1989 College Football Coaches

1988 CFB Coaches 1990 CFB Coaches

Champions: Miami (FL) (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Andre Ware (Houston)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Bill McCartney (Colorado)

AP Preseason #1: Michigan

AP Final #1: Miami (FL)

108 Coaches

Record as major school

108 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Lou Holtz	Notre Dame	Ind	12	1	0	.923
2	Dennis Erickson	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	1	0	.917
3	Johnny Majors	Tennessee	SEC	11	1	0	.917
4	Bill McCartney	Colorado	Big 8	11	1	0	.917
5	Jim Sweeney	Fresno State	Big West	11	1	0	.917
6	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	Ind	10	2	0	.833
7	Bill Curry	Alabama	SEC	10	2	0	.833
8	Pat Dye	Auburn	SEC	10	2	0	.833
9	Danny Ford	Clemson	ACC	10	2	0	.833
10	Ken Hatfield	Arkansas	SWC	10	2	0	.833
11	John Mackovic	Illinois	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833
12	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	Big 8	10	2	0	.833
13	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833
14	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	10	3	0	.769
15	George Welsh	Virginia	ACC	10	3	0	.769
16	Jack Pardee	Houston	SWC	9	2	0	.818
17	Jerry Pettibone	Northern Illinois	Ind	9	2	0	.818
18	Larry Smith	USC	Pac-10	9	2	1	.792
19	Spike Dykes	Texas Tech	SWC	9	3	0	.750
20	Bob Wagner	Hawaii	WAC	9	3	1	.731
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Don Nehlen	West Virginia	Ind	8	3	1	.708
22	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	8	3	1	.708
23	Billy Brewer	Ole Miss	SEC	8	4	0	.667
24	Rich Brooks	Oregon	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667
25	John Cooper	Ohio State	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667
26	Don James	Washington	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667
27	Dick MacPherson	Syracuse	Ind	8	4	0	.667
28	George Perles	Michigan State	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667
29	R.C. Slocum	Texas A&M	SWC	8	4	0	.667
30	Steve Spurrier	Duke	ACC	8	4	0	.667
31	Dick Tomey	Arizona	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667
32	Fisher DeBerry	Air Force	WAC	8	4	1	.654
33	Mike Gottfried	Pitt	Ind	7	3	1	.682
34	Jim Harkema	Eastern Michigan	MAC	7	3	1	.682
35	Paul Schudel	Ball State	MAC	7	3	2	.667
36	Gary Gibbs	Oklahoma	Big 8	7	4	0	.636
37	Bobby Ross	Georgia Tech	ACC	7	4	0	.636
38	Nelson Stokley	Louisiana	Ind	7	4	0	.636
39	Dick Sheridan	North Carolina State	ACC	7	5	0	.583
40	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	Ind	6	4	1	.591
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Gerry Faust	Akron	Ind	6	4	1	.591
42	Larry Marmie	Arizona State	Pac-10	6	4	1	.591
43	Gene Murphy	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	6	4	1	.591
44	Sparky Woods	South Carolina	Ind	6	4	1	.591
45	Jerry Claiborne	Kentucky	SEC	6	5	0	.545
46	Claude Gilbert	San Jose State	Big West	6	5	0	.545
47	John Gutekunst	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545
48	Mike Price	Washington State	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545
49	Howard Schnellenberger	Louisville	Ind	6	5	0	.545
50	Dan Simrell	Toledo	MAC	6	5	0	.545
51	Jim Walden	Iowa State	Big 8	6	5	0	.545
52	Jim Young	Army	Ind	6	5	0	.545
53	Al Luginbill	San Diego State	WAC	6	5	1	.542
54	Ray Goff	Georgia	SEC	6	6	0	.500
55	David Rader	Tulsa	Ind	6	6	0	.500
56	Joe Peace	Louisiana Tech	Ind	5	4	1	.550
57	Earle Bruce	Colorado State	WAC	5	5	1	.500
58	Herb Deromedi	Central Michigan	MAC	5	5	1	.500
59	Bill Lewis	East Carolina	Ind	5	5	1	.500
60	Moe Ankney	Bowling Green State	MAC	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Rockey Felker	Mississippi State	SEC	5	6	0	.455
62	Hayden Fry	Iowa	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
63	Curley Hallman	Southern Mississippi	Ind	5	6	0	.455
64	Bill Mallory	Indiana	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
65	David McWilliams	Texas	SWC	5	6	0	.455
66	Al Molde	Western Michigan	MAC	5	6	0	.455
67	Paul Roach	Wyoming	WAC	5	6	0	.455
68	Grant Teaff	Baylor	SWC	5	6	0	.455
69	Galen Hall	Florida	SEC	4	1	0	.800
70	Dave Kragthorpe	Oregon State	Pac-10	4	7	1	.375
71	Mike Archer	LSU	SEC	4	7	0	.364
72	Pat Jones	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4	7	0	.364
73	Glen Mason	Kansas	Big 8	4	7	0	.364
74	Wayne Nunnely	UNLV	Big West	4	7	0	.364
75	Chuck Shelton	Utah State	Big West	4	7	0	.364
76	Bruce Snyder	California	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364
77	Jim Wacker	TCU	SWC	4	7	0	.364
78	Greg Davis	Tulane	Ind	4	8	0	.333
79	Jim Fassel	Utah	WAC	4	8	0	.333
80	Larry Reisbig	Long Beach State	Big West	4	8	0	.333
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Gary Darnell	Florida	SEC	3	4	0	.429
82	Terry Donahue	UCLA	Pac-10	3	7	1	.318
83	Joe Krivak	Maryland	ACC	3	7	1	.318
84	Fred Akers	Purdue	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273
85	Dennis Green	Stanford	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273
86	Elliot Uzelac	Navy	Ind	3	8	0	.273
87	Dick Anderson	Rutgers	Ind	2	7	2	.273
88	Bill Dooley	Wake Forest	ACC	2	8	1	.227
89	Fred Goldsmith	Rice	SWC	2	8	1	.227
90	Tim Rose	Miami (OH)	MAC	2	8	1	.227
91	Jack Bicknell	Boston College	Ind	2	9	0	.182
92	Forrest Gregg	SMU	SWC	2	9	0	.182
93	Don Morton	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2	9	0	.182
94	Chuck Stobart	Memphis	Ind	2	9	0	.182
95	Bob Stull	Missouri	Big 8	2	9	0	.182
96	Walt Harris	Pacific	Big West	2	10	0	.167
97	David Lee	UTEP	WAC	2	10	0	.167
98	Mike Sheppard	New Mexico	WAC	2	10	0	.167
99	Paul Hackett	Pitt	Ind	1	0	0	1.000
100	Cleve Bryant	Ohio	MAC	1	9	1	.136
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Tim Murphy	Cincinnati	Ind	1	9	1	.136
102	Jerry Berndt	Temple	Ind	1	10	0	.091
103	Mack Brown	North Carolina	ACC	1	10	0	.091
104	Watson Brown	Vanderbilt	SEC	1	10	0	.091
105	Bill Snyder	Kansas State	Big 8	1	10	0	.091
106	Dick Crum	Kent State	MAC	0	11	0	.000
107	Mike Knoll	New Mexico State	Big West	0	11	0	.000
108	Francis Peay	Northwestern	Big Ten	0	11	0	.000