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The Top Ranked College Football Head
Coaches of the 1980s
Notes: Only Coaches who were ranked in the top 50 in any
season from 1980-1989 appear on this list.
Ranking Explanation
|
Rnk |
Coach |
|
1 |
Joe Paterno |
|
2 |
Jimmy Johnson |
|
3 |
Lou Holtz |
|
4 |
Barry Switzer |
|
5 |
Vince Dooley |
|
6 |
Danny Ford |
|
7 |
LaVell Edwards |
|
8 |
Howard Schnellenberger |
|
9 |
Dennis Erickson |
|
10 |
Tom Osborne |
|
11 |
Bo Schembechler |
|
12 |
Bobby Bowden |
|
13 |
Jackie Sherrill |
|
14 |
Don James |
|
15 |
Bobby Collins |
|
16 |
Fred Akers |
|
17 |
Pat Dye |
|
18 |
Galen Hall |
|
19 |
Johnny Majors |
|
20 |
John Cooper |
|
21 |
Dick MacPherson |
|
22 |
Bill McCartney |
|
23 |
Terry Donahue |
|
24 |
Don Nehlen |
|
25 |
Jack Bicknell |
|
26 |
Mike Archer |
|
27 |
Ron Meyer |
|
28 |
Darryl Rogers |
|
29 |
Charley Pell |
|
30 |
Bear Bryant |
|
31 |
Earle Bruce |
|
32 |
Larry Smith |
|
33 |
Pat Jones |
|
34 |
George Perles |
|
35 |
Fisher DeBerry |
|
36 |
Bill Curry |
|
37 |
Dick Crum |
|
38 |
Ray Perkins |
|
39 |
Dan Devine |
|
40 |
Hayden Fry |
|
41 |
Mike White |
|
42 |
Ted Tollner |
|
43 |
Bill Arnsparger |
|
44 |
Foge Fazio |
|
45 |
John Mackovic |
|
46 |
Joe Morrison |
|
47 |
John Robinson |
|
48 |
Jerry Stovall |
|
49 |
Ken Hatfield |
|
50 |
Bobby Ross |
|
51 |
Grant Teaff |
|
52 |
Jack Pardee |
|
53 |
Mike Gottfried |
|
54 |
Jim Young |
|
55 |
George Welsh |
|
56 |
Jerry Claiborne |
|
57 |
Warren Powers |
|
58 |
Emory Bellard |
|
59 |
Spike Dykes |
|
60 |
Bill Dooley |
|
61 |
Bill Mallory |
|
62 |
Ed Emory |
|
63 |
R.C. Slocum |
|
64 |
Jack Elway |
|
65 |
Paul Roach |
|
66 |
Dick Tomey |
|
67 |
Rich Brooks |
|
68 |
Gerry Faust |
|
69 |
Jim Carlen |
|
70 |
Bill Yeoman |
|
71 |
Paul Wiggin |
|
72 |
Claude Gilbert |
|
73 |
Curley Hallman |
|
74 |
Dick Sheridan |
|
75 |
Jim Carmody |
|
76 |
Mike Price |
|
77 |
Gary Gibbs |
|
78 |
Joe Kapp |
|
79 |
Tom Wilson |
|
80 |
Jim Walden |
|
81 |
Dave McClain |
|
82 |
Erk Russell |
|
83 |
Roy Kidd |
|
84 |
Jimmy Satterfield |
|
85 |
Jim Criner |
|
86 |
Dave Kragthorpe |
|
87 |
Rey Dempsey |
|
88 |
Dave Arnold |
|
89 |
Pat Collins |
|
90 |
Dick Anderson |
|
91 |
Bruce Arians |
|
92 |
Larry Lacewell |
|
93 |
Tubby Raymond |
|
94 |
George Chaump |
|
95 |
Bruce Craddock |
|
96 |
A.L. Williams |
|
97 |
Lynn Graves |
|
98 |
Al Kincaid |
