The USA Today
Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division IDivision I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
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and Division IDivision I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
college basketballCollege basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III.-Division I:There are 347 schools in 32...
teams.
The football rankings are compiled by the USA TodayUSA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth...
Board of Coaches which is made up of 61 head coaches at Division I FBS institutions. All coaches are members of the American Football Coaches AssociationThe American Football Coaches Association is an association of football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each year...
. The basketball rankings are compiled by the USA Today Board of Coaches which is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions.
The USA Today
Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division IDivision I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college footballCollege football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies. It was the venue through which American football first gained popularity in the United States...
and Division IDivision I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
college basketballCollege basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III.-Division I:There are 347 schools in 32...
teams.
The football rankings are compiled by the USA TodayUSA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth...
Board of Coaches which is made up of 61 head coaches at Division I FBS institutions. All coaches are members of the American Football Coaches AssociationThe American Football Coaches Association is an association of football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each year...
. The basketball rankings are compiled by the USA Today Board of Coaches which is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the
National Association of Basketball CoachesThe National Association of Basketball Coaches , headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the University of Kansas basketball coach....
(NABC).
The football Coaches' Poll is an element of the
BCSThe Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"...
rankings, a
voting systemA voting system or voting theory, allows voters to choose between options, often in an election where candidates are selected for public office. Voting can be also used to award prizes, to select between different plans of action, or by a computer program to find a solution to a problem...
used to determine who will play in the
BCS National Championship GameThe BCS National Championship Game is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series and is intended by the organizers of the BCS to determine the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...
and be crowned the
NCAA Division I FBS national championThe NCAA Division I FBS national football championship is a designation awarded annually by various third-party organizations to their selection of the best college football team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...
.
History
The Coaches' Poll began selecting the top 20 teams on a weekly basis during the 1950-1951 college football and basketball seasons. It was initially published by
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(after 1958, United Press International). For the 1990-1991 football and basketball seasons, the poll expanded to a top 25, and it has retained this format since.
College football
Beginning in the 1974 season, the poll of coaches conducted its final poll after the
bowl gameIn the United States, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
s for the first time. In 1991, USA Today
and CNNCable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is an U.S. cable news network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first network to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States...
took over publishing the coaches' football poll. In 1997, ESPNESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
took the place of CNN as co-sponsor. Finally, following the 2005 season, as a result of controversial voting practices related to the BCS, ESPN dropped its co-sponsorship of the football poll, leaving USA Today as the sole sponsor.
Although the coaches' football poll is often generally in accord with the
AP PollThe Associated Press Poll typically refers to a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I college football and Division I college basketball teams, though other AP polls exist as well. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
, there are important differences. Eleven times the Coaches Poll has crowned a different national champion than the AP Poll – in 1954, 1957, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1997, and 2003 – causing consternation among some college football fans. Until 1974 the final Coaches Poll was taken before the bowl games occurred. This was changed after the 1973 season, when Alabama was crowned as the Coaches Poll national champion despite having lost its bowl game to Notre Dame. Also, since 1974, teams on probation are not recognized in the poll of coaches while the AP permits their inclusion.
The winner of the
BCS National Championship GameThe BCS National Championship Game is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series and is intended by the organizers of the BCS to determine the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...
is required to be voted number one, yet the AP Poll does not have this requirement. The winner of the Coaches' Poll is awarded the exquisite
Waterford Crystal National Championship Coaches' TrophyThe AFCA National Championship Trophy is the trophy awarded by the American Football Coaches Association to the winner of college football's BCS National Championship Game, which determines the national champion for purposes of the Coaches Poll...
in an on-field post-game presentation.
The coaches poll has come under criticism for being inaccurate, with some of the charges being that coaches are biased towards their own teams and conferences, that coaches don't actually complete their own ballots, and that coaches are unfamiliar with even the basics, such as whether a team is undefeated or not, about teams they are voting on.
Year-by-Year Final Coaches' Poll Football Champions
Source (accessed 2005-11-15)
| Year | School | Head Coach |
|---|
| 1950 |
Oklahoma |
Bud Wilkinson Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson was a Hall of Fame American football coach for the University of Oklahoma....
|
| 1951 |
Tennessee |
Robert Neyland Robert Reese Neyland was an American football coach and also served the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of Brigadier General. He is one of the few college football head coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same school...
|
| 1952 |
Michigan State |
Biggie Munn Clarence Lester "Biggie" Munn was a college football player and coach. He is most notable for coaching at Michigan State College, which later became Michigan State University , from 1947-1953...
|
| 1953 |
Maryland |
Jim Tatum James M. “Big Jim” Tatum was a college football head coach for several teams, most notably of the Maryland Terrapins. His career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 46. Tatum is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame...
|
| 1954 |
UCLA |
Red Sanders |
| 1955 |
Oklahoma |
Bud Wilkinson |
| 1956 |
Oklahoma |
Bud Wilkinson |
| 1957 |
Ohio State |
Woody HayesWayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was a college football coach who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at Ohio State University...
|
| 1958 |
LSU |
Paul DietzelPaul Dietzel is a former college football head coach at LSU, Army and South Carolina. He is also a former athletic director...
|
| 1959 |
Syracuse |
Ben Schwartzwalder Ben Schwartzwalder was a Hall of Fame football coach at Syracuse University, where he trained such future National Football League stars as Jim Brown, as well as the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy, Ernie Davis.Schwartzwalder himself had played center at West Virginia University,...
