | Jackson State, Tennessee State | 1952 | 1983 | 32 | 321 | 237 | 72 | 12 | .757 | 1994 |
| Dutch Meyer | TCU | 1934 | 1952 | 19 | 201 | 109 | 79 | 13 | .575 | 1956 |
| Urban Meyer | Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, Ohio State | 2001 | 2018 | 18 | 219 | 187 | 32 | 0 | .854 | 2025 |
| Jack Mollenkopf | Purdue | 1956 | 1969 | 14 | 132 | 84 | 39 | 9 | .697 | 1988 |
| Scrappy Moore | Chattanooga | 1931 | 1967 | 35 | 302 | 171 | 148 | 13 | .535 | 1980 |
| Bernie Moore | Mercer, LSU | 1926 | 1947 | 16 | 155 | 95 | 51 | 9 | .642 | 1954 |
| Jerry Moore | North Texas, Texas Tech, Appalachian State | 1979 | 2012 | 31 | 379 | 242 | 135 | 2 | .641 | 2014 |
| Ray Morrison | SMU, Vanderbilt, Temple, Austin | 1915 | 1952 | 34 | 319 | 155 | 130 | 34 | .537 | 1954 |
| Darrell Mudra | Adams State, North Dakota State, Arizona, Florida State, Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa | 1959 | 1987 | 26 | 285 | 200 | 81 | 4 | .709 | 2000 |
| Ace Mumford | Jarvis Christian, Bishop, Texas College, Southern | 1924 | 1961 | 36 | 341 | 233 | 85 | 23 | .717 | 2001 |
| George Munger | Penn | 1938 | 1953 | 16 | 134 | 82 | 42 | 10 | .649 | 1976 |
| Biggie Munn | Albright, Syracuse, Michigan State | 1935 | 1953 | 10 | 90 | 71 | 16 | 3 | .806 | 1959 |
| Billy J. Murphy | Memphis State | 1958 | 1971 | 14 | 136 | 91 | 44 | 1 | .673 | 2022 |
| William D. Murray | Delaware, Duke | 1940 | 1965 | 23 | 220 | 142 | 67 | 11 | .670 | 1974 |
| Frank Murray | Marquette, Virginia | 1923 | 1949 | 28 | 245 | 145 | 89 | 11 | .614 | 1983 |
| Edward Mylin | Lebanon Valley, Bucknell, Lafayette, NYU | 1923 | 1949 | 24 | 211 | 99 | 95 | 17 | .509 | 1974 |
| Greasy Neale | Muskingum, West Virginia Wesleyan, Marietta, Washington & Jefferson, Virginia, West Virginia | 1915 | 1933 | 16 | 147 | 82 | 54 | 11 | .595 | 1967 |
| Jess Neely | Southwestern (TN), Clemson, Rice | 1924 | 1966 | 40 | 402 | 207 | 176 | 19 | .539 | 1971 |
| Don Nehlen | Bowling Green, West Virginia | 1968 | 2000 | 30 | 338 | 202 | 128 | 8 | .609 | 2006 |
| David M. Nelson | Hillsdale, Maine, Delaware | 1946 | 1965 | 19 | 159 | 105 | 48 | 6 | .679 | 1987 |
| Robert Neyland | Tennessee | 1926 | 1952 | 21 | 216 | 173 | 31 | 12 | .829 | 1956 |
| Billy Nicks | Morris Brown, Prairie View A&M | 1930 | 1965 | 28 | 274 | 193 | 60 | 21 | .743 | 1999 |
| Homer H. Norton | Centenary, Texas A&M | 1919 | 1947 | 25 | 236 | 143 | 75 | 18 | .644 | 1971 |
| Frank "Buck" O'Neill | Colgate, Williams, Syracuse, Columbia | 1902 | 1922 | 15 | 141 | 87 | 45 | 9 | .649 | 1951 |
| Tom Osborne | Nebraska | 1973 | 1997 | 25 | 307 | 255 | 49 | 3 | .836 | 1999 |
| Bennie Owen | Washburn, Bethany (KS), Oklahoma | 1900 | 1926 | 26 | 226 | 150 | 58 | 18 | .704 | 1951 |
| Ara Parseghian | Miami (OH), Northwestern, Notre Dame | 1951 | 1974 | 24 | 234 | 170 | 58 | 6 | .739 | 1980 |
| Joe Paterno | Penn State | 1966 | 2011 | 46 | 548 | 409 | 136 | 3 | .749 | 2007 |
| Doyt Perry | Bowling Green | 1955 | 1964 | 10 | 93 | 77 | 11 | 5 | .855 | 1988 |
| James Phelan | Missouri, Purdue, Washington, Saint Mary's | 1920 | 1947 | 28 | 238 | 137 | 87 | 14 | .605 | 1973 |
| Gary Pinkel | Toledo, Missouri | 1991 | 2015 | 25 | 304 | 191 | 110 | 3 | .633 | 2022 |
| Doug Porter | Mississippi Valley State, Howard, Fort Valley State | 1961 | 1996 | 28 | 230 | 155 | 110 | 5 | .583 | 2008 |
