List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (coaches) explained

This is a list of College Football Hall of Fame members who have been inducted as coaches. As of the 2017 inductions, 214 individuals have been inducted as coaches since the College Football Hall of Fame was established in 1951.

Details

Active coaches

Seven individuals have coached as College Football Hall of Fame inductees:

Time frame

Walter Camp first became a head coach in 1888 and is the earliest on the list to be named a head coach. Lloyd Carr first became a head coach in 1995 and is the most recent head coach appointee on the list. Edward K. Hall was a head coach for only two years, in 1892 and 1893, while John Gagliardi was head coach for 64 years before retiring at the end of the 2012 season.

Win–loss records

Edward K. Hall and John Gagliardi have, respectively, the fewest wins (10) and most wins (489) on the list. Walter Camp has the fewest losses at five while Amos Alonzo Stagg has the most losses at 199. Stagg also has the most games resulting in a tie at 35. Multiple coaches have finished their career with zero ties, and overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996 which make ties impossible in the period since.[3] Larry Kehres has the highest win percentage at .929; Walter Camp is second at .925. Tuss McLaughry has the lowest win percentage at .490. He is only coach on the list under the .500 mark.

List of College Football Hall of Fame coaches

Name Teams First year Last year Years Games Wins Losses Ties Pct. Year inducted
A
1940 1966 26 245 151 86 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1743}} 1989]
1920 1944 25 244 134 95 15 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1486}} 1951]
1990 2005 16 195 118 77 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2294}} 2010]
1922 1964 39 344 201 128 15 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1493}} 1971]
1925 1949 25 211 141 55 15 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1438}} 1957]
1937 1967 31 264 197 55 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2234}} 2009]
1976 2012 28 343 233 109 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2060}} 2002]
B
1919 1953 28 232 137 82 24 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1509}} 1978]
1960 1973 14 129 96 31 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1855}} 1992]
1923 1946 21 196 124 64 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1476}} 1990]
1981 2015 34 427 280 143 4 2018
1970 1990 19 190 153 52 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2134}} 2004]
1920 1949 26 258 153 88 17 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1618}} 1955]
1995 2008 19219137802[{{College Football HoF/url|id=2358}} 2014]
1906 1949 24 201 127 58 16 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1426}} 1954]
1913 1946 33 293 198 72 23 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1501}} 1951]
1919 1950 27 230 153 65 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1532}} 1955]
1953 1982 30 287 168 112 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1847}} 1987]
1934 1958 25 228 166 48 14 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1611}} 1964]
1959 2009 44 510 377 129 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2189}} 2006]
1972 1998 27 286 175 106 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2390}} 2016]
1983 Present 35 432 282 149 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2431}} 2018]
1957 1976 20 217 149 62 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1892}} 1983]
1972 1992 21 246 154 90 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2070}} 2002]
1945 1982 38 425 323 85 17 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1955}} 1986]
1952 1971 20 163 127 31 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1918}} 1996]
1967 1993 27 278 206 71 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2033}} 1997]
1939 1960 22 235 140 86 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1721}} 1997]
C
1928 1956 27 222 146 67 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1812}} 1961]
1888 1895 8 87 79 5 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2080}} 1951]
1968 2000 32 316 220 96 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2279}} 2012]
1995 2007 13 162 122 40 0 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2308}} 2011]
1946 1966 21 209 104 94 11 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1796}} 1977]
1963 1992 26 260 159 93 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2016}} 2003]
1981 2017 37 394 275 117 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2520}} 2023]
1898 1932 24 210 145 48 17 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1407}} 1954]
1969 2000 32 326 218 101 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2190}} 2007]
1976 2005 24 277 199 77 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2337}} 2013]
1961 1989 28 309 178 122 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2000}} 1999]
1957 1968 12 108 75 33 0 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1867}} 1990]
1977 2000 24 282 192 84 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2229}} 2008]
1957 1972 15 154 127 24 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1933}} 1999]
1965 1996 32 303 179 119 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2017}} 2002]
1930 1947 18 157 116 32 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1687}} 1954]
D
2004 2019 16 206 132 74 0 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2544}} 2024]
1954 1972 19 183 109 69 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1851}} 1984]
1984 2006 23 279 169 109 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2309}} 2011]
1978 1993 16 175 110 55 10 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2208}} 2007]
