1976 College Football Coaches

1975 CFB Coaches 1977 CFB Coaches

Champions: Pitt (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Tony Dorsett (Pitt)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Johnny Majors (Pitt)

AP Preseason #1: Nebraska

AP Final #1: Pitt

137 Coaches

Record as major school

137 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Johnny Majors	Pitt	Ind	12	0	0	1.000
2	Frank Burns	Rutgers	Ind	11	0	0	1.000
3	Jerry Claiborne	Maryland	ACC	11	1	0	.917
4	John Robinson	USC	Pac-8	11	1	0	.917
5	Claude Gilbert	San Diego State	Ind	10	1	0	.909
6	Emory Bellard	Texas A&M	SWC	10	2	0	.833
7	Jack Doland	McNeese State	Southland	10	2	0	.833
8	Vince Dooley	Georgia	SEC	10	2	0	.833
9	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833
10	Steve Sloan	Texas Tech	SWC	10	2	0	.833
11	Bill Yeoman	Houston	SWC	10	2	0	.833
12	Pat Dye	East Carolina	Southern	9	2	0	.818
13	Augie Tammariello	Louisiana	Southland	9	2	0	.818
14	Bob Tyler	Mississippi State	SEC	9	2	0	.818	record adjusted to 0-11-0 by NCAA
15	Terry Donahue	UCLA	Pac-8	9	2	1	.792
16	Woody Hayes	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	2	1	.792
17	Barry Switzer	Oklahoma	Big 8	9	2	1	.792
18	Bear Bryant	Alabama	SEC	9	3	0	.750
19	Dan Devine	Notre Dame	Ind	9	3	0	.750
20	Bill Dooley	North Carolina	ACC	9	3	0	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	9	3	0	.750
22	Jim Stanley	Oklahoma State	Big 8	9	3	0	.750
23	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	Big 8	9	3	1	.731
24	John Anderson	Brown	Ivy	8	1	0	.889
25	Carmen Cozza	Yale	Ivy	8	1	0	.889
26	Frederick Dunlap	Colgate	Ind	8	2	0	.800
27	Earle Bruce	Iowa State	Big 8	8	3	0	.727
28	Wayne Howard	Long Beach State	PCAA	8	3	0	.727
29	Tony Mason	Cincinnati	Ind	8	3	0	.727
30	Dave McClain	Ball State	MAC	8	3	0	.727
31	Joseph Yukica	Boston College	Ind	8	3	0	.727
32	Fred Akers	Wyoming	WAC	8	4	0	.667
33	Fran Curci	Kentucky	SEC	8	4	0	.667	record adjusted to 9-3-0 by NCAA
34	Doug Dickey	Florida	SEC	8	4	0	.667
35	Dennis Fitzgerald	Kent State	MAC	8	4	0	.667
36	Bill Mallory	Colorado	Big 8	8	4	0	.667
37	Grant Teaff	Baylor	SWC	7	3	1	.682
38	Rey Dempsey	Southern Illinois	Ind	7	4	0	.636
39	Bill Hess	Ohio	MAC	7	4	0	.636
40	Roy Kramer	Central Michigan	MAC	7	4	0	.636
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	James Root	William & Mary	Southern	7	4	0	.636
42	Lynn Stiles	San Jose State	PCAA	7	4	0	.636
43	Elliot Uzelac	Western Michigan	MAC	7	4	0	.636
44	Richard Williamson	Memphis	Ind	7	4	0	.636	record adjusted to 8-3-0 by NCAA
45	F. Dry	Tulsa	MVC	7	4	1	.625
46	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	7	5	0	.583
47	John Crouthamel	Dartmouth	Ivy	6	3	0	.667
48	Joseph Restic	Harvard	Ivy	6	3	0	.667
49	Art Baker	Furman	Southern	6	4	1	.591
50	Dick Bedesem Sr.	Villanova	Ind	6	4	1	.591
51	Jim Brakefield	Appalachian State	Southern	6	4	1	.591
52	Charles McClendon	LSU	SEC	6	4	1	.591	record adjusted to 7-3-1 by NCAA
53	Joe Morrison	Chattanooga	Ind	6	4	1	.591
54	Sarkis Arslanian	Colorado State	WAC	6	5	0	.545
55	Bill Battle	Tennessee	SEC	6	5	0	.545
56	Jim Carlen	South Carolina	Ind	6	5	0	.545
57	Jack Christiansen	Stanford	Pac-8	6	5	0	.545
58	Hayden Fry	North Texas	Ind	6	5	0	.545	record adjusted to 7-4-0 by NCAA
59	Maxie Lambright	Louisiana Tech	Southland	6	5	0	.545
60	Bud Moore	Kansas	Big 8	6	5	0	.545
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Don Nehlen	Bowling Green State	MAC	6	5	0	.545
62	Al Onofrio	Missouri	Big 8	6	5	0	.545
63	Bobby Ross	The Citadel	Southern	6	5	0	.545
64	Jimmy Sharpe	Virginia Tech	Ind	6	5	0	.545
65	Cal Stoll	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545
66	Frank Broyles	Arkansas	SWC	5	5	1	.500