| Tommy Prothro | Oregon State, UCLA | 1955 | 1970 | 16 | 164 | 104 | 55 | 5 | .649 | 1991 |
| John Ralston | Utah State, Stanford, San Jose State | 1959 | 1996 | 17 | 182 | 97 | 81 | 4 | .544 | 1992 |
| Tubby Raymond | Delaware | 1966 | 2001 | 36 | 423 | 300 | 119 | 4 | .714 | 2003 |
| Bob Reade | Augustana (IL) | 1979 | 1994 | 16 | 170 | 146 | 23 | 1 | .862 | 1998 |
| Charlie Richard | Baker | 1980 | 1994 | 14 | 152 | 123 | 28 | 1 | .813 | 2004 |
| Mark Richt | Georgia, Miami (FL) | 2001 | 2018 | 18 | 235 | 171 | 64 | 0 | .728 | 2023 |
| Eddie Robinson | Grambling | 1941 | 1997 | 55 | 588 | 408 | 165 | 15 | .707 | 1997 |
| Edward N. Robinson | Nebraska, Brown, Maine, Tufts | 1898 | 1925 | 28 | 266 | 159 | 94 | 13 | .622 | 1955 |
| John Robinson | USC, UNLV | 1976 | 2004 | 18 | 213 | 132 | 77 | 4 | .629 | 2009 |
| Knute Rockne | Notre Dame | 1918 | 1930 | 13 | 122 | 105 | 12 | 5 | .881 | 1951 |
| Dick Romney | Utah State | 1919 | 1948 | 29 | 235 | 128 | 91 | 16 | .579 | 1951 |
| William Roper | VMI, Princeton, Missouri, Swarthmore | 1903 | 1930 | 22 | 168 | 112 | 38 | 18 | .720 | 1954 |
| Darrell Royal | Mississippi State, Washington, Texas | 1954 | 1976 | 23 | 249 | 184 | 60 | 5 | .749 | 1983 |
| Ad Rutschman | Linfield | 1968 | 1991 | 24 | 234 | 183 | 48 | 3 | .788 | 1998 |
| Nick Saban | Toledo, Michigan State, Louisiana State, Alabama | 1990 | 2023 | 28 | 364 | 292 | 71 | 1 | .804 | 2025 |
| Red Sanders | Vanderbilt, UCLA | 1940 | 1957 | 15 | 146 | 102 | 41 | 3 | .709 | 1996 |
| George Sanford | Columbia, Virginia, Rutgers | 1899 | 1923 | 15 | 136 | 84 | 46 | 6 | .640 | 1971 |
| Bo Schembechler | Miami (OH), Michigan | 1963 | 1989 | 27 | 307 | 234 | 65 | 8 | .775 | 1993 |
| Ron Schipper | Central (IA) | 1961 | 1996 | 36 | 357 | 287 | 67 | 3 | .808 | 2000 |
| Francis Schmidt | Tulsa, Arkansas, TCU, Ohio State, Idaho | 1919 | 1942 | 24 | 225 | 157 | 58 | 11 | .719 | 1971 |
| Ben Schwartzwalder | Muhlenberg, Syracuse | 1946 | 1973 | 28 | 277 | 178 | 96 | 3 | .672 | 1982 |
| Clark Shaughnessy | Tulane, Loyola (LA), Chicago, Stanford, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Hawaii | 1915 | 1965 | 32 | 284 | 151 | 116 | 17 | .562 | 1968 |
| Buck Shaw | NC State, Nevada, Santa Clara, California, Air Force | 1924 | 1957 | 15 | 133 | 72 | 49 | 12 | .586 | 1972 |
| Dick Sheridan | Furman, NC State | 1978 | 1992 | 15 | 178 | 121 | 52 | 5 | .694 | 2020 |
| Ed Sherman | Muskingum | 1945 | 1966 | 22 | 191 | 141 | 43 | 7 | .757 | 1996 |
| R. C. Slocum | Texas A&M Aggies | 1989 | 2002 | 14 | 173 | 123 | 47 | 2 | .721 | 2012 |
| Andy Smith | Penn, Purdue, California | 1909 | 1925 | 17 | 161 | 116 | 32 | 13 | .761 | 1951 |
| Carl Snavely | Bucknell, North Carolina, Cornell, Washington University | 1927 | 1958 | 32 | 292 | 180 | 96 | 16 | .644 | 1965 |
| Bill Snyder | Kansas State | 1989 | 2018 | 27 | 333 | 215 | 117 | 1 | .647 | 2015 |
| Jim Sochor | UC Davis | 1970 | 1988 | 19 | 202 | 155 | 42 | 5 | .780 | 1999 |
| Frank Solich | Nebraska, Ohio | 1998 | 2020 | 22 | 274 | 173 | 101 | 0 | .631 | 2024 |
| Steve Spurrier | Duke, Florida, South Carolina | 1987 | 2015 | 26 | 319 | 228 | 89 | 2 | .718 | 2017 |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg | Springfield, Chicago, Pacific | 1890 | 1946 | 57 | 548 | 314 | 199 | 35 | .605 | 1951 |