|
| 1960 |
Minnesota |
Murray Warmath Murray Warmath was the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football program from 1954 to 1971. During his successful tenure, he compiled a 87-78-7 record, three eight-win seasons and its last NCAA Division I-A national championship in 1960...
|
| 1961 |
Alabama |
Bear BryantPaul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his twenty-five year tenure as Alabama's head coach he amassed two national championships and thirteen conference championships...
|
| 1962 |
USC |
John McKay John Harvey McKay was an American football coach. He was the head coach of the USC Trojans from 1960 to 1975, and of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976 to 1984.-Early life:...
|
| 1963 |
Texas |
Darrell RoyalDarrell K Royal , is a College Football Hall of Fame member, and is the winningest football coach in University of Texas Longhorn history....
|
| 1964 |
Alabama |
Bear Bryant |
| 1965 |
Michigan State |
Duffy Daugherty Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty was the head coach of the Michigan State University Spartans football team from 1954 to 1972, where he compiled a career record of 109-65-5. He was best known for his wit, good humor, and wisdom...
|
| 1966 |
Notre Dame |
Ara ParseghianAra Raoul Parseghian is a former American collegiate football coach of Armenian descent. He served as head coach for three teams, most notably the University of Notre Dame team from 1964-1974...
|
| 1967 |
USC |
John McKay |
| 1968 |
Ohio State |
Woody Hayes |
| 1969 |
Texas |
Darrell Royal |
| 1970 |
Texas |
Darrell Royal |
| 1971 |
Nebraska |
Bob Devaney Robert S. "Bob" Devaney was a college football head coach, most notably for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.He graduated from Alma College, where he played end on the football team, in 1939...
|
| 1972 |
USC |
John McKay |
| 1973 |
Alabama |
Bear Bryant |
| 1974 |
USC |
John McKay |
| 1975 |
Oklahoma |
Barry Switzer Barry Switzer is a former football coach, in the college and professional ranks, between 1962 and 1997. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is one of only two head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl...
|
| 1976 |
Pittsburgh |
Johnny Majors Johnny Majors , is a former standout running back at the University of Tennessee, and was a longtime College Football Head Coach for both Tennessee and the University of Pittsburgh...
|
| 1977 |
Notre Dame |
Dan Devine Dan Devine was a football coach who served as head coach at three colleges and for four years in the NFL. During his final coaching stint, he led the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to the national championship in 1977....
|
| 1978 |
USC |
John RobinsonJohn Alexander Robinson is an American football coach best known for his two stints as head coach of the University of Southern California football team and for his tenure as head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, a National Football League football team...
|
| 1979 |
Alabama |
Bear Bryant |
| 1980 |
Georgia |
Vince Dooley Vincent Joseph Dooley was the head football coach and athletic director at the University of Georgia. During his 25 year coaching career at UGA, Dooley compiled a 201-77-10 record. His teams won 6 Southeastern Conference titles and the 1980 National Championship...
|
| 1981 |
Clemson |
Danny Ford Danny Lee Ford born December 19, 1947 is a former American football coach, who most notably led Clemson University as its head coach to its 1981 national football championship.-Early career:...
|
| 1982 |
Penn State |
Joe Paterno Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno , is an American football coach and the current head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions, a position he has held since 1966...
|
| 1983 |
Miami (Fla.) |
Howard SchnellenbergerHoward Schnellenberger is an American football coach at both the professional and college level. He is currently head coach of Florida Atlantic University. He previously held head coaching positions with the University of Oklahoma, University of Louisville, University of Miami, where he won a...
|
| 1984 |
Brigham Young |
LaVell Edwards LaVell Edwards is a former American football coach of Brigham Young University . In 1984, Edwards' BYU Cougars went 13–0 and won the national championship...
|
| 1985 |
Oklahoma |
Barry Switzer |
| 1986 |
Penn State |
Joe Paterno |
| 1987 |
Miami (Fla.) |
Jimmy Johnson James William "Jimmy" Johnson is a former American football coach who currently appears on Fox NFL Sunday, the Fox network's NFL pregame show. He was the first football coach whose teams won both an NCAA Division 1A National Championship and a Super Bowl. In 1993, Johnson wrote Turning The Thing...
|
| 1988 |
Notre Dame |
Lou HoltzLouis Leo "Lou" Holtz is a former football head coach. Currently an author, television commentator, and motivational speaker, Holtz is the only coach in NCAA history to lead six different programs to bowl games and the only coach to guide four different programs to the final top 20 rankings...
|
| 1989 |
Miami (Fla.) |
Dennis EricksonDennis Erickson is an American football coach, currently the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils. He has been the head coach of six college football programs and two NFL franchises.-Early life:...
|
| 1990 |
Georgia Tech |
Bobby RossRobert Joseph Ross is a retired college and NFL football coach. His career as a college head coach included stints at The Citadel, the University of Maryland, Georgia Tech, and Army...
|
| 1991 |
Washington |
Don James |
| 1992 |
Alabama |
Gene Stallings Eugene Clifton Stallings, Jr. is a former college and professional football coach. He is currently a member of the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System.-Early years:...
|
| 1993 |
Florida State |
Bobby BowdenRobert Cleckler "Bobby" Bowden is the current head college football coach of the Florida State Seminoles football team...
|
| 1994 |
Nebraska |
Tom Osborne |
| 1995 |
Nebraska |
Tom Osborne |
| 1996 |
Florida |
Steve SpurrierStephen "Steve" Orr Spurrier is a former college and professional football player, and is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team. He was a two-time All-American quarterback, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player...