67	Mike McGee	Duke	ACC	5	5	1	.500
68	Darrell Royal	Texas	SWC	5	5	1	.500
69	Bob Thalman	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	5	5	0	.500
70	A.L. Williams	Northwestern State	Ind	5	5	0	.500
71	Alex Agase	Purdue	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
72	Bob Blackman	Illinois	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
73	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	Ind	5	6	0	.455
74	Frank Cignetti	West Virginia	Ind	5	6	0	.455
75	Bob Commings	Iowa	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
76	Ken Cooper	Ole Miss	SEC	5	6	0	.455	record adjusted to 6-5-0 by NCAA
77	Lee Corso	Indiana	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
78	Bill Davidson	Arkansas State	Southland	5	6	0	.455
79	Harold Elliott	UT Arlington	Southland	5	6	0	.455
80	Gerry Hart	Illinois State	Ind	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Don James	Washington	Pac-8	5	6	0	.455
82	John Jardine	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
83	Chuck Mills	Wake Forest	ACC	5	6	0	.455
84	Homer Smith	Army	Ind	5	6	0	.455
85	Jim Sweeney	Fresno State	PCAA	5	6	0	.455
86	Jim Tait	Richmond	Southern	5	6	0	.455
87	Mike White	California	Pac-8	5	6	0	.455
88	Jim Young	Arizona	WAC	5	6	0	.455
89	Gene Mayfield	West Texas A&M	MVC	4	5	2	.455
90	Jim Bradley	New Mexico State	MVC	4	6	1	.409
91	Pepper Rodgers	Georgia Tech	Ind	4	6	1	.409
92	Darryl Rogers	Michigan State	Big Ten	4	6	1	.409
93	Wayne Hardin	Temple	Ind	4	6	0	.400
94	Frank Ellwood	Marshall	Ind	4	7	0	.364
95	Vince Gibson	Louisville	Ind	4	7	0	.364	record adjusted to 5-6-0 by NCAA
96	Frank Kush	Arizona State	WAC	4	7	0	.364
97	Ron Marciniak	Dayton	Ind	4	7	0	.364
98	Ben Martin	Air Force	Ind	4	7	0	.364
99	Bill Mondt	New Mexico	WAC	4	7	0	.364
100	Don Read	Oregon	Pac-8	4	7	0	.364
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	George Welsh	Navy	Ind	4	7	0	.364
102	Jim Wright	Wichita State	MVC	4	7	0	.364
103	Red Parker	Clemson	ACC	3	6	2	.364
104	William Campbell	Columbia	Ivy	3	6	0	.333
105	Harry Gamble	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3	6	0	.333
106	Jim Colletto	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3	7	1	.318
107	Bo Rein	North Carolina State	ACC	3	7	1	.318
108	Tom Harp	Indiana State	Ind	3	7	0	.300
109	Doug Barfield	Auburn	SEC	3	8	0	.273	record adjusted to 4-7-0 by NCAA
110	Dick Crum	Miami (OH)	MAC	3	8	0	.273
111	Tom Lovat	Utah	WAC	3	8	0	.273
112	Frank Maloney	Syracuse	Ind	3	8	0	.273
113	Ron Meyer	SMU	SWC	3	8	0	.273
114	Jack Murphy	Toledo	MAC	3	8	0	.273
115	Larry Price	Hawaii	Ind	3	8	0	.273
116	Homer Rice	Rice	SWC	3	8	0	.273
117	Carl Selmer	Miami (FL)	Ind	3	8	0	.273
118	Jackie Sherrill	Washington State	Pac-8	3	8	0	.273
119	Bruce Snyder	Utah State	Ind	3	8	0	.273
120	Neil Wheelwright	Holy Cross	Ind	3	8	0	.273
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
121	Robert Casciola	Princeton	Ivy	2	7	0	.222
122	George Seifert	Cornell	Ivy	2	7	0	.222
123	Dick Bestwick	Virginia	ACC	2	9	0	.182
124	Chester Caddas	Pacific	PCAA	2	9	0	.182
125	Ed Chlebek	Eastern Michigan	MAC	2	9	0	.182
126	Bobby Collins	Southern Mississippi	Ind	2	9	0	.182	record adjusted to 3-8-0 by NCAA
127	John David Crow	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	2	9	0	.182
128	Bob Frederick	Lamar	Southland	2	9	0	.182
129	Fred Pancoast	Vanderbilt	SEC	2	9	0	.182
130	Larry Smith	Tulane	Ind	2	9	0	.182
131	Craig Fertig	Oregon State	Pac-8	2	10	0	.167
132	Pat Culpepper	Northern Illinois	MAC	1	10	0	.091
133	John Pont	Northwestern	Big Ten	1	10	0	.091
134	Ellis Rainsberger	Kansas State	Big 8	1	10	0	.091
135	Jack Wallace	Drake	MVC	1	10	0	.091
136	Gil Bartosh	UTEP	WAC	1	11	0	.083
137	Jim Shofner	TCU	SWC	0	11	0	.000