List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (coaches)

This is a list of College Football Hall of Fame members who have been inducted as coaches. 188 individuals have been inducted as coaches since the College Football Hall of Fame was established in 1951. Two of the inductees—Chris Ault of Nevada, John Gagliardi of Saint John's in Minnesota;are still active.

Records updated through games played on October 15, 2011
Name Teams First Year Last Year Years Games Wins Losses Ties Pct. Year Inducted
Joe Aillet Louisiana Tech 1940 1966 26 245 151 86 8 .633 1989
Bill Alexander Georgia Tech 1920 1944 25 244 134 95 15 .580 1951
Barry Alvarez Wisconsin 1990 2005 16 195 118 77 4 .603 2010
Eddie Anderson Loras, DePaul, Holy Cross, Iowa 1922 1964 39 344 201 128 15 .606 1971
Ike Armstrong Utah 1925 1949 25 211 141 55 15 .704 1957
Volney Ashford Missouri Valley 1937 1967 31 2009
Chris Ault Nevada 1976 present 27 323 222 100 1 .689 2002
Charlie Bachman Northwestern, Kansas State, Florida, Michigan State, Hillsdale 1919 1953 28 232 137 82 24 .613 1978
Earl Banks Morgan State 1960 1973 14 129 96 31 2 .752 1992
Harry Baujan Dayton 1923 1946 21 196 124 64 8 .653 1990
Tom Beck Illinois Benedictine, Elmhurst, Grand Valley State 1970 1990 19 190 153 52 1 .745 2004
Matty Bell Haskell Institute, Carroll (WI), TCU, Texas A&M, SMU 1920 1949 26 246 143 87 16 .614 1955
Hugo Bezdek Oregon, Arkansas, Penn State, Delaware Valley 1906 1949 24 201 127 58 16 .672 1954
Dana X. Bible Mississippi College, LSU, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Texas 1913 1946 33 293 198 72 23 .715 1951
Bernie Bierman Montana, Mississippi State, Tulane, Iowa Pre-Flight, Minnesota 1919 1950 27 230 153 65 12 .691 1955
Bob Blackman Denver, Dartmouth, Illinois, Cornell 1953 1982 30 287 168 112 7 .598 1987
Earl Blaik Dartmouth, Army 1934 1958 25 228 166 48 14 .759 1964
Bobby Bowden Samford, West Virginia, Florida State 1959 2009 44 510 377 129 4 .743 2006
Frank Broyles Missouri, Arkansas 1957 1976 20 217 149 62 6 .700 1983
Earle Bruce Tampa, Iowa State, Ohio State, Northern Iowa, Colorado State 1972 1992 21 246 154 90 2 .630 2002
Bear Bryant Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Alabama 1945 1982 38 425 323 85 17 .780 1986
Harold Burry Westminster (PA) 1952 1971 20 163 127 31 5 .794 1996
Jim Butterfield Ithaca 1967 1993 27 278 206 71 1 .743 1997
Wally Butts Georgia 1939 1960 22 235 140 86 9 .615 1997
Charlie Caldwell Williams, Princeton 1928 1956 27 222 146 67 9 .678 1961
Walter Camp Yale, Stanford 1888 1895 8 87 79 5 3 .925 1951
Len Casanova Santa Clara, Pittsburgh, Oregon 1946 1966 21 209 104 94 11 .524 1977
Marino Casem Alabama State, Alcorn State, Southern 1963 1992 26 260 159 93 8 .627 2003
Frank Cavanaugh Cincinnati, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Boston College, Fordham 1898 1932 24 210 145 48 17 .587 1954
Jim Christopherson Concordia (MN) 1969 2000 32 326 218 101 7 .677 2007
Jerry Claiborne Virginia Tech, Maryland, Kentucky 1961 1989 28 309 178 122 8 .591 1999