1957 1972 16 173 136 30 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1961}} 1981]
1955 1980 22 239 173 57 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1949}} 1985]
1964 1978 15 168 104 58 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2136}} 2003]
1915 1942 19 166 96 62 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2277}} 2012]
1906 1938 33 242 182 45 15 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1293}} 1951]
1945 1966 22 237 165 64 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1740}} 1993]
1904 1927 23 191 129 54 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1260}} 1951]
1976 1995 20 233 151 74 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2054}} 2000]
1990 2000 11 145 104 40 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2235}} 2009]
1977 1998 22 249 154 94 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2338}} 2013]
1964 1988 25 288 201 77 10 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2027}} 1994]
1914 1942 27 232 150 70 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1494}} 1954]
1948 1965 18 154 107 41 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2339}} 2013]
1974 1992 19 220 153 62 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2167}} 2006]
E
1936 1968 23 221 168 45 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1904}} 1986]
1972 2000 29 361 257 101 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2149}} 2004]
1944 1965 22 208 132 68 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1734}} 1973]
1982 2011 23 276 179 96 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2446}} 2019]
1941 1960 12 109 68 35 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1836}} 2000]
F
1987 2003 17 136 114 19 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2174}} 2006]
1926 1956 30 286 177 96 13 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1635}} 1961]
1978 1997 17 186 122 59 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2405}} 2017]
1962 1998 37 420 232 178 10 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2135}} 2003]
1992 2008 17 204 152 42 0 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2318}} 2012]
1972 1990 19 191 154 34 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2059}} 2001]
G
1949 2012 64 638 489 138 11 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2173}} 2006]
1945 1969 25 244 204 36 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1738}} 1975]
1944 1954 10 102 81 19 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1747}} 1989]
1972 2007 36 358 257 97 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2391}} 2016]
1916 1928 11 93 63 24 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1450}} 1972]
1977 1991 15 170 118 47 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2214}} 2008]
1960 1969 10 105 70 31 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1883}} 1990]
1926 1963 20 197 115 78 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1806}} 1985]
H
1984 2012 25 283 213 69 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2545}} 2024]
1892 1893 2 20 10 6 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2100}} 1951]
1959 1982 19 197 118 74 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2335}} 2013]
1926 1947 20 184 103 69 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1521}} 1980]
1915 1947 27 235 149 69 17 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1652}} 1954]
1922 1955 30 254 140 107 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1489}} 1981]
1964 1999 31 184 219 112 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2278}} 2012]
1906 1917 11 81 57 17 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1261}} 1971]
1969 1999 31 343 261 75 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2155}} 2005]
1899 1924 13 120 97 17 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1276}} 1951]
1946 1978 33 320 238 72 10 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1846}} 1983]
1892 1927 36 272 186 70 18 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1297}} 1954]
1920 1948 26 222 123 86 16 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1596}} 1954]
1946 1959 14 124 102 18 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1822}} 1997]
1926 1942 17 160 93 53 14 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1531}} 1979]
1969 2004 33 388 239 132 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2228}} 2008]
1940 1969 30 295 165 118 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1735}} 1989]
1974 1985 12 134 83 48 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2478}} 2021]
1952 1967 16 159 98 58 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1843}} 2002]
I
1922 1934 13 126 75 42 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1449}} 1973]
J
1971 1992 22 257 178 76 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2036}} 1998]
South Carolina State, Howard, Wichita State1973 2001 29 318 180 132 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2296}} 2010]
1912 1940 29 248 153 77 18 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1518}} 1973]
1972 2004 31 349 237 108 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2191}} 2007]
1979 1988 10 118 81 34 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2319}} 2012]
1997 2018 22 288 189 99 0 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2521}} 2023]
1926 1941 14 135 87 33 15 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1500}} 1954]
1908 1940 29 279 194 64 21 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1533}} 1951]
1909 1927 12 99 69 24 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1394}} 1958]
1932 1956 23 181 101 72 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1729}} 1978]
