| 1 | Joe Paterno | 24 | Penn State | |
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| 2 | Bobby Bowden | 22 | Florida State, West Virginia | record adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA |
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| 3 | Nick Saban* | 19 | Alabama, LSU, Michigan State, Toledo | record adjusted to 292-71-1 by NCAA |
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| 4 | Bear Bryant | 15 | Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M | |
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| 5 | Mack Brown* | 14 | North Carolina, Texas, Tulane | |
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| 6 | Mike Gundy* | 12 | Oklahoma State | |
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| Lou Holtz | 12 | Arkansas, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, William & Mary | |
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| Urban Meyer | 12 | Bowling Green State, Florida, Ohio State, Utah | |
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| Tom Osborne | 12 | Nebraska | |
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| Dabo Swinney* | 12 | Clemson | |
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| 11 | Frank Beamer | 11 | Virginia Tech | |
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| Gary Patterson | 11 | TCU | |
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| Steve Spurrier | 11 | Duke, Florida, South Carolina | |
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| Kyle Whittingham* | 11 | Utah | |
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| 15 | Kirk Ferentz* | 10 | Iowa | |
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| Don James | 10 | Kent State, Washington | record adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA |
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| Mark Richt | 10 | Georgia, Miami (FL) | |
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| Bob Stoops | 10 | Oklahoma | |
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| John Vaught | 10 | Ole Miss | |
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| 20 | Barry Alvarez | 9 | Wisconsin | record adjusted to 119-74-4 by NCAA |
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| Bobby Dodd | 9 | Georgia Tech | |
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| Brian Kelly* | 9 | Central Michigan, Cincinnati, LSU, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 165-69-0 by NCAA |
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| Johnny Majors | 9 | Iowa State, Pitt, Tennessee | |
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| Les Miles | 9 | Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma State | |
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| Kirby Smart* | 9 | Georgia | |
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| Bill Snyder | 9 | Kansas State | |
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| Jeff Tedford* | 9 | California, Fresno State | |
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| 28 | Troy Calhoun* | 8 | Air Force | |
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| Terry Donahue | 8 | UCLA | record adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA |
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| Vince Dooley | 8 | Georgia | |
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| Jimbo Fisher* | 8 | Florida State, Texas A&M | |
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| Phillip Fulmer | 8 | Tennessee | record adjusted to 152-52-0 by NCAA |
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| Skip Holtz | 8 | East Carolina, Louisiana Tech, South Florida | |
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| Mike Leach | 8 | Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Washington State | |
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| Tom O'Brien | 8 | Boston College, North Carolina State | |
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| John Robinson | 8 | UNLV, USC | |
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| Darrell Royal | 8 | Mississippi State, Texas, Washington | |
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| Jackie Sherrill | 8 | Mississippi State, Pitt, Texas A&M, Washington State | record adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA |
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| Barry Switzer | 8 | Oklahoma | |
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| 40 | Earle Bruce | 7 | Colorado State, Iowa State, Ohio State, Tampa | |
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| Pete Carroll | 7 | USC | record adjusted to 83-19-0 by NCAA |
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| Paul Chryst | 7 | Pitt, Wisconsin | |
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| David Cutcliffe | 7 | Duke, Ole Miss | |
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| Mark Dantonio | 7 | Cincinnati, Michigan State | |
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| Bob Devaney | 7 | Nebraska, Wyoming | |
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| Dan Devine | 7 | Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA |
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| Pat Dye | 7 | Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming | |
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| LaVell Edwards | 7 | Brigham Young | |
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| Hayden Fry | 7 | Iowa, North Texas, SMU | record adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA |
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| June Jones | 7 | Hawaii, SMU | |
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| Charles McClendon | 7 | LSU | record adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA |
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| Bronco Mendenhall | 7 | Brigham Young, Virginia | |
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| Dan Mullen | 7 | Florida, Mississippi State | |
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| Chris Petersen | 7 | Boise State, Washington | |
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| Gary Pinkel | 7 | Missouri, Toledo | |
