2021 College Football Coaches

2020 CFB Coaches 2022 CFB Coaches

Champions: Georgia (AP, CFP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Bryce Young (Alabama)

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Luke Fickell (Cincinnati)

AP Preseason #1: Alabama

AP Final #1: Georgia

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151 Coaches

Record as major school

151 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
1	Kirby Smart	Georgia	SEC	14	1	.933
2	Luke Fickell	Cincinnati	American	13	1	.929
3	Nick Saban	Alabama	SEC	13	2	.867
4	Billy Napier	Louisiana	Sun Belt	12	1	.923
5	Dave Aranda	Baylor	Big 12	12	2	.857
6	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	12	2	.857
7	Jim Harbaugh	Michigan	Big Ten	12	2	.857
8	Brady Hoke	San Diego State	MWC	12	2	.857
9	Dana Holgorsen	Houston	American	12	2	.857
10	Jeff Traylor	UTSA	CUSA	12	2	.857
11	Brian Kelly	Notre Dame	Ind	11	1	.917
12	Jamey Chadwell	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	11	2	.846
13	Ryan Day	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	2	.846
14	Mel Tucker II	Michigan State	Big Ten	11	2	.846
15	Blake Anderson	Utah State	MWC	11	3	.786
16	Dave Clawson	Wake Forest	ACC	11	3	.786
17	Pat Narduzzi	Pitt	ACC	11	3	.786
18	Lincoln Riley	Oklahoma	Big 12	10	2	.833
19	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	MWC	10	3	.769
20	Mario Cristobal	Oregon	Pac-12	10	3	.769
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
21	Lane Kiffin	Ole Miss	SEC	10	3	.769
22	Kalani Sitake	Brigham Young	Ind	10	3	.769
23	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	SEC	10	3	.769
24	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	ACC	10	3	.769
25	Shawn Clark	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	10	4	.714
26	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	10	4	.714
27	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	Pac-12	10	4	.714
28	Kalen DeBoer	Fresno State	MWC	9	3	.750
29	Dave Doeren	North Carolina State	ACC	9	3	.750
30	Jeff Brohm	Purdue	Big Ten	9	4	.692
31	Paul Chryst	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9	4	.692
32	Bill Clark	UAB	CUSA	9	4	.692
33	P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Big Ten	9	4	.692
34	Gus Malzahn	UCF	American	9	4	.692
35	Jim McElwain	Central Michigan	MAC	9	4	.692
36	Jeff Monken	Army	Ind	9	4	.692
37	Sam Pittman	Arkansas	SEC	9	4	.692
38	Thomas Hammock	Northern Illinois	MAC	9	5	.643
39	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	CUSA	9	5	.643
40	Sonny Dykes	SMU	American	8	4	.667
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
41	Jimbo Fisher	Texas A&M	SEC	8	4	.667
42	Chip Kelly	UCLA	Pac-12	8	4	.667
43	Jay Norvell	Nevada	MWC	8	4	.667
44	Herm Edwards	Arizona State	Pac-12	8	5	.615
45	Shawn Elliott	Georgia State	Sun Belt	8	5	.615
46	Hugh Freeze	Liberty		8	5	.615
47	Chris Klieman	Kansas State	Big 12	8	5	.615
48	Tim Lester	Western Michigan	MAC	8	5	.615
49	Andy Avalos	Boise State	MWC	7	5	.583
50	Manny Diaz	Miami (FL)	ACC	7	5	.583
51	Mike Houston	East Carolina	American	7	5	.583
52	Shane Beamer	South Carolina	SEC	7	6	.538
53	Craig Bohl	Wyoming	MWC	7	6	.538
54	Matt Campbell	Iowa State	Big 12	7	6	.538
55	Jason Candle	Toledo	MAC	7	6	.538
56	Chris Creighton	Eastern Michigan	MAC	7	6	.538
57	Dana Dimel	UTEP	CUSA	7	6	.538
58	James Franklin	Penn State	Big Ten	7	6	.538
59	Josh Heupel	Tennessee	SEC	7	6	.538
60	Charles Huff	Marshall	CUSA	7	6	.538
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
61	Mike Leach	Mississippi State	SEC	7	6	.538
62	Mike Locksley	Maryland	Big Ten	7	6	.538
63	Chuck Martin	Miami (OH)	MAC	7	6	.538
64	Philip Montgomery	Tulsa	American	7	6	.538
65	Jonathan Smith	Oregon State	Pac-12	7	6	.538
66	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee State	CUSA	7	6	.538
67	Sean Lewis	Kent State	MAC	7	7	.500
68	Jeff Hafley	Boston College	ACC	6	6	.500
69	Bronco Mendenhall	Virginia	ACC	6	6	.500
70	Ed Orgeron	LSU	SEC	6	6	.500
71	Ryan Silverfield	Memphis	American	6	6	.500