1951 1975 25 266 176 83 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1845}} 1982]
K
1986 2012 27 359 332 24 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2406}} 2017]
1981 2007 27 301246 54 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2264}} 2011]
1922 1949 26 222 137 71 14 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1529}} 1951]
1976 2003 28 277 219 57 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2257}} 2010]
1964 2002 39 446 314 124 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2072}} 2003]
1964 1985 16 151 123 26 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1990}} 1998]
1958 1979 22 231 176 54 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1967}} 1995]
1967 1977 11 117 83 32 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2522}} 2023]
L
1939 1953 13 129 107 13 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1606}} 1970]
1914 1926 9 74 54 16 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1311}} 1955]
1924 1956 33 292 151 128 13 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1485}} 1960]
1982 2011 27 297 225 70 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2498}} 2022]
M
1971 1990 17 189 111 73 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2251}} 2009]
1921 1944 21 190 119 58 13 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1390}} 1974]
1969 2001 32 324212 111 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2265}} 2011]
1959 1993 35 348 217 119 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2068}} 2002]
1969 1983 15 155 129 23 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1960}} 1991]
1948 1963 16 126 102 20 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2175}} 2006]
1982 1994 13 153 93 55 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2336}} 2013]
1962 1979 18 203 137 59 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1952}} 1986]
1921 1935 15 130 75 48 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1340}} 1973]
1904 1934 30 271 197 55 19 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1327}} 1951]
1960 1975 16 175 127 40 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1957}} 1988]
1937 1948 11 106 78 25 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1624}} 1991]
1915 1954 35 305 143 149 13 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1597}} 1962]
1952 1983 32 321 237 72 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1907}} 1994]
1934 1952 19 201 109 79 13 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1662}} 1956]
1956 1969 14 132 84 39 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1870}} 1988]
1931 1967 35 302 171 148 13 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1465}} 1980]
1926 1947 16 155 95 51 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1625}} 1954]
1979 2012 313792421352[{{College Football HoF/url|id=2359}} 2014]
1915 1952 34 319 155 130 34 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1388}} 1954]
1959 1987 26 285 200 81 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2051}} 2000]
1924 1961 36 341 233 85 23 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1840}} 2001]
1938 1953 16 134 82 42 10 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1698}} 1976]
1935 1953 10 90 71 16 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1728}} 1959]
1958 1971 14 136 91 44 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2499}} 2022]
1940 1965 23 220 142 67 11 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1612}} 1974]
1923 1949 28 245 145 89 11 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1498}} 1983]
1923 1949 24 211 99 95 17 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1462}} 1974]
N
1915 1933 16 147 82 54 11 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1362}} 1967]
1924 1966 40 402 207 176 19 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1658}} 1971]
1968 2000 30 338 202 128 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2168}} 2006]
1946 1965 19 159 105 48 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1850}} 1987]
1926 1952 21 216 173 31 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1583}} 1956]
1930 1965 28 274 193 60 21 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1934}} 1999]
1919 1947 25 236 143 75 18 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1464}} 1971]
O
1902 1922 15 141 87 45 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1271}} 1951]
1973 1997 25 307 255 49 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2044}} 1999]
1900 1926 27 234 155 60 19 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1329}} 1951]
P
1951 1974 24 234 170 58 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2284}} 1980]
1966 2011 46 548 409 136 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2207}} 2007]
1955 1964 10 93 77 11 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1733}} 1988]
1920 1947 28 238 137 87 14 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1562}} 1973]
1991 2015 25 304 191 110 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2500}} 2022]
1961 1996 28 230 155 110 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2213}} 2008]
1955 1970 16 164 104 55 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1862}} 1991]
R
1959 1996 17 182 97 81 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1903}} 1992]
1966 2001 36 423 300 119 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2021}} 2003]
1979 1994 16 170 146 23 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2039}} 1998]
1980 1994 14 152 123 28 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2133}} 2004]
2001 2018 18 235 171 64 0 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2523}} 2023]
1941 1997 55 588 408 165 15 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1987}} 1997]