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| Mike Riley | 7 | Nebraska, Oregon State | |
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| Frank Solich | 7 | Nebraska, Ohio | |
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| Tommy Tuberville | 7 | Auburn, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Texas Tech | |
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| 59 | Mike Bellotti | 6 | Oregon | |
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| Jeff Bower | 6 | Southern Mississippi | record adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA |
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| Lloyd Carr | 6 | Michigan | |
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| Dick Crum | 6 | Kent State, Miami (OH), North Carolina | |
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| Butch Davis | 6 | Florida International, Miami (FL), North Carolina | record adjusted to 87-75-0 by NCAA |
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| Fisher DeBerry | 6 | Air Force | |
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| P.J. Fleck* | 6 | Minnesota, Western Michigan | |
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| Danny Ford | 6 | Arkansas, Clemson | record adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA |
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| James Franklin* | 6 | Penn State, Vanderbilt | |
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| Hugh Freeze* | 6 | Arkansas State, Auburn, Liberty, Ole Miss | |
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| Todd Graham | 6 | Arizona State, Hawaii, Pitt, Rice, Tulsa | |
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| Doc Holliday | 6 | Marshall | |
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| Frank Kush | 6 | Arizona State | |
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| John McKay | 6 | USC | |
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| Ken Niumatalolo | 6 | Navy | |
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| Paul Pasqualoni | 6 | Connecticut, Syracuse | record adjusted to 111-77-1 by NCAA |
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| Rich Rodriguez* | 6 | Arizona, Jacksonville State, Michigan, West Virginia | |
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| Greg Schiano* | 6 | Rutgers | |
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| Howard Schnellenberger | 6 | Florida Atlantic, Louisville, Miami (FL), Oklahoma | |
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| Gene Stallings | 6 | Alabama, Texas A&M | record adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA |
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| Jim Tressel | 6 | Ohio State | record adjusted to 94-21-0 by NCAA |
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| Bud Wilkinson | 6 | Oklahoma | |
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| Warren Woodson | 6 | Arizona, Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State | |
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| Bill Yeoman | 6 | Houston | |
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| 83 | Jeff Brohm* | 5 | Louisville, Purdue, Western Kentucky | |
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| Neal Brown* | 5 | Troy, West Virginia | |
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| Wallace Butts | 5 | Georgia | |
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| Dave Clawson* | 5 | Bowling Green State, Wake Forest | |
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| John Cooper | 5 | Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa | |
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| Dennis Erickson | 5 | Arizona State, Idaho, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Washington State, Wyoming | |
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| Pat Fitzgerald | 5 | Northwestern | |
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| Ralph Friedgen | 5 | Maryland | |
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| Woody Hayes | 5 | Ohio State | |
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| Tom Herman* | 5 | Florida Atlantic, Houston, Texas | |
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| Paul Johnson | 5 | Georgia Tech, Navy | record adjusted to 127-89-0 by NCAA |
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| Howard Jones | 5 | Duke, Iowa, USC, Syracuse, Yale | |
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| Ralph Jordan | 5 | Auburn | record adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA |
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| Rocky Long | 5 | New Mexico, San Diego State | |
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| Glen Mason | 5 | Kansas, Kent State, Minnesota | |
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| Rick Neuheisel | 5 | Colorado, UCLA, Washington | |
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| George O'Leary | 5 | UCF, Georgia Tech | |
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| Ed Orgeron | 5 | LSU, Ole Miss, USC | |
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| Bobby Petrino | 5 | Arkansas, Louisville, Western Kentucky | |
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| Bob Pruett | 5 | Marshall | |
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| Bo Schembechler | 5 | Miami (OH), Michigan | |
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| David Shaw | 5 | Stanford | |
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| Jim Sweeney | 5 | Fresno State, Washington State | record adjusted to 170-133-4 by NCAA |
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| Dick Tomey | 5 | Arizona, Hawaii, San Jose State | |
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| George Welsh | 5 | Navy, Virginia | |
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| Jim Young | 5 | Arizona, Army, Purdue | |
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| 109 | Chuck Amato | 4 | North Carolina State | |
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| Bill Battle | 4 | Tennessee | |
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| Bret Bielema* | 4 | Arkansas, Illinois, Wisconsin | |
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| Craig Bohl* | 4 | Wyoming | |