Dick Colman Princeton 1957 1968 12 108 75 33 0 .694 1990
John Cooper Tulsa, Arizona State, Ohio State 1977 2000 24 282 192 84 6 .691 2008
Don Coryell Whittier, San Diego State 1957 1972 15 154 127 24 3 .834 1999
Carmen Cozza Yale 1965 1996 32 303 179 119 5 .599 2002
Fritz Crisler Minnesota, Princeton, Michigan 1930 1947 18 157 116 32 9 .768 1954
Duffy Daugherty Michigan State 1954 1972 19 183 109 69 5 .623 1984
Herb Deromedi Central Michigan 1978 1993 16 175 110 55 10 .657 2007
Bob Devaney Wyoming, Nebraska 1957 1972 16 173 136 30 7 .806 1981
Dan Devine Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame 1955 1980 22 239 173 57 9 .743 1985
Doug Dickey Tennessee, Florida 1964 1978 15 168 104 58 6 .639 2003
Gil Dobie North Dakota State, Washington, Navy, Cornell, Boston College 1906 1938 33 242 182 45 15 .783 1951
Bobby Dodd Georgia Tech 1945 1966 22 237 165 64 8 .713 1993
Mike Donahue Auburn, LSU 1904 1927 23 191 129 54 8 .696 1951
Terry Donahue UCLA 1976 1995 20 233 151 74 8 .665 2000
Jim Donnan Marshall, Georgia 1990 2000 11 145 104 40 1 .721 2009
Vince Dooley Georgia 1964 1988 25 288 201 77 10 .715 1994
Gus Dorais Loras, Gonzaga, Detroit 1914 1942 27 232 150 70 12 .672 1954
Pat Dye East Carolina, Wyoming, Auburn 1974 1992 19 220 153 62 5 .707 2006
Bill Edwards Western Reserve, Vanderbilt, Wittenberg 1936 1968 23 221 168 45 8 .777 1986
LaVell Edwards Brigham Young 1972 2000 29 361 257 101 3 .716 2004
Rip Engle Brown, Penn State 1944 1965 22 208 132 68 8 .654 1973
Forest Evashevski Hamilton, Washington State, Iowa 1941 1960 12 109 68 35 6 .651 2000
Dick Farley Williams 1987 2003 17 136 114 19 3 .849 2006
Don Faurot Kirksville State, Iowa Pre-Flight, NAS Jacksonville, Missouri 1926 1956 30 286 177 96 13 .639 1961
Hayden Fry SMU, North Texas State, Iowa 1962 1998 37 420 232 178 10 .564 2003
Joe Fusco Westminster (PA) 1972 1990 19 191 154 34 3 .814 2001
John Gagliardi Carroll (MT), Saint John's (MN) 1949 present 63 624 480 133 11 .778 2006
Jake Gaither Florida A&M 1945 1969 25 244 204 36 4 .844 1975
Sid Gillman Miami (OH), Cincinnati 1944 1954 10 102 81 19 2 .804 1989
Ernie Godfrey Wittenberg 1916 1928 11 93 63 24 8 .705 1972
W. C. Gorden Jackson State 1977 1991 15 170 118 47 5 .709 2008
Ray Graves Florida 1960 1969 10 105 70 31 4 .686 1990
Andy Gustafson Virginia Tech, Miami (FL) 1926 1963 20 197 115 78 4 .594 1985
Ed Hall Illinois 1892 1893 2 20 10 6 4 .600 1951
Jack Harding Scranton, Miami (FL) 1926 1947 20 184 103 69 12 .592 1980
Dick Harlow Penn State, Colgate, Western Maryland, Harvard 1915 1947 27 235 149 69 17 .670 1954
Harvey Harman Haverford, Sewanee, Penn, Rutgers 1922 1955 30 254 140 107 7 .565 1981
Jesse Harper Notre Dame 1906 1917 11 81 57 17 7 .747 1971
Roger Harring Wisconsin–La Crosse 1969 1999 31 343 261 75 7 .771 2005
Percy Haughton Cornell, Harvard, Columbia 1899 1924 13 120 97 17 6 .833 1951
Woody Hayes Denison, Miami (OH), Ohio State 1946 1978 33 320 238 72 10 .759 1983
John Heisman Oberlin, Akron, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Penn, Washington & Jefferson, Rice 1892 1927 36 272 186 70 18 .712 1954