1898 1925 28 266 159 94 13 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1317}} 1955]
1976 2004 18 213 132 77 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2250}} 2009]
1918 1930 13 122 105 12 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1377}} 1951]
1919 1948 29 235 128 91 16 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1591}} 1951]
1903 1930 22 168 112 38 18 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1444}} 1954]
1954 1976 23 249 184 60 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1854}} 1983]
1968 1991 24 234 183 48 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2040}} 1998]
S
1940 1957 15 146 102 41 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1821}} 1996]
1899 1923 15 136 84 46 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1272}} 1971]
1963 1989 27 307 234 65 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2026}} 1993]
1961 1996 36 357 287 67 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2052}} 2000]
1919 1942 24 225 157 58 11 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1587}} 1971]
1946 1973 28 277 178 96 3 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1753}} 1982]
1915 1965 32 284 151 116 17 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1664}} 1968]
1924 1957 15 133 72 49 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1504}} 1972]
1978 1992 15 178 121 52 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2465}} 2020]
1945 1966 22 191 141 43 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1817}} 1996]
1989 2002 14 173 123 47 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2320}} 2012]
1909 1925 17 161 116 32 13 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1428}} 1951]
1927 1958 32 292 180 96 16 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1463}} 1965]
1989 2018 27 333 215 117 1 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2372}} 2015]
1970 1988 19 202 155 42 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2047}} 1999]
1998 2020 22 274 173 101 0 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2546}} 2024]
1987 2015 26 319 228 89 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2407}} 2017]
1890 1946 57 548 314 199 35 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2097}} 1951]
1965 1996 14 160 97 61 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2295}} 2010]
1954 1976 23 247 181 62 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1917}} 1986]
1999 2016 17 238 190 48 0 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2479}} 2021]
1975 1998 24 252 183 64 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2132}} 2004]
1919 1938 20 186 144 28 14 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1492}} 1951]
1973 1988 16 190 157 29 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2012}} 2001]
T
1979 2016 37 414 258 155 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2466}} 2020]
1942 1958 14 142 100 35 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1789}} 1984]
1983 2012 30 333 233 96 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2447}} 2019]
1960 1992 30 329 170 151 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2013}} 2001]
1984 2010 26 332 246 82 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2432}} 2018]
1925 1946 19 183 141 33 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1466}} 1951]
1986 2010 25 310 229 79 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2373}} 2015]
1958 1980 23 213 155 52 6 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1970}} 1996]
V
1949 1968 20 200 139 59 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1767}} 1987]
1947 1973 25 273 190 61 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1787}} 1979]
W
1923 1950 24 230 171 49 10 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1402}} 1955]
1925 1956 31 296 174 100 22 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1517}} 1966]
1895 1938 44 457 319 106 32 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1313}} 1951]
1954 1982 28 276 173 96 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1834}} 2000]
1973 2000 28 325 189 132 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2148}} 2004]
1962 2003 40 406 303 96 7 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2154}} 2005]
1927 1942 6 57 29 24 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1556}} 1956]
1913 1928 16 120 78 33 9 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1300}} 1954]
1947 1963 17 178 145 29 4 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1794}} 1969]
1891 1921 23 187 141 34 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1232}} 1951]
1892 1905 12 169 142 25 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2104}} 1963]
1935 1973 31 310 202 94 14 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1610}} 1989]
1947 1962 16 160 99 56 5 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1827}} 1997]
Y
1962 1986 25 276 160 108 8 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=2014}} 2001]
1898 1926 28 236 198 3512 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1235}} 1951]
1973 1990 17 193 120 71 2 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1999}} 1999]
Z
1913 1941 29 225 131 81 12 [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1412}} 1951]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bowden will coach bowl game. ESPN.com. December 1, 2009. March 23, 2012.
  2. News: Paterno Is Finished at Penn State, and President Is Out . . November 9, 2011 . November 28, 2011 . Mark . Viera.
  3. News: Kelly . Whiteside . Overtime system still excites coaches . USA Today . McLean, Virginia . August 25, 2006 . September 25, 2009 . September 6, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100906111441/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-08-24-overtime_x.htm . live .