2019 College Football Coaches

2018 CFB Coaches 2020 CFB Coaches

Champions: LSU (AP, CFP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Joe Burrow (LSU)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Ed Orgeron (LSU)

AP Preseason #1: Clemson

AP Final #1: LSU

135 Coaches

Record as major school

135 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
1	Ed Orgeron	LSU	SEC	15	0	1.000
2	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	ACC	14	1	.933
3	Ryan Day	Ohio State	Big Ten	13	1	.929
4	Eli Drinkwitz	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	12	1	.923
5	Mario Cristobal	Oregon	Pac-12	12	2	.857
6	Bryan Harsin	Boise State	MWC	12	2	.857
7	Mike Norvell	Memphis	American	12	2	.857
8	Lincoln Riley	Oklahoma	Big 12	12	2	.857
9	Kirby Smart	Georgia	SEC	12	2	.857
10	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	MWC	11	2	.846
11	P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Big Ten	11	2	.846
12	James Franklin	Penn State	Big Ten	11	2	.846
13	Brian Kelly	Notre Dame	Ind	11	2	.846
14	Dan Mullen	Florida	SEC	11	2	.846
15	Ken Niumatalolo	Navy	American	11	2	.846
16	Nick Saban	Alabama	SEC	11	2	.846
17	Luke Fickell	Cincinnati	American	11	3	.786
18	Lane Kiffin	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	11	3	.786
19	Billy Napier	Louisiana	Sun Belt	11	3	.786
20	Matt Rhule	Baylor	Big 12	11	3	.786
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	Pac-12	11	3	.786
22	Sonny Dykes	SMU	American	10	3	.769
23	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	10	3	.769
24	Josh Heupel	UCF	American	10	3	.769
25	Skip Holtz	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	10	3	.769
26	Rocky Long	San Diego State	MWC	10	3	.769
27	Paul Chryst	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10	4	.714
28	Nick Rolovich	Hawaii	MWC	10	5	.667
29	Jim Harbaugh	Michigan	Big Ten	9	4	.692
30	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	CUSA	9	4	.692
31	Gus Malzahn	Auburn	SEC	9	4	.692
32	Bill Clark	UAB	CUSA	9	5	.643
33	Bronco Mendenhall	Virginia	ACC	9	5	.643
34	Tom Allen	Indiana	Big Ten	8	5	.615
35	Blake Anderson	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8	5	.615
36	Craig Bohl	Wyoming	MWC	8	5	.615
37	Rod Carey	Temple	American	8	5	.615
38	Dave Clawson	Wake Forest	ACC	8	5	.615
39	Herm Edwards	Arizona State	Pac-12	8	5	.615
40	Jimbo Fisher	Texas A&M	SEC	8	5	.615
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Hugh Freeze	Liberty		8	5	.615
42	Justin Fuente	Virginia Tech	ACC	8	5	.615
43	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8	5	.615
44	Clay Helton	USC	Pac-12	8	5	.615
45	Tom Herman	Texas	Big 12	8	5	.615
46	Doc Holliday	Marshall	CUSA	8	5	.615
47	Chris Klieman	Kansas State	Big 12	8	5	.615
48	Lance Leipold	Buffalo	MAC	8	5	.615
49	Pat Narduzzi	Pitt	ACC	8	5	.615
50	Chris Petersen	Washington	Pac-12	8	5	.615
51	Jeremy Pruitt	Tennessee	SEC	8	5	.615
52	Scott Satterfield	Louisville	ACC	8	5	.615
53	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	SEC	8	5	.615
54	Justin Wilcox	California	Pac-12	8	5	.615
55	Chuck Martin	Miami (OH)	MAC	8	6	.571
56	Jim McElwain	Central Michigan	MAC	8	6	.571
57	Gary Andersen	Utah State	MWC	7	6	.538
58	Mack Brown	North Carolina	ACC	7	6	.538
59	Matt Campbell	Iowa State	Big 12	7	6	.538
60	Mark Dantonio	Michigan State	Big Ten	7	6	.538
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	Shawn Elliott	Georgia State	Sun Belt	7	6	.538
62	Willie Fritz	Tulane	American	7	6	.538
63	Will Healy	Charlotte	CUSA	7	6	.538