|
99 |
Ray Goff |
|
100 |
Darrell Mudra |
|
101 |
Chris Ault |
|
102 |
Billy Brewer |
|
103 |
Bob Griffin |
|
104 |
Boots Donnelly |
|
105 |
Eddie Robinson |
|
106 |
Sparky Woods |
|
107 |
Bill Davis |
|
108 |
John Whitehead |
|
109 |
Keith Gilbertson |
|
110 |
David McWilliams |
|
111 |
John Merritt |
|
112 |
Donnie Duncan |
|
113 |
Don Read |
|
114 |
Rex Dockery |
|
115 |
Bob Stull |
|
116 |
Rick Carter |
|
117 |
W.C. Golden |
|
118 |
Corky Nelson |
|
119 |
Rick Taylor |
|
120 |
Dennis Raetz |
|
121 |
Don Fambrough |
|
122 |
Al Molde |
|
123 |
Dal Shealy |
|
124 |
Dave Roberts |
|
125 |
Frank Beamer |
|
126 |
Fred Dunlap |
|
127 |
Jim Tressel |
|
128 |
Leon Burtnett |
|
129 |
Bill Thomas |
|
130 |
Bob Spoo |
|
131 |
Dick Zornes |
|
132 |
Jesse Branch |
|
133 |
Jim Hess |
|
134 |
Marino Casem |
|
135 |
Sam Goodwin |
|
136 |
Sonny Jackson |
|
137 |
Jim Sweeney |
|
138 |
Steve Spurrier |
|
139 |
Doug Barfield |
|
140 |
Vince Gibson |
|
141 |
Jim Wacker |
|
142 |
George MacIntyre |
|
143 |
Bob Wagner |
|
144 |
Woody Widenhofer |
|
145 |
Andy Talley |
|
146 |
Jimmye Laycock |
|
147 |
Archie Cooley Jr. |
|
148 |
Buddy Nix |
|
149 |
Charlie Taaffe |
|
150 |
Jerry Moore |
|
151 |
Jim Dennison |
|
152 |
Jim Koetter |
|
153 |
Jim Reid |
|
154 |
Joe Purzycki |
|
155 |
John L. Smith |
|
156 |
Larry Donovan |
|
157 |
Mo Forte |
|
158 |
Randy Ball |
|
159 |
Red Wilson |
|
160 |
Ron Randleman |
|
161 |
Skip Hall |
|
162 |
Tim Murphy |
|
163 |
Tom Lichtenberg |
|
164 |
Wayne Hardin |
|
165 |
Dennis Stolz |
|
166 |
Jim Dickey |
|
167 |
Monte Kiffin |
|
168 |
Bruce Snyder |
|
169 |
Ray Alborn |
|
170 |
John Gutekunst |
|
171 |
Frank Burns |
|
172 |
Frank Maloney |
|
173 |
Herb Deromedi |
|
174 |
Chuck Stobart |
|
175 |
Jim Fassel |
|
176 |
Larry Marmie |
|
177 |
Doug Scovil |
|
178 |
Ed Chlebek |
|
179 |
Harvey Hyde |
|
180 |
Joe Krivak |
|
181 |
Mack Brown |
|
182 |
Gene Murphy |
|
183 |
Wayne Howard |
|
184 |
Steve Sloan |
|
185 |
Lee Corso |
|
186 |
Dan Simrell |
|
187 |
Earle Solomonson |
|
188 |
Don Morton |
|
189 |
Rick Rhoades |
|
190 |
Rocky Hager |
|
191 |
John Williams |
|
192 |
Chan Gailey |
|
193 |
Joe Harper |
|
194 |
Pokey Allen |
|
195 |
Wayne Grubb |
|
196 |
Jim Sochor |
|
197 |
Billy Joe |
|
198 |
Dave Triplett |
|
199 |
Bill Burgess |
|
200 |
Bill Rademacher |
|
201 |
Jim Fuller |
|
202 |
Phil Albert |
|
203 |
Frank Cignetti |