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| Rich Brooks | 4 | Kentucky, Oregon | record adjusted to 131-155-4 by NCAA |
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| Frank Broyles | 4 | Arkansas, Missouri | |
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| Matt Campbell* | 4 | Iowa State, Toledo | |
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| Larry Coker | 4 | Miami (FL), UTSA | |
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| Dave Doeren* | 4 | North Carolina State, Northern Illinois | |
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| Jim Donnan | 4 | Georgia | |
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| Shawn Elliott* | 4 | Georgia State, South Carolina | |
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| Willie Fritz* | 4 | Georgia Southern, Tulane | |
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| Ray Graves | 4 | Florida | |
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| Jim Grobe | 4 | Baylor, Ohio, Wake Forest | |
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| Jim Harbaugh* | 4 | Michigan, Stanford | |
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| Bryan Harsin | 4 | Arkansas State, Auburn, Boise State | |
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| Ken Hatfield | 4 | Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice | |
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| Tyson Helton* | 4 | Western Kentucky | |
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| Pat Hill | 4 | Fresno State | |
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| Dana Holgorsen* | 4 | Houston, West Virginia | |
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| Mark Hudspeth | 4 | Louisiana | |
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| Butch Jones* | 4 | Arkansas State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Tennessee | |
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| Lane Kiffin* | 4 | Florida Atlantic, Ole Miss, USC, Tennessee | |
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| Dirk Koetter | 4 | Arizona State, Boise State | |
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| Bill Mallory | 4 | Colorado, Indiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois | record adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA |
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| Gary Moeller | 4 | Illinois, Michigan | |
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| Jeff Monken* | 4 | Army | |
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| Jess Neely | 4 | Clemson, Rice | |
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| Don Nehlen | 4 | Bowling Green State, West Virginia | |
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| Houston Nutt | 4 | Arkansas, Boise State, Ole Miss | |
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| Bo Pelini | 4 | Nebraska | |
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| Bobby Ross | 4 | Army, The Citadel, Georgia Tech, Maryland | |
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| Scott Satterfield* | 4 | Appalachian State, Cincinnati, Louisville | |
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| Kalani Sitake* | 4 | Brigham Young | |
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| Rick Stockstill* | 4 | Middle Tennessee State | |
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| Mark Stoops* | 4 | Kentucky | |
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| Charlie Strong | 4 | Florida, Louisville, South Florida, Texas | |
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| Kevin Sumlin | 4 | Arizona, Houston, Texas A&M | |
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| Grant Teaff | 4 | Baylor | |
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| Frank Thomas | 4 | Alabama | |
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| Joe Tiller | 4 | Purdue, Wyoming | |
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| 150 | William Alexander | 3 | Georgia Tech | |
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| Blake Anderson* | 3 | Arkansas State, Utah State | |
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| David Bailiff | 3 | Rice | |
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| Dana Bible | 3 | LSU, Mississippi College, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M | |
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| Terry Bowden* | 3 | Akron, Auburn, Louisiana-Monroe | |
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| Tommy Bowden | 3 | Clemson, Tulane | |
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| Billy Brewer | 3 | Louisiana Tech, Ole Miss | record adjusted to 77-67-4 by NCAA |
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| Art Briles | 3 | Baylor, Houston | |
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| Gene Chizik | 3 | Auburn, Iowa State | |
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| Jerry Claiborne | 3 | Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech | |
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| Shawn Clark* | 3 | Appalachian State | |
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| Bobby Collins | 3 | SMU, Southern Mississippi | record adjusted to 90-45-3 by NCAA |
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| Mario Cristobal* | 3 | Florida International, Miami (FL), Oregon | |
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| Eddie Crowder | 3 | Colorado | |
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| Gerry DiNardo | 3 | Indiana, LSU, Vanderbilt | record adjusted to 59-76-1 by NCAA |
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| Bill Dooley | 3 | North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest | record adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA |
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| Randy Edsall | 3 | Connecticut, Maryland | |
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| Rip Engle | 3 | Brown, Penn State | |
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| Chuck Fairbanks | 3 | Colorado, Oklahoma | |
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| Larry Fedora | 3 | North Carolina, Southern Mississippi | |