64	Jay Hopson	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	7	6	.538
65	Tim Lester	Western Michigan	MAC	7	6	.538
66	Sean Lewis	Kent State	MAC	7	6	.538
67	Chad Lunsford	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	7	6	.538
68	Jay Norvell	Nevada	MWC	7	6	.538
69	Kalani Sitake	Brigham Young	Ind	7	6	.538
70	Frank Solich	Ohio	MAC	7	6	.538
71	Steve Addazio	Boston College	ACC	6	6	.500
72	Jason Candle	Toledo	MAC	6	6	.500
73	Barry Odom	Missouri	SEC	6	6	.500
74	Chris Creighton	Eastern Michigan	MAC	6	7	.462
75	Butch Davis	Florida International	CUSA	6	7	.462
76	Manny Diaz	Miami (FL)	ACC	6	7	.462
77	Mike Leach	Washington State	Pac-12	6	7	.462
78	Joe Moorhead	Mississippi State	SEC	6	7	.462
79	Lovie Smith	Illinois	Big Ten	6	7	.462
80	Dino Babers	Syracuse	ACC	5	7	.417
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Brent Brennan	San Jose State	MWC	5	7	.417
82	Neal Brown	West Virginia	Big 12	5	7	.417
83	Jamey Chadwell	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
84	David Cutcliffe	Duke	ACC	5	7	.417
85	Scott Frost	Nebraska	Big Ten	5	7	.417
86	Thomas Hammock	Northern Illinois	MAC	5	7	.417
87	Chip Lindsey	Troy	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
88	Mike Neu	Ball State	MAC	5	7	.417
89	Gary Patterson	TCU	Big 12	5	7	.417
90	Jonathan Smith	Oregon State	Pac-12	5	7	.417
91	Mel Tucker II	Colorado	Pac-12	5	7	.417
92	Matt Viator	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
93	Jeff Monken	Army	Ind	5	8	.385
94	Willie Taggart	Florida State	ACC	4	5	.444
95	Mike Bobo	Colorado State	MWC	4	8	.333
96	Jeff Brohm	Purdue	Big Ten	4	8	.333
97	Dave Doeren	North Carolina State	ACC	4	8	.333
98	Dana Holgorsen	Houston	American	4	8	.333
99	Mike Houston	East Carolina	American	4	8	.333
100	Chip Kelly	UCLA	Pac-12	4	8	.333
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	Seth Littrell	North Texas	CUSA	4	8	.333
102	Matt Luke	Ole Miss	SEC	4	8	.333
103	Philip Montgomery	Tulsa	American	4	8	.333
104	Will Muschamp	South Carolina	SEC	4	8	.333
105	Tony Sanchez	UNLV	MWC	4	8	.333
106	David Shaw	Stanford	Pac-12	4	8	.333
107	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee State	CUSA	4	8	.333
108	Charlie Strong	South Florida	American	4	8	.333
109	Kevin Sumlin	Arizona	Pac-12	4	8	.333
110	Jeff Tedford	Fresno State	MWC	4	8	.333
111	Matt Wells	Texas Tech	Big 12	4	8	.333
112	Frank Wilson	UTSA	CUSA	4	8	.333
113	Mike Bloomgren	Rice	CUSA	3	9	.250
114	Geoff Collins	Georgia Tech	ACC	3	9	.250
115	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	Big Ten	3	9	.250
116	Mike Locksley	Maryland	Big Ten	3	9	.250
117	Scot Loeffler	Bowling Green State	MAC	3	9	.250
118	Derek Mason	Vanderbilt	SEC	3	9	.250
119	Les Miles	Kansas	Big 12	3	9	.250
120	Jake Spavital	Texas State	Sun Belt	3	9	.250
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
121	Odell Haggins	Florida State	ACC	2	2	.500
122	Chad Morris	Arkansas	SEC	2	8	.200
123	Steve Campbell	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2	10	.167
124	Bob Davie	New Mexico	MWC	2	10	.167
125	Randy Edsall	Connecticut	American	2	10	.167
126	Doug Martin	New Mexico State		2	10	.167
127	Shawn Clark	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	1	0	1.000
128	Chris Ash	Rutgers	Big Ten	1	3	.250
129	Nunzio Campanile	Rutgers	Big Ten	1	7	.125
130	Walt Bell	Massachusetts	Ind	1	11	.083
131	Dana Dimel	UTEP	CUSA	1	11	.083
132	Bobby Wilder	Old Dominion	CUSA	1	11	.083
133	Tom Arth	Akron	MAC	0	12	.000
134	Rich Gunnell	Boston College	ACC	0	1	.000
135	Barry Lunney Jr.	Arkansas	SEC	0	2	.000