|
| 1997 |
Nebraska |
Tom Osborne |
| 1998 |
Tennessee |
Phil Fulmer |
| 1999 |
Florida State |
Bobby Bowden |
| 2000 |
Oklahoma |
Bob StoopsRobert Anthony Stoops is the head coach of the University of Oklahoma football team. During the 2000 season, Stoops led the Sooners to an Orange Bowl victory and a National Championship....
|
| 2001 |
Miami (Fla.) |
Larry Coker Larry Edward Coker is the head coach of the University of Texas at San Antonio football team. Prior to his career at UTSA, Coker was head coach at the University of Miami from 2001 to 2006. He was fired by the University of Miami on November 24, 2006 following a 6-loss season...
|
| 2002 |
Ohio State |
Jim TresselJames Patrick Tressel is the head football coach at The Ohio State University. He was hired in 2001 to replace John Cooper. Since becoming Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, his team has played for three National Championships , achieving the first 14–0 season record in major college football...
|
| 2003 |
LSU |
Nick SabanNicholas Lou "Nick" Saban is the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide college football team. Saban has previously served as head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and three other NCAA universities: LSU, Michigan State and Toledo...
|
| 2004 |
USC |
Pete CarrollPeter Clay Carroll is an American football coach, former National Football League head coach, and the current head coach of the University of Southern California Trojans football team, having held that position since 2001...
|
| 2005 |
Texas |
Mack BrownWilliam Mack Brown is head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team.Prior to coaching at Texas, Brown coached at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs...
|
| 2006 |
Florida |
Urban MeyerUrban Meyer III is the head football coach of the Florida Gators football team that represents the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida; he previously coached the Bowling Green Falcons football team from 2001 to 2002, and the Utah Utes football team from 2003 to 2004...
|
| 2007 |
LSU |
Les MilesLeslie Edwin "Les" Miles is an American college football coach and the current head coach of the Louisiana State University football team. Prior to holding that position, he was head coach at Oklahoma State...
|
| 2008 |
Florida |
Urban Meyer |
College basketball
Beginning in 1993, USA Today
and CNN took over publishing the coaches' basketball poll for UPI. Beginning in the 1993-1994 basketball season, the Coaches' Poll began publishing its final poll after the NCAA basketball tournamentThe NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament held each spring featuring 65 college basketball teams. college basketball teams in the United States...
. From 1995 to 2001, the poll was co-sponsored by USA Today
and the NABC. Finally, in 2002, ESPN joined as a co-sponsor of the Coaches' Poll along with USA Today and the National Association of Basketball Coaches where select NABC members serve as the voting block for the poll. ESPN retains its involvement with the basketball poll despite no longer being involved with the football poll.
2005 Board of Coaches (Football)
- Barry Alvarez
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, Wisconsin
- Chuck Amato
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, N.C. State
- Gary Barnett
Gary Barnett is a former college football head coach. He was the head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats from 1992 to 1999...
, Colorado
- Frank Beamer
Frank Beamer is the current head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies football program.Beamer grew up in Hillsville, Virginia where he earned 11 varsity letters in high school as a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball...
, Virginia Tech
- Mike Bellotti
Robert Michael "Mike" Bellotti is a former American football coach who is now the athletic director of the University of Oregon. A native of California, he coached college football primarily in that state until he was hired as offensive coordinator by Oregon in 1989. From 1995 to March 2009, he...
, Oregon
- Phil Bennett, SMU
- Jack Bicknell, Jr.
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, Louisiana Tech
- Larry Blakeney
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, Troy
- Bobby Bowden
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, Florida State
- Tommy Bowden
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, Clemson
- Jeff Bower
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, Southern Miss
- Gregg Brandon
Gregg Brandon is the offensive coordinator of the Virginia Cavaliers football team. Brandon previously served as head coach for the Bowling Green Falcons, but was fired following the conclusion of the 2008 season, after six years at the helm, which included three bowl appearances and shares of...
, Bowling Green
- Art Briles
Arthur Ray Briles is an American football coach, who is currently the head coach at Baylor University. Formerly, he was the head coach at the University of Houston.- Playing career :...
, Houston
- Rich Brooks
Rich Brooks is an American football coach and the head football coach at the University of Kentucky...
, Kentucky
- Mack Brown
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, Texas
- Watson Brown
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, UAB
- John Bunting, North Carolina
- Lloyd Carr
Lloyd H. Carr is the former head coach of the University of Michigan football team, a job he held from 1995 until January 2008...
, Michigan
- Larry Coker
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, Miami (Fla.)
- Sylvester Croom
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, Mississippi State
- Darrell Dickey
Darrell Dickey is the offensive coordinator and running backs coach for the University of New Mexico. He was head coach of the University of North Texas from 1998-2006. During the 13 years prior to his stint at North Texas, Dickey was an assistant at SMU, UTEP, LSU, Mississippi State, Memphis, and...
, North Texas
- Bill Doba
Bill Doba was the head football coach at Washington State University from 2003–07. He was fired on November 26, 2007.-Early life and career:...
, Washington State
- Randy Edsall
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, Connecticut
- Dennis Franchione
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, Texas A&M
- Phillip Fulmer
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, Tennessee
- Joe Glenn
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, Wyoming
- Mike Gundy
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, Oklahoma State
- Walt Harris
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, Stanford
- Ken Hatfield
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, Rice
- Dan Hawkins
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, Boise State
- Pat Hill
Pat Hill is a college football coach. He is currently the head coach at Fresno State.-Early positions:Pat Hill attended Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California, graduating in 1970...