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| Luke Fickell* | 3 | Cincinnati, Ohio State, Wisconsin | |
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| Dennis Franchione | 3 | Alabama, New Mexico, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas State | |
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| Al Groh | 3 | Virginia, Wake Forest | |
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| Josh Heupel* | 3 | UCF, Tennessee | |
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| Brady Hoke* | 3 | Ball State, Michigan, San Diego State, Tennessee | |
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| Frank Howard | 3 | Clemson | |
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| Jimmy Johnson | 3 | Miami (FL), Oklahoma State | |
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| Pat Jones | 3 | Oklahoma State | |
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| Chip Kelly* | 3 | Oregon, UCLA | |
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| Jim Leavitt | 3 | South Florida, SMU | |
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| Lance Leipold* | 3 | Buffalo, Kansas | |
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| Mike Locksley* | 3 | Maryland, New Mexico | |
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| Sonny Lubick | 3 | Colorado State | record adjusted to 109-73-0 by NCAA |
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| Dick MacPherson | 3 | Syracuse | |
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| Gus Malzahn* | 3 | Arkansas State, Auburn, UCF | |
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| Mark Mangino | 3 | Kansas | |
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| Ron McBride | 3 | Utah | |
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| Dan McCarney | 3 | Iowa State, North Texas | record adjusted to 79-116-0 by NCAA |
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| Bill McCartney | 3 | Colorado | |
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| Jim McElwain* | 3 | Central Michigan, Colorado State, Florida | |
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| Dutch Meyer | 3 | TCU | |
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| Will Muschamp | 3 | Florida, South Carolina | |
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| Ara Parseghian | 3 | Northwestern, Notre Dame | |
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| Ray Perkins | 3 | Alabama, Arkansas State | |
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| George Perles | 3 | Michigan State | record adjusted to 68-67-4 by NCAA |
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| Warren Powers | 3 | Missouri, Washington State | record adjusted to 53-37-3 by NCAA |
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| Mike Price | 3 | UTEP, Washington State | |
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| Ryan Silverfield* | 3 | Memphis | |
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| R.C. Slocum | 3 | Texas A&M | |
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| Larry Smith | 3 | Arizona, Missouri, USC, Tulane | |
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| Bruce Snyder | 3 | Arizona State, California, Utah State | record adjusted to 125-106-6 by NCAA |
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| Jim Tatum | 3 | Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma | |
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| Bill Walsh | 3 | Stanford | |
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| Tommy West | 3 | Clemson, Memphis | |
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| 204 | Steve Addazio | 2 | Boston College, Colorado State, Temple | |
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| Fred Akers | 2 | Purdue, Texas, Wyoming | |
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| Tim Albin* | 2 | Ohio | |
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| Tom Amstutz | 2 | Toledo | |
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| Chris Ault | 2 | Nevada | |
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| Dino Babers* | 2 | Bowling Green State, Syracuse | |
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| Gary Barnett | 2 | Colorado, Northwestern | record adjusted to 85-82-1 by NCAA |
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| John Barnhill | 2 | Arkansas, Tennessee | |
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| Emory Bellard | 2 | Mississippi State, Texas A&M | |
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| Jack Bicknell | 2 | Boston College | |
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| Gary Blackney | 2 | Bowling Green State | |
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| Larry Blakeney | 2 | Troy | |
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| Gregg Brandon | 2 | Bowling Green State | |
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| John Bridgers | 2 | Baylor | |
|---|
| Mike Brumbelow | 2 | UTEP | |
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| Jason Candle* | 2 | Toledo | |
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| Jim Carlen | 2 | South Carolina, Texas Tech, West Virginia | |
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| Len Casanova | 2 | Oregon, Pitt, Santa Clara | |
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| Blair Cherry | 2 | Texas | |
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| Tracy Claeys | 2 | Minnesota | |
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| Bill Clark | 2 | UAB | |
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| Jeff Cravath | 2 | Denver, San Francisco, USC | |
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| Bill Curry | 2 | Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky | |
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| Ryan Day* | 2 | Ohio State | |
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| Kalen DeBoer* | 2 | Fresno State, Washington | |
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| Doug Dickey | 2 | Florida, Tennessee | |
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| Paul Dietzel | 2 | Army, LSU, South Carolina | |
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| Robert Dobbs | 2 | UTEP, Tulsa | |
