1985 College Football Coaches

1984 CFB Coaches 1986 CFB Coaches

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Bo Jackson (Auburn)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Fisher DeBerry (Air Force)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Oklahoma

112 Coaches

Record as major school

112 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Fisher DeBerry	Air Force	WAC	12	1	0	.923
2	Jim Sweeney	Fresno State	PCAA	11	0	1	.958
3	Joe Paterno	Penn State	Ind	11	1	0	.917
4	Dennis Stolz	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	1	0	.917
5	Barry Switzer	Oklahoma	Big 8	11	1	0	.917
6	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	WAC	11	3	0	.786
7	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	Big Ten	10	1	1	.875
8	Hayden Fry	Iowa	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833
9	Ken Hatfield	Arkansas	SWC	10	2	0	.833
10	Jimmy Johnson	Miami (FL)	Ind	10	2	0	.833
11	Jackie Sherrill	Texas A&M	SWC	10	2	0	.833
12	Galen Hall	Florida	SEC	9	1	1	.864
13	Johnny Majors	Tennessee	SEC	9	1	2	.833
14	Bill Arnsparger	LSU	SEC	9	2	1	.792
15	Bill Curry	Georgia Tech	ACC	9	2	1	.792
16	Terry Donahue	UCLA	Pac-10	9	2	1	.792
17	Ray Perkins	Alabama	SEC	9	2	1	.792
18	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	Ind	9	3	0	.750
19	Earle Bruce	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	3	0	.750
20	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	Big 8	9	3	0	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Bobby Ross	Maryland	ACC	9	3	0	.750
22	Grant Teaff	Baylor	SWC	9	3	0	.750
23	Jim Young	Army	Ind	9	3	0	.750
24	Tim Rose	Miami (OH)	MAC	8	2	1	.773
25	Larry Smith	Arizona	Pac-10	8	3	1	.708
26	Fred Akers	Texas	SWC	8	4	0	.667
27	John Cooper	Arizona State	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667
28	Pat Dye	Auburn	SEC	8	4	0	.667
29	Jim Fassel	Utah	WAC	8	4	0	.667
30	Pat Jones	Oklahoma State	Big 8	8	4	0	.667
31	Herb Deromedi	Central Michigan	MAC	7	3	0	.700
32	Don Nehlen	West Virginia	Ind	7	3	1	.682
33	Vince Dooley	Georgia	SEC	7	3	2	.667
34	Jim Carmody	Southern Mississippi	Ind	7	4	0	.636
35	Don James	Washington	Pac-10	7	5	0	.583
36	Dick MacPherson	Syracuse	Ind	7	5	0	.583
37	Bill McCartney	Colorado	Big 8	7	5	0	.583
38	George Perles	Michigan State	Big Ten	7	5	0	.583
39	Bill Kelly	West Texas A&M	MVC	6	3	1	.650
40	Bob Otolski	Illinois State	MVC	6	3	2	.636
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Bobby Collins	SMU	SWC	6	5	0	.545
42	Bill Dooley	Virginia Tech	Ind	6	5	0	.545
43	Lou Holtz	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545
44	Don Morton	Tulsa	MVC	6	5	0	.545
45	Gene Murphy	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6	5	0	.545
46	George Welsh	Virginia	ACC	6	5	0	.545
47	Mike White	Illinois	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542
48	Danny Ford	Clemson	ACC	6	6	0	.500
49	Mike Gottfried	Kansas	Big 8	6	6	0	.500
50	Mike Sheppard	Long Beach State	PCAA	6	6	0	.500
51	Ted Tollner	USC	Pac-10	6	6	0	.500
52	Foge Fazio	Pitt	Ind	5	5	1	.500