, Fresno State
- Terry Hoeppner
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, Indiana
- Brady Hoke
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, Ball State
- Skip Holtz
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, East Carolina
- Brian Kelly
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, Central Michigan
- Rocky Long
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, New Mexico
- Sonny Lubick
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, Colorado State
- Dan McCarney
Patrick Daniel "Dan" McCarney was the head football coach at Iowa State University from 1995–2006. He was the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference when he stepped down November 8, 2006....
, Iowa State
- Andy McCollum, Middle Tennessee
- Shane Montgomery
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, Miami (Ohio)
- Joe Novak
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, Northern Illinois
- Houston Nutt
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, Arkansas
- Tom O'Brien
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, Boston College
- Gary Patterson
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, TCU
- Bobby Petrino
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, Louisville
- Mark Richt
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, Georgia
- Rich Rodriguez
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, West Virginia
- Greg Schiano
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, Rutgers
- Howard Schnellenberger
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, Florida Atlantic
- Mike McKinney
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, Michigan State
- Frank Solich
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, Ohio
- Steve Spurrier
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, South Carolina
- Bob Stoops
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, Oklahoma
- Jeff Tedford
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, California
- Joe Tiller
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, Purdue
- Dick Tomey
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, San Jose State
- Jim Tressel
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, Ohio State
- Tommy Tuberville
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, Auburn
- Bobby Wallace
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, Temple
- Randy Walker
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, Northwestern
- Charlie Weis
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, Notre Dame
- Tyrone Willingham
Lionel Tyrone Willingham, or Ty Willingham is the former head football coach at the University of Washington, Notre Dame, and Stanford.-Early career:...
, Washington.
2005-2006 Board of Coaches (Basketball)
- Dana Altman
Dana Altman is currently the head coach of the Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team. In his 13 years at Creighton, Altman ranks third all-time on the coaching victories list in the 99-year history of the Missouri Valley Conference, trailing only Hall of Fame coaches Henry Iba and Eddie Hickey...
, Creighton
- Tevester Anderson
Tevester Anderson is the head men's basketball coach at Jackson State University. He previously held the same position at Murray State University....
, Jackson State
- Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville
- Jim Boeheim
James Arthur "Jim" Boeheim is the head coach of the men's basketball team at Syracuse University. In 33 seasons leading the Orange, Boeheim has guided his team to seven Big East regular season championships, five Big East Tournament championships, and 25 NCAA Tournament appearances, including...
, Syracuse
- Rick Byrd
Rick Byrd is the head coach of the Belmont University men's basketball team. He has an Overall Record of: 541-303 and a Record at Belmont of: 449-248 . He has also lead Belmont to three NCAA Division I tournaments in 2006, 2007, and 2008.-Head coaching record:...
, Belmont
- Charlie Coles
Charlie Coles is the head men's basketball coach at Miami University.Coles also was the head men's basketball coach at Central Michigan University from 1986–1991. He compiled a 92–84 mark in his six seasons with the Chippewas, including a 22–8 mark in 1986–87...
, Miami (Ohio)
- Barry Collier
Barry Collier is the athletic director at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was previously head men's basketball coach at Butler and at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln....
, Nebraska
- Dick Davey
Dick Davey is the associate head men's basketball coach at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins. Davey is best known as head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University from 1992-2007....
, Santa Clara
- Fran Dunphy
Fran Dunphy is the head men's basketball coach at Temple University. He succeeded John Chaney in 2006.- Coaching career :Dunphy's coaching career began at the United States Military Academy , where he served as an assistant under head coach Dan Dougherty. In 1975, he left Army to become head...
, Pennsylvania
- Mick Durham, Montana State
- Rob Evans
Robson Jimmy Pillock Lukman Haruna Evans is a college basketball coach with his most recent head coaching stint at Arizona State University....
, Arizona State
- Steve Fisher
Steve Fisher is a basketball coach currently at San Diego State University.Fisher attended Illinois State University, where he helped lead the Redbirds to the 1969 Division II Final Four. After school, he became a high school coach in Park Forest, Illinois...
, San Diego State
- Pat Flannery
Pat Flannery is a former head men's basketball coach at Bucknell University. He was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Pat attended Pottsville Area High School and graduated in 1976. He was a standout guard on the Bucknell team and lead the Bison to several league championships before graduating in...
, Bucknell
- Greg Graham
To find information on the head coach of the Boise State University men's basketball team, see Greg Graham Gregory Lawrence Graham is a retired American professional basketball player.Selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1st round of the 1993 NBA Draft, Graham played in five NBA seasons...
, Boise State
- Tom Green
Tom Green was the head men's basketball coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Hackensack / Teaneck, New Jersey, where he led the team to a 407-351 record in 26 seasons leading the team...
, Fairleigh Dickinson
- David Henderson, Delaware
- Johnny Jones, North Texas
- Eddie McCarter, Texas-Arlington
- Bob McKillop
Robert "Bob" McKillop is head coach of the men's basketball team at the Davidson College.-Early basketball career:Born in Queens, New York, McKillop grew up in Queens and on Long Island and played for Chaminade High School in Mineola. McKillop went on to play college ball for East Carolina...
, Davidson
- Phil Martelli
Phil Martelli is the current basketball coach of the Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team and maintains an impressive resume. He has led Saint Joseph's to five NCAA Tournaments and four NITs. He has averaged 20 wins per season in his thirteen years with St. Joe's.-Playing career:Martelli was...