Bob Higgins West Virginia Wesleyan, Washington (MO), Penn State 1920 1948 26 222 123 86 16 .582 1954
Paul Hoernemann Heidelberg 1946 1959 14 124 102 18 4 .839 1997
Babe Hollingbery Washington State 1926 1942 17 160 93 53 14 .625 1979
Lou Holtz William & Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, South Carolina 1969 2004 33 388 239 132 7 .642 2008
Frank Howard Clemson 1940 1969 30 295 165 118 12 .580 1989
Marcelino Huerta Tampa, Wichita State 1952 1967 16 159 98 58 3 .589 2002
Bill Ingram William & Mary, Indiana, Navy, California 1922 1934 13 126 75 42 9 .585 1973
Don James Kent State, Washington 1971 1992 22 257 178 76 3 .698 1998
Willie Jeffries South Carolina State, Howard, Wichita State 2010
Morley Jennings Ouachita, Baylor 1912 1940 29 248 153 77 18 .653 1973
Billy Joe Cheyney State, Central State (OH), Florida A&M 1972 2004 31 349 237 108 4 .685 2007
Biff Jones Army, LSU, Oklahoma, Nebraska 1926 1941 14 135 87 33 15 .700 1954
Howard Jones Syracuse, Yale, Ohio State, Iowa, Duke, USC 1908 1940 29 279 194 64 21 .733 1951
T. A. Dwight Jones Syracuse, Yale 1909 1927 12 99 69 24 6 .727 1958
Lloyd Jordan Amherst, Harvard 1932 1956 23 181 101 72 8 .580 1978
Ralph Jordan Auburn 1951 1975 25 266 176 83 7 .675 1982
Andrew Kerr Stanford, Washington & Jefferson, Colgate, Lebanon Valley 1922 1949 26 222 137 71 14 .649 1951
Ted Kessinger Bethany (KS) 1976 2003 28 277 219 57 1 .792 2010
Roy Kidd Eastern Kentucky 1964 2002 39 446 314 124 8 .713 2003
Chuck Klausing Indiana (PA), Carnegie Mellon 1964 1985 16 151 123 26 2 .821 1998
Frank Kush Arizona State 1958 1979 22 231 176 54 1 .764 1995
Frank Leahy Boston College, Notre Dame 1939 1953 13 129 107 13 9 .864 1970
George Little Cincinnati, Miami (OH), Michigan, Wisconsin 1914 1926 9 74 54 16 4 .757 1955
Lou Little Georgetown, Columbia 1924 1956 33 292 151 128 13 .539 1960
Dick MacPherson Massachusetts, Syracuse 1971 1990 17 189 111 73 5 .601 2009
Slip Madigan Saint Mary's (CA), Iowa 1921 1944 21 190 119 58 13 .661 1974
Fred Martinelli Ashland 1959 1993 35 348 217 119 12 .641 2002
Dave Maurer Wittenberg 1969 1983 15 155 129 23 3 .842 1991
Vernon McCain Maryland State 1948 1963 16 128 102 21 5 .816 2006
Charles McClendon LSU 1962 1979 18 203 137 59 7 .692 1986
Herb McCracken Allegheny, Lafayette 1921 1935 15 130 75 48 7 .604 1973
Dan McGugin Vanderbilt 1904 1934 30 271 197 55 19 .762 1951
John McKay USC 1960 1975 16 175 127 40 8 .749 1988
Allyn McKeen Memphis State, Mississippi State 1937 1948 11 106 78 25 3 .750 1991
Tuss McLaughry Westminster (PA), Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth 1915 1954 35 305 143 149 13 .490 1962
John Merritt Jackson State, Tennessee State 1952 1983 32 321 237 72 12 .757 1994
Dutch Meyer TCU 1934 1952 19 201 109 79 13 .575 1956
Jack Mollenkopf Purdue 1956 1969 14 132 84 39 9 .697 1988
Andy Moore Chattanooga 1931 1967 35 302 171 148 13 .535 1980
Bernie Moore Mercer, LSU 1926 1947 16 155 95 51 9 .642 1954