72	Mack Brown	North Carolina	ACC	6	7	.462
73	Neal Brown	West Virginia	Big 12	6	7	.462
74	Eli Drinkwitz	Missouri	SEC	6	7	.462
75	Todd Graham	Hawaii	MWC	6	7	.462
76	Bryan Harsin	Auburn	SEC	6	7	.462
77	Seth Littrell	North Texas	CUSA	6	7	.462
78	Mike Neu	Ball State	MAC	6	7	.462
79	Ricky Rahne	Old Dominion	CUSA	6	7	.462
80	Scott Satterfield	Louisville	ACC	6	7	.462
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
81	Matt Wells	Texas Tech	Big 12	5	3	.625
82	Justin Fuente	Virginia Tech	ACC	5	5	.500
83	Chip Lindsey	Troy	Sun Belt	5	6	.455
84	Dan Mullen	Florida	SEC	5	6	.455
85	Dino Babers	Syracuse	ACC	5	7	.417
86	Bret Bielema	Illinois	Big Ten	5	7	.417
87	Brent Brennan	San Jose State	MWC	5	7	.417
88	Will Healy	Charlotte	CUSA	5	7	.417
89	Mike Norvell	Florida State	ACC	5	7	.417
90	Steve Sarkisian	Texas	Big 12	5	7	.417
91	Willie Taggart	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	5	7	.417
92	Justin Wilcox	California	Pac-12	5	7	.417
93	Kane Wommack	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5	7	.417
94	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	Big Ten	5	8	.385
95	Nick Rolovich	Washington State	Pac-12	4	3	.571
96	Jimmy Lake	Washington	Pac-12	4	5	.444
97	Mike Bloomgren	Rice	CUSA	4	8	.333
98	Terry Bowden	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	4	8	.333
99	Karl Dorrell	Colorado	Pac-12	4	8	.333
100	Maurice Linguist	Buffalo	MAC	4	8	.333
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
101	Scot Loeffler	Bowling Green State	MAC	4	8	.333
102	Ken Niumatalolo	Navy	American	4	8	.333
103	Jake Spavital	Texas State	Sun Belt	4	8	.333
104	Jake Dickert	Washington State	Pac-12	3	3	.500
105	Gary Patterson	TCU	Big 12	3	5	.375
106	Donte Williams	USC	Pac-12	3	7	.300
107	Steve Addazio	Colorado State	MWC	3	9	.250
108	Tim Albin	Ohio	MAC	3	9	.250
109	Rod Carey	Temple	American	3	9	.250
110	Geoff Collins	Georgia Tech	ACC	3	9	.250
111	David Cutcliffe	Duke	ACC	3	9	.250
112	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	Big Ten	3	9	.250
113	Scott Frost	Nebraska	Big Ten	3	9	.250
114	Danny Gonzales	New Mexico	MWC	3	9	.250
115	Will Hall	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	3	9	.250
116	Skip Holtz	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	3	9	.250
117	David Shaw	Stanford	Pac-12	3	9	.250
118	Jerry Kill	TCU	Big 12	2	2	.500
119	Sonny Cumbie	Texas Tech	Big 12	2	3	.400
120	Kevin Whitley	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2	6	.250
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
121	Tom Arth	Akron	MAC	2	7	.222
122	Tom Allen	Indiana	Big Ten	2	10	.167
123	Marcus Arroyo	UNLV	MWC	2	10	.167
124	Willie Fritz	Tulane	American	2	10	.167
125	Butch Jones	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2	10	.167
126	Clark Lea	Vanderbilt	SEC	2	10	.167
127	Lance Leipold	Kansas	Big 12	2	10	.167
128	Doug Martin	New Mexico State		2	10	.167
129	Jeff Scott	South Florida	American	2	10	.167
130	Michael Desormeaux	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1	0	1.000
131	Lee Marks	Fresno State	MWC	1	0	1.000
132	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	Big 12	1	0	1.000
133	Clay Helton	USC	Pac-12	1	1	.500
134	Greg Knox	Florida	SEC	1	1	.500
135	J.C. Price	Virginia Tech	ACC	1	2	.333
136	Chad Lunsford	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1	3	.250
137	Walt Bell	Massachusetts	Ind	1	8	.111
138	Lou Spanos	Connecticut	American	1	9	.100
139	Butch Davis	Florida International	CUSA	1	11	.083
140	Jedd Fisch	Arizona	Pac-12	1	11	.083
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	Pct	Notes
141	Brad Davis	LSU	SEC	0	1	.000
142	Randy Edsall	Connecticut	American	0	2	.000
143	Marcus Freeman	Notre Dame	Ind	0	1	.000
144	Bob Gregory	Washington	Pac-12	0	3	.000
145	Brandon Hall	Troy	Sun Belt	0	1	.000
146	Bryan McClendon	Oregon	Pac-12	0	1	.000
147	Alex Miller	Massachusetts	Ind	0	3	.000
148	Oscar Rodriguez Jr.	Akron	MAC	0	3	.000
149	Vai Taua	Nevada	MWC	0	1	.000
150	Jim Leavitt	SMU	American
151	Jess Simpson	Miami (FL)	ACC