, Saint Joseph's
- Ron Mitchell
Ron Mitchell is the head men's basketball coach at Coppin State University. He is often known by his nickname of Fang....
, Coppin State
- Joe Mihalich
Joe Mihalich is the head men's basketball coach at Niagara University.He was named head coach in 1998. Niagara went to two NCAA tournaments in 2005 and 2007 and two National Invitational Tournaments in 2004 and 2009....
, Niagara
- Dan Monson
Daniel Lloyd "Dan" Monson is an American basketball coach. He was hired as the head coach of the Long Beach State 49ers on April 7, 2007. Previously he was head coach at the University of Minnesota for over seven seasons, from July 24, 1999, to November 30, 2006...
, Minnesota
- Dave Odom
Dave Odom is a retired men's basketball coach, who most recently coached at the University of South Carolina. He had previously held the same position at East Carolina University and Wake Forest University, and was an assistant coach at the University of Virginia.-Playing career:Dave Odom began...
, South Carolina
- Doc Sadler
Kenneth "Doc" Sadler is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was hired on August 8, 2006 to take over for former coach Barry Collier, who left to become athletic director at Butler University.-Biography:...
, UTEP
- Bob Thomason
Bob Thomason is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of the Pacific. He has held that position since the beginning of the 1988-89 season. Originally from Concord, Thomason is a 1967 graduate of Clayton Valley High School...
, Pacific
- Jimmy Tillette
Jimmy Tillette is the head coach of the men's college basketball team at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Tillette has been the head coach of the Bulldogs team since 1997. He assumed his current position when John Brady left Samford to become the head...
, Samford
- Perry Watson
Perry Watson was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Detroit Mercy. Watson took an indefinite medical leave of absence. Watson resigned on March 5, 2008. Perry Watson was an important character witness in the University of Michigan basketball scandal....
, Detroit
- Gary Williams
Gary B. Williams is the current head coach of the University of Maryland's men's college basketball team.-Playing career:...
, Maryland
- Ted Woodward
Ted Woodward is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Maine. He took over the position vacated by John Giannini in 2004.-Head coaching record:-References:*...
, Maine
- Rich Zvosec
Rich Zvosec is a collegiate basketball coach. The Lorain, Ohio native coached the University of Missouri–Kansas City from 2001 to 2007, after succeeding Dean Demopoulos....
, Missouri-Kansas City
2006 Board of Coaches (Football)
Source
Those coaches who have been dismissed from position are noted with an asterisk.
- Chuck Amato
Chuck Amato , aka "The Chest," was the head football coach of North Carolina State University. Familiar to millions of college football TV viewers for his robust torso and vivid wraparound shades, Amato has been a sideline icon since his first stint at FSU...
, N.C. State*
- Frank Beamer
Frank Beamer is the current head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies football program.Beamer grew up in Hillsville, Virginia where he earned 11 varsity letters in high school as a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball...
, Virginia Tech
- Mike Bellotti
Robert Michael "Mike" Bellotti is a former American football coach who is now the athletic director of the University of Oregon. A native of California, he coached college football primarily in that state until he was hired as offensive coordinator by Oregon in 1989. From 1995 to March 2009, he...
, Oregon
- Jack Bicknell, Jr.
Jack Bicknell, Jr. is the current assistant offensive line coach for the New York Giants. He was the head coach of Louisiana Tech from 1999-2006. He then served as assistant head coach and offensive line coach for Boston College for two seasons, before becoming the assistant offensive line coach...
, Louisiana Tech*
- Larry Blakeney
Larry Blakeney is the football head coach of the Troy Trojans at Troy University. He is the most successful coach in the history of Troy and his stint there is the 4th longest uninterrupted tenure among active head coaches in college football .Blakeney was the recipient of the Johnny...
, Troy
- Bobby Bowden
Robert Cleckler "Bobby" Bowden is the current head college football coach of the Florida State Seminoles football team...
, Florida State
- Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden is an American football coach who most recently served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008...
, Clemson
- Jeff Bower
Jeff Bower is an American football coach, most recently at The University of Southern Mississippi. He assumed the role of head coach at Southern Miss on December 2, 1990, and held it for 17 years until November 26, 2007, when he resigned effective after the Papajohns.com Bowl which was played on...
, Southern Miss
- Gregg Brandon
Gregg Brandon is the offensive coordinator of the Virginia Cavaliers football team. Brandon previously served as head coach for the Bowling Green Falcons, but was fired following the conclusion of the 2008 season, after six years at the helm, which included three bowl appearances and shares of...
, Bowling Green
- Art Briles
Arthur Ray Briles is an American football coach, who is currently the head coach at Baylor University. Formerly, he was the head coach at the University of Houston.- Playing career :...
, Houston*
- Mack Brown
William Mack Brown is head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team.Prior to coaching at Texas, Brown coached at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs...
, Texas
- Watson Brown
Lester Watson Brown is currently the head coach of the Tennessee Tech University college football team. Formerly, he also served as the head coach at UAB from 1995–2006 and as athletic director between 2002–2005. He has also been the head coach for Austin Peay, Cincinnati, Rice, and...
, UAB
- John Bunting, North Carolina*
- Bill Callahan
Bill Callahan is the Assistant Head Coach/Offense for the New York Jets. He was formerly the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for the 2002-2003 seasons and for the University of Nebraska for the 2004-2007 seasons...
, Nebraska*
- Lloyd Carr
Lloyd H. Carr is the former head coach of the University of Michigan football team, a job he held from 1995 until January 2008...