53	Harvey Hyde	UNLV	PCAA	5	5	1	.500
54	Doug Scovil	San Diego State	WAC	5	6	1	.458
55	Emory Bellard	Mississippi State	SEC	5	6	0	.455
56	Rich Brooks	Oregon	Pac-10	5	6	0	.455
57	Leon Burtnett	Purdue	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
58	Jerry Claiborne	Kentucky	SEC	5	6	0	.455
59	Jim Criner	Iowa State	Big 8	5	6	0	.455
60	Dick Crum	North Carolina	ACC	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Dave Currey	Cincinnati	Ind	5	6	0	.455
62	Gerry Faust	Notre Dame	Ind	5	6	0	.455
63	Dave McClain	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455
64	Joe Morrison	South Carolina	Ind	5	6	0	.455
65	Bob Cope	Pacific	PCAA	5	7	0	.417
66	Leon Fuller	Colorado State	WAC	5	7	0	.417
67	Dick Tomey	Hawaii	WAC	4	6	2	.417
68	Billy Brewer	Ole Miss	SEC	4	6	1	.409
69	Jack Harbaugh	Western Michigan	MAC	4	6	1	.409
70	Dennis Raetz	Indiana State	MVC	4	6	0	.400
71	Bruce Arians	Temple	Ind	4	7	0	.364
72	Ray Door	Southern Illinois	MVC	4	7	0	.364
73	Jack Elway	Stanford	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364
74	Al Groh	Wake Forest	ACC	4	7	0	.364
75	Jim Harkema	Eastern Michigan	MAC	4	7	0	.364
76	Joe Kapp	California	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364
77	Bill Mallory	Indiana	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364
78	Jerry Moore	Texas Tech	SWC	4	7	0	.364
79	Jerry Pettibone	Northern Illinois	MAC	4	7	0	.364
80	Sam Robertson	Louisiana	Ind	4	7	0	.364
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Paul Schudel	Ball State	MAC	4	7	0	.364
82	Chuck Shelton	Drake	MVC	4	7	0	.364
83	Dan Simrell	Toledo	MAC	4	7	0	.364
84	Steve Sloan	Duke	ACC	4	7	0	.364
85	Gary Tranquill	Navy	Ind	4	7	0	.364
86	Jim Walden	Washington State	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364
87	Bill Yeoman	Houston	SWC	4	7	0	.364
88	Jack Bicknell	Boston College	Ind	4	8	0	.333
89	George MacIntyre	Vanderbilt	SEC	3	7	1	.318
90	Watson Brown	Rice	SWC	3	8	0	.273
91	Ron Chismar	Wichita State	MVC	3	8	0	.273
92	Joe Lee Dunn	New Mexico	WAC	3	8	0	.273
93	Dennis Green	Northwestern	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273
94	Al Kincaid	Wyoming	WAC	3	8	0	.273
95	Dave Kragthorpe	Oregon State	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273
96	Chris Pella	Utah State	PCAA	3	8	0	.273
97	Tom Reed	North Carolina State	ACC	3	8	0	.273
98	Dick Scesniak	Kent State	MAC	3	8	0	.273
99	Jim Wacker	TCU	SWC	3	8	0	.273
100	Rey Dempsey	Memphis	Ind	2	7	2	.273
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Dick Anderson	Rutgers	Ind	2	8	1	.227
102	Claude Gilbert	San Jose State	PCAA	2	8	1	.227
103	Art Baker	East Carolina	Ind	2	9	0	.182
104	Cleve Bryant	Ohio	MAC	2	9	0	.182
105	Howard Schnellenberger	Louisville	Ind	2	9	0	.182
106	John Gutekunst	Minnesota	Big Ten	1	0	0	1.000
107	Lee Moon	Kansas State	Big 8	1	8	0	.111
108	Mack Brown	Tulane	Ind	1	10	0	.091
109	Woody Widenhofer	Missouri	Big 8	1	10	0	.091
110	Bill Yung	UTEP	WAC	1	10	0	.091
111	Fred Zechman	New Mexico State	PCAA	1	10	0	.091
112	Jim Dickey	Kansas State	Big 8	0	2	0	.000