|
204 |
Jerry Vandergriff |
|
205 |
Ron Harms |
|
206 |
Bob Mattos |
|
207 |
Gene McDowell |
|
208 |
George Landis |
|
209 |
Herb Grenke |
|
210 |
Pat Malley |
|
211 |
Sandy Buda |
|
212 |
Vito Ragazzo |
|
213 |
Willard Bailey |
|
214 |
Bill Hayes |
|
215 |
Bill Sylvester |
|
216 |
Bob Blasi |
|
217 |
Dan Runkle |
|
218 |
Dennis Franchione |
|
219 |
Don McLeary |
|
220 |
Doug Porter |
|
221 |
Fred Freeman |
|
222 |
Fred Martinelli |
|
223 |
Gene Carpenter |
|
224 |
Gerald Walker |
|
225 |
Henry Lattimore |
|
226 |
Joe Taylor |
|
227 |
John O'Hara |
|
228 |
Johnnie Walton |
|
229 |
Noel Martin |
|
230 |
Ron Simonson |
|
231 |
Vern Thomsen |
|
232 |
Jim Heinitz |
|
233 |
Bill Lynch |
|
234 |
Bob Foster |
|
235 |
Bud Elliott |
|
236 |
Danny Hale |
|
237 |
George Pugh |
|
238 |
Pete Richardson |
|
239 |
Rick Daniels |
|
240 |
Sanders Shiver |
|
241 |
Tom Beck |
|
242 |
Tom Hollman |
|
243 |
Bob Reade |
|
244 |
Jim Butterfield |
|
245 |
Mike Kelly |
|
246 |
Bill Manlove |
|
247 |
Walt Hameline |
|
248 |
Bobby Pate |
|
249 |
Ron Schipper |
|
250 |
Al Bagnoli |
|
251 |
Mike McGlinchey |
|
252 |
Hank Norton |
|
253 |
John Luckhardt |
|
254 |
John Gagliardi |
|
255 |
Dick Smith |
|
256 |
Jim Christopherson |
|
257 |
Lou Wacker |
|
258 |
Barry Streeter |
|
259 |
Fred Hill |
|
260 |
James Jones |
|
261 |
Roger Harring |
|
262 |
Ron Roberts |
|
263 |
Mickey Kwiatkowski |
|
264 |
Dale Widolff |
|
265 |
Rick Giancola |
|
266 |
Chuck Klausing |
|
267 |
Dennis Kayser |
|
268 |
Frank Girardi |
|
269 |
Ron Labadie |
|
270 |
Bill Russo |
|
271 |
Bob Berezowitz |
|
272 |
Bob Packard |
|
273 |
Carl Poelker |
|
274 |
Don Ault |
|
275 |
Don Birmingham |
|
276 |
Don Canfield |
|
277 |
Jay Cottone |
|
278 |
Jim Blackburn |
|
279 |
Ken Wable |
|
280 |
Larry Glueck |
|
281 |
Larry Kehres |
|
282 |
Lee Tressel |
|
283 |
Rocky Rees |
|
284 |
Ron Murphy |
|
285 |
Sam Sanders |
|
286 |
Scot Dapp |
|
287 |
Jim Williams |
|
288 |
Bob Thurness |
|
289 |
D.J. LeRoy |
|
290 |
Don Charlton |
|
291 |
Don LaViolette |
|
292 |
Ed Sweeney |
|
293 |
Jim Hershberger |
|
294 |
Keith Piper |
|
295 |
Mike Clary |
|
296 |
Paul Pasqualoni |
|
297 |
Pete Schmidt |
|
298 |
Peter Vaas |
|
299 |
Ray Smith |
|
300 |
Ray Solari |
|
301 |
Ray Tellier |
|
302 |
Roger Welsh |
|
303 |
Steve Raarup |
|
304 |
Tony DeCarlo |
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