, Michigan*
- Larry Coker
Larry Edward Coker is the head coach of the University of Texas at San Antonio football team. Prior to his career at UTSA, Coker was head coach at the University of Miami from 2001 to 2006. He was fired by the University of Miami on November 24, 2006 following a 6-loss season...
, Miami (Fla.)*
- Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom, Jr. is the former football head coach at Mississippi State University and current running backs coach of the St. Louis Rams. He was the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference...
, Mississippi State
- Darrell Dickey
Darrell Dickey is the offensive coordinator and running backs coach for the University of New Mexico. He was head coach of the University of North Texas from 1998-2006. During the 13 years prior to his stint at North Texas, Dickey was an assistant at SMU, UTEP, LSU, Mississippi State, Memphis, and...
, North Texas*
- Bill Doba
Bill Doba was the head football coach at Washington State University from 2003–07. He was fired on November 26, 2007.-Early life and career:...
, Washington State
- Randy Edsall
Randy Douglas Edsall is head football coach at the University of Connecticut.-Coaching career:Randy Edsall is a protege of current New York Giants Head Coach, Tom Coughlin...
, Connecticut
- Dennis Franchione
Dennis Wayne Franchione , also known as Coach Fran, is a former college football coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies football team. In his 23 seasons as head coach, Franchione has won eight conference championships and one divisional crown...
, Texas A&M*
- Phillip Fulmer
Phillip Fulmer is the former head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers college football team, who compiled a 152-52 record from 1992-2008 as head coach, but was fired following a 5-7 season in 2008. He is best known for coaching the Volunteers in the first ever BCS National Championship Game in...
, Tennessee
- Joe Glenn
Joe Glenn was the 30th head coach at the University of Wyoming since the school began playing football in 1893. Glenn took over Wyoming's football program in December 2002 after Wyoming fired the previous coach, Vic Koenning...
, Wyoming
- Walt Harris
Walt Harris is an American football coach. He is most known for his tenures as head coach at the University of Pittsburgh and Stanford University...
, Stanford*
- Dan Hawkins
Dan Hawkins is a college football coach, the head coach of the University of Colorado Buffaloes...
, Colorado
- Pat Hill
Pat Hill is a college football coach. He is currently the head coach at Fresno State.-Early positions:Pat Hill attended Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California, graduating in 1970...
, Fresno State
- Terry Hoeppner
Terry Hoeppner was an American college football coach who served as head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 2005 to 2006. Shortly after announcing that he would be on medical leave for the 2007 season, he died of brain cancer....
, Indiana
- Brady Hoke
Brady Hoke is the head coach of the San Diego State University football team. He was hired for this position after his resignation following a tenure as the head coach for Ball State University.-Personal:...
, Ball State
- Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly is the current head football coach at the University of Cincinnati. He was named Cincinnati's head coach on December 3, 2006...
, Central Michigan
- Steve Kragthorpe
Steve Kragthorpe is the current head coach for the University of Louisville football team. From 2003 through 2006 he was the head coach at the University of Tulsa.- Early career :...
, Tulsa
- Mike Leach, Texas Tech
- Rocky Long
Rocky Long is the defensive coordinator of the San Diego State Aztecs college football team. Long was previously the head coach at the University of New Mexico, having resigned that position in November 2008...
, New Mexico
- Sonny Lubick
Louis “Sonny” Lubick is a former head football coach at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. In his fourth decade as collegiate football coach, the 2007 season marked Lubick's 15th and final year at the helm of a Colorado State program that he built from virtually the ground up...
, Colorado State
- Dan McCarney
Patrick Daniel "Dan" McCarney was the head football coach at Iowa State University from 1995–2006. He was the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference when he stepped down November 8, 2006....
, Iowa State*
- Les Miles
Leslie Edwin "Les" Miles is an American college football coach and the current head coach of the Louisiana State University football team. Prior to holding that position, he was head coach at Oklahoma State...
, LSU
- Shane Montgomery
Shane Montgomery, a Newark, Ohio native, is an American football coach. He is the former head football coach of the Miami University RedHawks of the Mid-American Conference. His overall record as a collegiate head coach is 17-29...
, Miami (Ohio)
- Joe Novak
Joe Novak was a college football coach. Novak was the head coach at Northern Illinois University from December 1995 to December 2007, a span of twelve years. During the 2003 season, the NIU Football team defeated three BCS teams -- 13th-ranked Maryland, Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and Iowa State...
, Northern Illinois
- Houston Nutt
Houston Dale Nutt, Jr. , is an American football coach and current head football coach at the University of Mississippi , making him the 36th head coach of the Rebels.-Early life and family:...
, Arkansas*
- Tom O'Brien
Thomas P. O'Brien is an American college football coach. He is the current head coach of the NC State Wolfpack. Previously, O'Brien was the head coach at Boston College from 1996 to 2006.-Early career:...
, Boston College
- George O’Leary, UCF
- Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. -Early years:...
, TCU
- Chris Petersen
Chris Petersen is an American college football coach, currently the head coach of the Boise State Broncos. Petersen played quarterback for the Sacramento City College Panthers, and at UC Davis from 1983–86...
, Boise State
- Bobby Petrino
Bobby Petrino is an American college football coach and the current head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. He previously served a majority of the 2007 season as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and four seasons at the University of Louisville...
, Louisville*
- Mark Richt
Mark Richt is the current head coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team. His previous affiliations include fourteen years at Florida State University, where he served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and one year as offensive coordinator at East Carolina University...