Ray Morrison SMU, Vanderbilt, Temple, Austin 1915 1952 34 319 155 130 34 .537 1954
Darrell Mudra Adams State, North Dakota State, Arizona, Florida State, Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa 1959 1987 26 285 200 81 4 .709 2000
Ace Mumford Jarvis Christian, Bishop, Texas College, Southern 1924 1961 36 341 233 85 23 .717 2001
George Munger Penn 1938 1953 16 134 82 42 10 .649 1976
Clarence Munn Albright, Syracuse, Michigan State 1935 1953 10 90 71 16 3 .806 1959
William D. Murray Delaware, Duke 1940 1965 23 220 142 67 11 .670 1974
Frank Murray Marquette, Virginia 1923 1949 28 245 145 89 11 .614 1983
Edward Mylin Lebanon Valley, Bucknell, Lafayette, NYU 1923 1949 24 211 99 95 17 .509 1974
Greasy Neale Muskingum, West Virginia Wesleyan, Marietta, Washington & Jefferson, Virginia, West Virginia 1915 1933 16 147 82 54 11 .595 1967
Jess Neely Southwestern (TN), Clemson, Rice 1924 1966 40 402 207 176 19 .539 1971
Don Nehlen Bowling Green, West Virginia 1968 2000 30 338 202 128 8 .609 2006
David M. Nelson Hillsdale, Maine, Delaware 1946 1965 19 159 105 48 6 .679 1987
Robert Neyland Tennessee 1926 1952 21 216 173 31 12 .829 1956
William J. Nicks Morris Brown, Prairie View A&M 1930 1965 28 266 188 57 21 .746 1999
Homer H. Norton Centenary, Texas A&M 1971
Frank "Buck" O'Neill Colgate, Syracuse, Columbia 1902 1922 14 130 81 41 8 .654 1951
Tom Osborne Nebraska 1973 1997 25 307 255 49 3 .836 1999
Bennie Owen Washburn, Bethany (KS), Oklahoma 1900 1926 27 234 155 60 19 .703 1951
Ara Parseghian Miami (OH), Northwestern, Notre Dame 1951 1974 24 234 170 58 6 .739 1980
Joe Paterno Penn State 1966 2011 46 546 407 136 3 .748 2007
Doyt Perry Bowling Green 1955 1964 10 93 77 11 5 .855 1988
Jim Phelan Missouri, Purdue, Washington, Saint Mary's (CA) 1920 1947 28 238 137 87 14 .605 1973
Doug Porter Mississippi Valley State, Howard, Fort Valley State 1961 1996 28 231 115 111 5 .509 2008
Tommy Prothro Oregon State, UCLA 1955 1970 16 164 104 55 5 .649 1991
John Ralston Utah State, Stanford, San Jose State 1959 1996 17 182 97 81 4 .544 1992
Tubby Raymond Delaware 1966 2001 36 423 300 119 4 .714 2003
Bob Reade Augustana (IL) 1979 1994 16 170 146 23 1 .862 1998
Charlie Richard Baker 1980 1994 14 152 123 28 1 .813 2004
Eddie Robinson Grambling 1941 1997 55 588 408 165 15 .707 1997
Eddie N. Robinson Nebraska, Brown, Maine 1896 1925 27 258 157 88 13 .634 1955
John Robinson USC, UNLV 1976 2004 18 213 132 77 4 .629 2009
Knute Rockne Notre Dame 1918 1930 13 122 105 12 5 .881 1951
Dick Romney Utah State 1919 1948 29 235 128 91 16 .579 1951
William Roper VMI, Princeton, Missouri, Swarthmore 1903 1930 22 168 112 38 18 .720 1954
Darrell Royal Mississippi State, Washington, Texas 1954 1976 23 249 184 60 5 .749 1983
Ad Rutschman Linfield 1968 1991 24 234 183 48 3 .788 1998
Henry Russell Sanders Vanderbilt, UCLA 1940 1957 15 146 102 41 3 .709 1996
George Sanford Columbia, Virginia, Rutgers 1899 1923 15 136 84 46 6 .640 1971
Bo Schembechler Miami (OH), Michigan 1963 1989 27 307 234 65 8 .775 1993
Ron Schipper Central (IA) 1961 1996 36 357 287 67 3 .808 2000
