# List of presidents of the American Football Coaches Association

Presidents of the American Football Coaches Association are:
List of American Football Coaches Association presidents :
| Year | President | School |
| 1921 | Charles Dudley Daly | United States Military Academy |
| 1922 | Charles Dudley Daly | United States Military Academy |
| 1923 | John Heisman | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1924 | John Heisman | Rice University |
| 1925 | Robert Zuppke | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| 1926 | Gil Dobie | Cornell University |
| 1927 | Butch Cowell | University of New Hampshire |
| 1928 | Bill Roper | Princeton University |
| 1929 | Hugo Bezdek | Pennsylvania State University |
| 1930 | William Alexander | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1931 | Chick Meehan | Manhattan College |
| 1932 | Mal Stevens | Yale University |
| 1933 | Dan McGugin | Vanderbilt University |
| 1934 | Dana X. Bible | University of Nebraska |
| 1935 | Bernie Bierman | University of Minnesota |
| 1936 | Tuss McLaughry | Brown University |
| 1937 | Harry Kipke | University of Michigan |
| 1938 | Harry Stuhldreher | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 1939 | Lou Little | Columbia University |
| 1940 | Bo McMillin | Indiana University |
| 1941 | Fritz Crisler | University of Michigan |
| 1942 | Matty Bell | Southern Methodist University |
| 1943 | Matty Bell | Southern Methodist University |
| 1944 | Ray Morrison | Temple University |
| 1945 | Ray Morrison | Temple University |
| 1946 | Dick Harlow | Harvard University |
| 1947 | Tad Wieman | University of Maine |
| 1948 | Harvey Harman | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| 1949 | Dutch Meyer | Texas Christian University |
| 1950 | Pappy Waldorf | University of California, Berkeley |
| 1951 | Lloyd Jordan | Harvard University |
| 1952 | Carl Snavely | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1953 | Don Faurot | University of Missouri |
| 1954 | George Munger | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1955 | Ray Eliot | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| 1956 | Jess Neely | Rice University |
| 1957 | George K. James | Cornell University |
| 1958 | Bud Wilkinson | University of Oklahoma |
| 1959 | Wally Butts | University of Georgia |
| 1960 | Rip Engle | Pennsylvania State University |
| 1961 | Jack Curtice | Stanford University |
| 1962 | William D. Murray | Duke University |
| 1963 | Woody Hayes | Ohio State University |
| 1964 | Len Casanova | University of Oregon |
| 1965 | Abe Martin | Texas Christian University |
| 1966 | Dan Jessee | Trinity College (Connecticut) |
| 1967 | Ben Schwartzwalder | Syracuse University |
| 1968 | Murray Warmath | University of Minnesota |
| 1969 | Paul Dietzel | University of South Carolina |
| 1970 | Frank Broyles | University of Arkansas |
| 1971 | Earle Edwards | North Carolina State University |
| 1972 | Bear Bryant | University of Alabama |
| 1973 | John McKay | University of Southern California |
| 1974 | Bob Blackman | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| 1975 | Darrell Royal | University of Texas at Austin |
| 1976 | Eddie Robinson | Grambling State University |
| 1977 | Ben Martin | United States Air Force Academy |
| 1978 | Carmen Cozza | Yale University |
| 1979 | Charles McClendon | Louisiana State University |
| 1980 | Jerry Claiborne | University of Maryland, College Park |
| 1981 | Tubby Raymond | University of Delaware |
| 1982 | Jim Ostendarp | Amherst College |
| 1983 | Bo Schembechler | University of Michigan |
| 1984 | Dave Maurer | Wittenberg University |
| 1985 | Vince Dooley | University of Georgia |
| 1986 | Vic Rowen | San Francisco State University |
| 1987 | LaVell Edwards | Brigham Young University |
| 1988 | Joe Restic | Harvard University |
| 1989 | Don James | University of Washington |
| 1990 | Johnny Majors | University of Tennessee |
| 1991 | Bill Manlove | Widener University |
| 1992 | John Cooper | Ohio State University |
| 1993 | Hayden Fry | University of Iowa |
| 1994 | Ron Schipper | Central College (Iowa) |
| 1995 | Billy Joe | Florida A&M University |
| 1996 | Fisher DeBerry | United States Air Force Academy |
| 1997 | Don Nehlen | West Virginia University |
| 1998 | Roy Kidd | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 1999 | Rocky Rees | Shippensburg University |
| 2000 | Bob Ford | University at Albany, SUNY |
| 2001 | Joe Taylor | Hampton University |
| 2002 | Glen Mason | University of Minnesota |
| 2003 | Phil Fulmer | University of Tennessee |
| 2004 | Ken Hatfield | Rice University |
| 2005 | Scot Dapp | Moravian College |
| 2006 | Mel Tjeerdsma | Northwest Missouri State University |
| 2007 | Ken Sparks | Carson-Newman College |
| 2008 | Tyrone Willingham | University of Washington |
| 2009 | Dick Tomey | San Jose State University |
| 2010 | Larry Kehres | Mount Union College |
| 2011 | Rob Ash | Montana State University |
| 2012 | Tim Murphy | Harvard University |
| 2013 | Mack Brown | University of Texas at Austin |
| 2014 | Mike Welch | Ithaca College |
| 2015 | Tommy Tuberville | University of Cincinnati |
| 2016 | Lee Owens | Ashland University |
| 2017 | Rich Rodriguez | University of Arizona |
| 2018 | Bill Cronin | Georgetown College |
| 2019 | Frank Solich | Ohio University |
| 2020 | Gary Patterson | Texas Christian University |
| 2021 | Pat Fitzgerald | Northwestern University |
| 2022 | Craig Bohl | University of Wyoming |
| 2023 | Todd Knight | Ouachita Baptist University |
| 2024 | Jeff McMartin | Central College |
According to AFCA tradition officers move up one office each year until becoming president.