| Gene Stallings | Texas A&M, Alabama | 1965 | 1996 | 14 | 160 | 97 | 61 | 2 | .613 | 2010 |
| Gil Steinke | Texas A&I | 1954 | 1976 | 23 | 247 | 181 | 62 | 4 | .741 | 1986 |
| Bob Stoops | Oklahoma | 1999 | 2016 | 17 | 238 | 190 | 48 | 0 | .798 | 2021 |
| Dick Strahm | Findlay | 1975 | 1998 | 24 | 252 | 183 | 64 | 5 | .736 | 2004 |
| Jock Sutherland | Lafayette, Pittsburgh | 1919 | 1938 | 20 | 186 | 144 | 28 | 14 | .812 | 1951 |
| Barry Switzer | Oklahoma | 1973 | 1988 | 16 | 190 | 157 | 29 | 4 | .837 | 2001 |
| Andy Talley | St. Lawrence (NY), Villanova | 1979 | 2016 | 37 | 414 | 258 | 155 | 2 | .623 | 2020 |
| Jim Tatum | North Carolina, Oklahoma, Maryland | 1942 | 1958 | 14 | 142 | 100 | 35 | 7 | .729 | 1984 |
| Joe Taylor | Howard, Virginia Union, Hampton, Florida A&M | 1983 | 2012 | 30 | 333 | 233 | 96 | 4 | .706 | 2019 |
| Grant Teaff | McMurry, Angelo State, Baylor | 1960 | 1992 | 30 | 329 | 170 | 151 | 8 | .529 | 2001 |
| Mel Tjeerdsma | Austin, Northwest Missouri State | 1984 | 2010 | 26 | 332 | 246 | 82 | 4 | .747 | 2018 |
| Frank Thomas | Chattanooga, Alabama | 1925 | 1946 | 19 | 183 | 141 | 33 | 9 | .795 | 1951 |
| Jim Tressel | Youngstown State, Ohio State | 1986 | 2010 | 25 | 310 | 229 | 79 | 2 | .742 | 2015 |
| Lee Tressel | Baldwin–Wallace | 1958 | 1980 | 23 | 213 | 155 | 52 | 6 | .742 | 1996 |
| Thad Vann | Southern Miss | 1949 | 1968 | 20 | 200 | 139 | 59 | 2 | .700 | 1987 |
| Johnny Vaught | Ole Miss | 1947 | 1973 | 25 | 273 | 190 | 61 | 12 | .745 | 1979 |
| Wallace Wade | Alabama, Duke | 1923 | 1950 | 24 | 230 | 171 | 49 | 10 | .765 | 1955 |
| Pappy Waldorf | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Northwestern, California | 1925 | 1956 | 31 | 296 | 174 | 100 | 22 | .625 | 1966 |
| Pop Warner | Georgia, Cornell, Carlisle, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Temple | 1895 | 1938 | 44 | 457 | 319 | 106 | 32 | .733 | 1951 |
| Muddy Waters | Hillsdale, Saginaw Valley State, Michigan State | 1954 | 1982 | 28 | 276 | 173 | 96 | 7 | .639 | 2000 |
| George Welsh | Navy, Virginia | 1973 | 2000 | 28 | 325 | 189 | 132 | 4 | .588 | 2004 |
| Frosty Westering | Parsons, Lea, Pacific Lutheran | 1962 | 2003 | 40 | 406 | 303 | 96 | 7 | .755 | 2005 |
| Tad Wieman | Michigan, Princeton | 1927 | 1942 | 6 | 57 | 29 | 24 | 4 | .544 | 1956 |
| John Wilce | Ohio State | 1913 | 1928 | 16 | 120 | 78 | 33 | 9 | .689 | 1954 |
| Bud Wilkinson | Oklahoma | 1947 | 1963 | 17 | 178 | 145 | 29 | 4 | .826 | 1969 |
| Henry L. Williams | Army, Minnesota | 1891 | 1921 | 23 | 187 | 141 | 34 | 12 | .786 | 1951 |
| George Washington Woodruff | Penn, Illinois, Carlisle | 1892 | 1905 | 12 | 169 | 142 | 25 | 2 | .846 | 1963 |
| Warren B. Woodson | Central Arkansas, Hardin–Simmons, Arizona, New Mexico State, Trinity (TX) | 1935 | 1973 | 31 | 310 | 202 | 94 | 14 | .674 | 1989 |
| Bowden Wyatt | Wyoming, Arkansas, Tennessee | 1947 | 1962 | 16 | 160 | 99 | 56 | 5 | .634 | 1997 |
| Bill Yeoman | Houston | 1962 | 1986 | 25 | 276 | 160 | 108 | 8 | .594 | 2001 |
| Fielding H. Yost | Ohio Wesleyan, Nebraska, Kansas, Stanford, Michigan | 1898 | 1926 | 28 | 236 | 198 | 35 | 12 | .833 | 1951 |
| Jim Young | Arizona, Purdue, Army | 1973 | 1990 | 17 | 193 | 120 | 71 | 2 | .627 | 1999 |
| Robert Zuppke | Illinois | 1913 | 1941 | 29 | 225 | 131 | 81 | 12 | .612 | 1951 |