Francis Schmidt Tulsa, Arkansas, TCU, Ohio State, Idaho 1919 1942 24 225 156 58 11 .718 1971
Ben Schwartzwalder Muhlenberg, Syracuse 1946 1973 28 277 178 96 3 .672 1982
Clark Shaughnessy Tulane, Loyola (LA), Chicago, Stanford, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Hawaii 1915 1965 32 284 151 116 17 .562 1968
Buck Shaw North Carolina State, Nevada, Santa Clara, California, Air Force 1924 1957 15 133 72 49 12 .586 1972
Ed Sherman Muskingum 1945 1966 22 191 141 43 7 .757 1996
Andy Smith Penn, Purdue, California 1909 1925 17 161 116 32 13 .761 1951
Carl Snavely Bucknell, North Carolina, Cornell, Washington (MO) 1927 1958 32 292 180 96 16 .644 1965
Jim Sochor UC Davis 1970 1988 19 202 155 42 5 .780 1999
Amos Alonzo Stagg Springfield, Chicago, Pacific 1890 1946 57 548 314 199 35 .605 1951
Gene Stallings Texas A&M, Alabama 1965 1996 14 160 97 61 2 .613 2010
Gil Steinke Texas A&I 1954 1976 23 247 181 62 4 .741 1986
Dick Strahm Findlay 1975 1998 24 252 183 64 5 .736 2004
Jock Sutherland Lafayette, Pittsburgh 1919 1938 20 186 144 28 14 .812 1951
Barry Switzer Oklahoma 1973 1988 16 190 157 29 4 .837 2001
Jim Tatum North Carolina, Oklahoma, Maryland 1942 1958 14 142 100 35 7 .729 1984
Grant Teaff McMurry, Angelo State, Baylor 1960 1992 30 329 170 151 8 .529 2001
Frank Thomas Chattanooga, Alabama 1925 1946 19 183 141 33 9 .795 1951
Lee Tressel Baldwin–Wallace 1958 1980 23 213 155 52 6 .742 1996
Thad Vann Southern Miss 1949 1968 20 200 139 59 2 .700 1987
Johnny Vaught Ole Miss 1947 1973 25 273 190 61 12 .745 1979
Wallace Wade Alabama, Duke 1923 1950 24 230 171 49 10 .765 1955
Pappy Waldorf Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Northwestern, California 1929 1956 28 255 157 89 19 .628 1966
Glenn Scobey Warner Georgia, Cornell, Carlisle Indian, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Temple 1895 1938 44 457 319 106 32 .733 1951
Muddy Waters Hillsdale, Saginaw Valley State, Michigan State 1954 1982 28 276 173 96 7 .639 2000
George Welsh Navy, Virginia 1973 2000 28 325 189 132 4 .588 2004
Frosty Westering Parsons, Lea, Pacific Lutheran 1962 2003 40 406 303 96 7 .755 2005
Elton Wieman Michigan, Princeton 1927 1942 6 57 29 24 4 .544 1956
John Wilce Ohio State 1913 1928 16 120 78 33 9 .689 1954
Bud Wilkinson Oklahoma 1947 1963 17 178 145 29 4 .826 1969
Henry L. Williams Army, Minnesota 1891 1921 23 187 141 34 12 .786 1951
George Washington Woodruff Penn, Illinois, Carlisle Indian 1892 1905 12 169 142 25 2 .846 1963
Warren B. Woodson Central Arkansas, Hardin–Simmons, Arizona, New Mexico State, Trinity (TX) 1935 1973 31 312 203 95 14 .673 1989
Bowden Wyatt Wyoming, Arkansas, Tennessee 1947 1962 16 160 99 56 5 .634 1997
Bill Yeoman Houston 1962 1986 25 276 160 108 8 .594 2001
Fielding H. Yost Ohio Wesleyan, Nebraska, Kansas, Stanford, Michigan 1898 1926 28 236 198 35 12 .833 1951
Jim Young Arizona, Purdue, Army 1973 1990 17 193 120 71 2 .627 1999
Robert Zuppke Illinois 1913 1941 29 225 131 81 12 .612 1951

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