, Georgia
- Mike Riley
Michael Joseph Riley is an American football coach and the current head coach of the Oregon State Beavers. Riley has also coached in several professional leagues, and is a former head coach of the San Diego Chargers of the NFL and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League .-Early...
, Oregon State
- Rich Rodriguez
Rich "Coach Rod" Rodriguez is the head football coach at the University of Michigan. Prior to moving to Michigan, he was the head coach at West Virginia University for seven seasons...
, West Virginia*
- Bobby Ross
Robert Joseph Ross is a retired college and NFL football coach. His career as a college head coach included stints at The Citadel, the University of Maryland, Georgia Tech, and Army...
, Army
- Greg Schiano
Gregory Edward Schiano is the head coach for the Rutgers University football team.-Early life and education:...
, Rutgers
- Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Schnellenberger is an American football coach at both the professional and college level. He is currently head coach of Florida Atlantic University. He previously held head coaching positions with the University of Oklahoma, University of Louisville, University of Miami, where he won a...
, Florida Atlantic
- John L. Smith
John L. Smith is a college football coach, currently the special teams coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks, under head coach Bobby Petrino...
, Michigan State*
- Mark Snyder
Mark Snyder is the current head coach for the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team in Huntington, West Virginia. Snyder is the 28th head coach for the football squad after a notable tenure with Ohio State University...
, Marshall
- Frank Solich
Frank Solich is the head football coach of the Ohio Bobcats. He also was once a fullback and later the head coach for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers.-Background:...
, Ohio
- Steve Spurrier
Stephen "Steve" Orr Spurrier is a former college and professional football player, and is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team. He was a two-time All-American quarterback, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player...
, South Carolina
- Rick Stockstill
Rick Stockstill is the 14th and current head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University. Stockstill is a former quarterback at Florida State and assistant coach at Central Florida, East Carolina, Clemson and South Carolina....
, Middle Tennessee
- Bob Stoops
Robert Anthony Stoops is the head coach of the University of Oklahoma football team. During the 2000 season, Stoops led the Sooners to an Orange Bowl victory and a National Championship....
, Oklahoma
- Jeff Tedford
Jeff Tedford is an American football coach and the current head coach of the California Golden Bears football team, a position he has held since 2002...
, California
- Joe Tiller
Joe Tiller was the head football coach at Purdue University from 1997 to 2008. Before coming to Purdue, Tiller was the head coach for the University of Wyoming football program...
, Purdue
- Dick Tomey
Dick Tomey is a football coach. He is currently the head coach at San Jose State University.-Early positions:...
, San Jose State
- Jim Tressel
James Patrick Tressel is the head football coach at The Ohio State University. He was hired in 2001 to replace John Cooper. Since becoming Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, his team has played for three National Championships , achieving the first 14–0 season record in major college football...
, Ohio State
- Tommy Tuberville
Thomas Hawley Tuberville is an American college football coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Auburn Tigers football team. On December 3, 2008, he was paid to resign from the position after completing his tenth season.Tuberville was the 2004 recipient of the Walter Camp and Paul...
, Auburn
- Charlie Weis
Charles Weis is the head coach of the University of Notre Dame football team.-Coaching career:After graduating from Notre Dame , Weis began his coaching career in 1979 at Boonton High School in New Jersey, then spent the next five seasons at Morristown High School as a football assistant...
, Notre Dame
- Tyrone Willingham
Lionel Tyrone Willingham, or Ty Willingham is the former head football coach at the University of Washington, Notre Dame, and Stanford.-Early career:...
, Washington
- Ron Zook
Ron Zook is an American football coach and the current head coach at the University of Illinois.-Early career:...
, Illinois
2006-2007 Board of Coaches (Basketball)
Source, accessed 2006-11-15
- Mike Adras
Mike Adras is the head men's basketball coach at Northern Arizona University....
, Northern Arizona
- Dana Altman
Dana Altman is currently the head coach of the Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team. In his 13 years at Creighton, Altman ranks third all-time on the coaching victories list in the 99-year history of the Missouri Valley Conference, trailing only Hall of Fame coaches Henry Iba and Eddie Hickey...
, Creighton
- Tevester Anderson
Tevester Anderson is the head men's basketball coach at Jackson State University. He previously held the same position at Murray State University....
, Jackson State
- Ronnie Arrow
Ronnie Lee Arrow is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach at the University of South Alabama.-Playing career:...
, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
- Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville
- Jim Boeheim
James Arthur "Jim" Boeheim is the head coach of the men's basketball team at Syracuse University. In 33 seasons leading the Orange, Boeheim has guided his team to seven Big East regular season championships, five Big East Tournament championships, and 25 NCAA Tournament appearances, including...
, Syracuse
- Matt Brady
Matt Brady is the men's basketball coach at James Madison University. He was introduced at a press conference on March 26, 2008. Brady was formerly the head coach at Marist College, departing with a 73–50 record in four years. He took the Red Foxes to a MAAC regular-season championship in 2007. ...
, Marist
- Rick Byrd
Rick Byrd is the head coach of the Belmont University men's basketball team. He has an Overall Record of: 541-303 and a Record at Belmont of: 449-248 . He has also lead Belmont to three NCAA Division I tournaments in 2006, 2007, and 2008.-Head coaching record:...
, Belmont
- Charlie Coles
Charlie Coles is the head men's basketball coach at Miami University.Coles also was the head men's basketball coach at Central Michigan University from 1986–1991. He compiled a 92–84 mark in his six seasons with the Chippewas, including a 22–8 mark in 1986–87...