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| Sonny Dykes* | 2 | California, Louisiana Tech, SMU, TCU | |
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| Spike Dykes | 2 | Texas Tech | |
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| Ray Eliot | 2 | Illinois | |
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| Eddie Erdelatz | 2 | Navy | |
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| Forest Evashevski | 2 | Iowa, Washington State | |
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| Marcus Freeman* | 2 | Notre Dame | |
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| Henry Frnka | 2 | Tulane, Tulsa | |
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| Justin Fuente | 2 | Memphis, Virginia Tech | |
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| Chan Gailey | 2 | Georgia Tech | |
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| Gary Gibbs | 2 | Oklahoma | |
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| Ray Goff | 2 | Georgia | |
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| Walt Harris | 2 | Pacific, Pitt, Stanford | |
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| Dan Hawkins | 2 | Boise State, Colorado | |
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| Mark Helfrich | 2 | Oregon | |
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| Clay Helton* | 2 | Georgia Southern, USC | |
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| Gus Henderson | 2 | USC, Tulsa | |
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| Joe Kerbel | 2 | West Texas A&M | |
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| Frank Kimbrough | 2 | Baylor, Hardin-Simmons, North Carolina Pre-Flight, West Texas A&M | |
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| Chris Klieman* | 2 | Kansas State | |
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| Dan Lanning* | 2 | Oregon | |
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| Frank Lauterbur | 2 | Iowa, Toledo | |
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| Tony Levine | 2 | Houston | |
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| Steve Logan | 2 | East Carolina | |
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| Jim Lookabaugh | 2 | Oklahoma State | |
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| Chad Lunsford | 2 | Georgia Southern | |
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| John Mackovic | 2 | Arizona, Illinois, Texas, Wake Forest | |
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| Doug Marrone | 2 | Syracuse | |
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| Joey McGuire* | 2 | Texas Tech | |
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| Ruffin McNeill | 2 | East Carolina, Texas Tech | |
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| Philip Montgomery | 2 | Tulsa | |
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| Jim Mora* | 2 | Connecticut, UCLA | |
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| Charley Moran | 2 | Centre, Texas A&M | |
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| Bill Murray | 2 | Duke | |
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| Billy Napier* | 2 | Florida, Louisiana | |
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| Pat Narduzzi* | 2 | Pitt | |
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| Bob Neyland | 2 | Tennessee | |
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| Homer Norton | 2 | Centenary (LA), Texas A&M | |
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| Jay Norvell* | 2 | Colorado State, Nevada | |
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| Jim Owens | 2 | Washington | |
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| Charley Pell | 2 | Clemson, Florida | |
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| Sam Pittman* | 2 | Arkansas | |
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| Tommy Prothro | 2 | Oregon State, UCLA | |
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| John Ralston | 2 | San Jose State, Stanford, Utah State | |
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| Bo Rein | 2 | North Carolina State | |
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| Lincoln Riley* | 2 | Oklahoma, USC | |
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| Nick Rolovich | 2 | Hawaii, Washington State | |
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| Steve Sarkisian* | 2 | USC, Texas, Washington | |
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| Chris Scelfo | 2 | Tulane | |
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| Ben Schwartzwalder | 2 | Syracuse | |
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| Buck Shaw | 2 | Air Force, California, North Carolina State, Santa Clara | |
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| Dick Sheridan | 2 | Furman, North Carolina State | |
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| Jim Stanley | 2 | Oklahoma State | |
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| Bill Stewart | 2 | West Virginia | |
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| Steve Stripling | 2 | Central Michigan, Cincinnati | |
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| John Thompson | 2 | Arkansas State, East Carolina | |
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| Carl Torbush | 2 | North Carolina | |
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| Wallace Wade | 2 | Alabama, Duke | |
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| Charlie Weatherbie | 2 | Louisiana-Monroe, Navy, Utah State | |
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| DeWitt Weaver | 2 | Texas Tech | |
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| Matt Wells | 2 | Texas Tech, Utah State | |
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| Bobby Williams | 2 | Michigan State | |
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| Tom Wilson | 2 | Texas A&M | |
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| Bob Woodruff | 2 | Baylor, Florida | |
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| Bowden Wyatt | 2 | Arkansas, Tennessee, Wyoming | |
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