, Miami (Ohio)
- Dick Davey
Dick Davey is the associate head men's basketball coach at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins. Davey is best known as head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University from 1992-2007....
, Santa Clara
- Steve Fisher
Steve Fisher is a basketball coach currently at San Diego State University.Fisher attended Illinois State University, where he helped lead the Redbirds to the 1969 Division II Final Four. After school, he became a high school coach in Park Forest, Illinois...
, San Diego State
- Pat Flannery
Pat Flannery is a former head men's basketball coach at Bucknell University. He was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Pat attended Pottsville Area High School and graduated in 1976. He was a standout guard on the Bucknell team and lead the Bison to several league championships before graduating in...
, Bucknell
- Tim Floyd
Tim Floyd is the former head coach of several teams in both the NCAA and the NBA, most recently the University of Southern California men's college basketball team...
, Southern California
- Greg Graham
To find information on the head coach of the Boise State University men's basketball team, see Greg Graham Gregory Lawrence Graham is a retired American professional basketball player.Selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1st round of the 1993 NBA Draft, Graham played in five NBA seasons...
, Boise State
- Tom Green
Tom Green was the head men's basketball coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Hackensack / Teaneck, New Jersey, where he led the team to a 407-351 record in 26 seasons leading the team...
, Fairleigh Dickinson
- Johnny Jones, North Texas
- Jim Larranaga
James Larranaga is an American college basketball coach and the head coach of the George Mason Patriots men's basketball team...
, George Mason
- Bob McKillop
Robert "Bob" McKillop is head coach of the men's basketball team at the Davidson College.-Early basketball career:Born in Queens, New York, McKillop grew up in Queens and on Long Island and played for Chaminade High School in Mineola. McKillop went on to play college ball for East Carolina...
, Davidson
- Phil Martelli
Phil Martelli is the current basketball coach of the Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team and maintains an impressive resume. He has led Saint Joseph's to five NCAA Tournaments and four NITs. He has averaged 20 wins per season in his thirteen years with St. Joe's.-Playing career:Martelli was...
, Saint Joseph's
- Ronald Mitchell, Coppin State
- Dan Monson
Daniel Lloyd "Dan" Monson is an American basketball coach. He was hired as the head coach of the Long Beach State 49ers on April 7, 2007. Previously he was head coach at the University of Minnesota for over seven seasons, from July 24, 1999, to November 30, 2006...
, Minnesota
- Dave Odom
Dave Odom is a retired men's basketball coach, who most recently coached at the University of South Carolina. He had previously held the same position at East Carolina University and Wake Forest University, and was an assistant coach at the University of Virginia.-Playing career:Dave Odom began...
, South Carolina
- Doc Sadler
Kenneth "Doc" Sadler is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was hired on August 8, 2006 to take over for former coach Barry Collier, who left to become athletic director at Butler University.-Biography:...
, Nebraska
- Joe Scott
Joe Scott is an American college men's basketball coach. The Pelican Island, New Jersey native is the current head coach at the University of Denver, replacing Terry Carroll on March 20, 2007....
, Princeton
- Bob Thomason
Bob Thomason is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of the Pacific. He has held that position since the beginning of the 1988-89 season. Originally from Concord, Thomason is a 1967 graduate of Clayton Valley High School...
, Pacific
- Jimmy Tillette
Jimmy Tillette is the head coach of the men's college basketball team at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Tillette has been the head coach of the Bulldogs team since 1997. He assumed his current position when John Brady left Samford to become the head...
, Samford
- Perry Watson
Perry Watson was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Detroit Mercy. Watson took an indefinite medical leave of absence. Watson resigned on March 5, 2008. Perry Watson was an important character witness in the University of Michigan basketball scandal....
, Detroit
- Gary Williams
Gary B. Williams is the current head coach of the University of Maryland's men's college basketball team.-Playing career:...
, Maryland
- Doug Wojcik
Doug Wojcik is the men's basketball coach at the University of Tulsa. He is a graduate of Wheeling Central Catholic High School in Wheeling, West Virginia. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1987 and served in the Navy until 1992...
, Tulsa
- Ted Woodward
Ted Woodward is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Maine. He took over the position vacated by John Giannini in 2004.-Head coaching record:-References:*...
, Maine
- Rich Zvosec
Rich Zvosec is a collegiate basketball coach. The Lorain, Ohio native coached the University of Missouri–Kansas City from 2001 to 2007, after succeeding Dean Demopoulos....
, Missouri-Kansas City
See also
- AP Poll
The Associated Press Poll typically refers to a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I college football and Division I college basketball teams, though other AP polls exist as well. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
- Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"...
- Grantland Rice Award
The Grantland Rice Award has been presented annually since 1954 to thecollegiate American football team adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America to be national champion. Named for the legendary sportswriter, the Grantland Rice Trophy was the first national championship award to be...
- Mythical National Championship
A mythical national championship is a colloquial term used to describe a champion in a sport in which a championship is determined without the use of a playoff or tournament of some kind...
- NCAA Division I-A national football championship
- Dickinson System
The Dickinson System was a mathematical point formula that awarded national championships in college football. Devised by University of Illinois economics professor Frank G...
- Harris Interactive College Football Poll
The Harris Interactive College Football Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football teams. The rankings are compiled by Harris Interactive, a market research company that specializes in Internet research....
- 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Three human polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a National Championship title. That title is bestowed by one or...
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