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The Top Ranked College Football Head Coaches of the 2000s
Notes: Only Coaches who were ranked in the top 50 in any season from 2000-2009 appear on this list.
| Rnk | Coach |
| 1 | Pete Carroll |
| 2 | Urban Meyer |
| 3 | Jim Tressel |
| 4 | Mack Brown |
| 5 | Nick Saban |
| 6 | Larry Coker |
| 7 | Bob Stoops |
| 8 | Les Miles |
| 9 | Mark Richt |
| 10 | Mike Bellotti |
| 11 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 12 | Kyle Whittingham |
| 13 | Butch Davis |
| 14 | Joe Paterno |
| 15 | Steve Spurrier |
| 16 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 17 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 18 | Gary Pinkel |
| 19 | Chris Petersen |
| 20 | Dennis Erickson |
| 21 | Bobby Bowden |
| 22 | Rich Rodriguez |
| 23 | Frank Beamer |
| 24 | Lloyd Carr |
| 25 | Gary Patterson |
| 26 | Bobby Petrino |
| 27 | Kirk Ferentz |
| 28 | Bill Snyder |
| 29 | Mark Mangino |
| 30 | Bret Bielema |
| 31 | Brian Kelly |
| 32 | Mike Shula |
| 33 | Frank Solich |
| 34 | Jeff Tedford |
| 35 | Gary Barnett |
| 36 | Charlie Weis |
| 37 | Bill Doba |
| 38 | Mike Price |
| 39 | Terry Hoeppner |
| 40 | Dennis Franchione |
| 41 | Ralph Friedgen |
| 42 | Jeff Jagodzinski |
| 43 | Chip Kelly |
| 44 | Mike Leach |
| 45 | Chuck Amato |
| 46 | Bronco Mendenhall |
| 47 | Greg Schiano |
| 48 | Dan Hawkins |
| 49 | Ron Turner |
| 50 | Paul Johnson |
| 51 | Joe Tiller |
| 52 | David Cutcliffe |
| 53 | Lou Holtz |
| 54 | Houston Nutt |
| 55 | Paul Pasqualoni |
| 56 | Sonny Lubick |
| 57 | Bo Pelini |
| 58 | Barry Alvarez |
| 59 | Dave Wannstedt |
| 60 | Bob Davie |
| 61 | Tommy Bowden |
| 62 | Karl Dorrell |
| 63 | Tyrone Willingham |
| 64 | Mike Gundy |
| 65 | John L. Smith |
| 66 | George O'Leary |
| 67 | Tom O'Brien |
| 68 | Mike Riley |
| 69 | Jim Grobe |
| 70 | Dirk Koetter |
| 71 | Walt Harris |
| 72 | June Jones |
| 73 | Randy Shannon |
| 74 | Ron Zook |
| 75 | Glen Mason |
| 76 | Jim Donnan |
| 77 | Al Groh |
| 78 | Pat Hill |
| 79 | Bill Stewart |
| 80 | Gregg Brandon |
| 81 | Tom Amstutz |
| 82 | Butch Jones |
| 83 | Mark Dantonio |
| 84 | Bill Callahan |
| 85 | Dabo Swinney |
| 86 | Bob Pruett |
| 87 | Jackie Sherrill |
| 88 | Dan McCarney |
| 89 | Gary Crowton |
| 90 | Jim Leavitt |
| 91 | Bob Toledo |
| 92 | R.C. Slocum |
| 93 | Rich Brooks |
| 94 | John Cooper |
| 95 | Randy Walker |
| 96 | Jim Harbaugh |
| 97 | Mike Stoops |
| 98 | Gene Chizik |
| 99 | Jerry Moore |
| 100 | K.C. Keeler |
| 101 | Joe Glenn |
| 102 | Mickey Matthews |
| 103 | Andy Talley |
| 104 | Jack Harbaugh |
| 105 | Mike London |
| 106 | Dick Tomey |
| 107 | Lane Kiffin |
| 108 | Bobby Hauck |
| 109 | Mark Farley |
| 110 | Tommy Tate |
| 111 | Don Brown |
| 112 | Dick Biddle |
| 113 | Bobby Johnson |
| 114 | Jerry Kill |
| 115 | Bobby Lamb |
| 116 | Mike Ayers |
| 117 | Mike Sewak |
| 118 | Dave Clawson |
| 119 | Ron Randleman |
| 120 | David Bailiff |
| 121 | Howard Schnellenberger |
| 122 | Jon Heacock |
| 123 | Tubby Raymond |
| 124 | Chan Gailey |
| 125 | Jimmye Laycock |
| 126 | Jeff Bower |
| 127 | Todd Graham |
| 128 | Randy Edsall |
| 129 | Buddy Teevens |
| 130 | Dale Lennon |
| 131 | Sean McDonnell |
| 132 | Don Patterson |
| 133 | Jack Cosgrove |
| 134 | Paul Wulff |
| 135 | Ron McBride |
| 136 | Mike Kramer |
| 137 | Pete Lembo |
| 138 | Dave Elson |
| 139 | Jerome Souers |
| 140 | Joe Gardi |
| 141 | Rich Ellerson |
| 142 | David Clawson |
| 143 | Denver Johnson |
| 144 | J.C. Harper |
| 145 | Jim Reid |
| 146 | Kevin Higgins |
| 147 | John Bunting |
| 148 | Steve Logan |
| 149 | Brady Hoke |
| 150 | Troy Calhoun |
| 151 | David Bennett |
| 152 | Bob Spoo |
| 153 | Frank Tavani |
| 154 | Joe Taylor |
| 155 | Matt Viator |
| 156 | Alvin Wyatt |
| 157 | Billy Joe |
| 158 | Buddy Pough |
| 159 | Jack Crowe |
| 160 | Scott Stoker |
| 161 | Larry Blakeney |
| 162 | Beau Baldwin |
| 163 | Alton Lavan |
| 164 | Billy Hayes |
| 165 | Brad Wright |
| 166 | Danny Hope |
| 167 | Dean Hood |
| 168 | Don Nehlen |
| 169 | Jason Simpson |
| 170 | Jay Thomas |
| 171 | Joe Pannunzio |
| 172 | John Stiegelmeier |
| 173 | Mark Whipple |
| 174 | Steve Roberts |
| 175 | Tim Walsh |
| 176 | Tom Gilmore |
| 177 | Tom Masella |
| 178 | Bobby Williams |
| 179 | Gary Darnell |
| 180 | Bruce Snyder |
| 181 | Pat Fitzgerald |
| 182 | Art Briles |
| 183 | Dan Mullen |
| 184 | Steve Kragthorpe |
| 185 | Frank Spaziani |
| 186 | Ken Niumatalolo |
| 187 | Rocky Long |
| 188 | Chris Ault |
| 189 | Kevin Sumlin |
| 190 | Cam Cameron |
| 191 | Gary Nord |
| 192 | Joe Novak |
| 193 | Sylvester Croom |
| 194 | Guy Morriss |
| 195 | Tommy West |
| 196 | Chuck Martin |
| 197 | Mel Tjeerdsma |
| 198 | Chris Hatcher |
| 199 | Bob Nielson |
| 200 | David Dean |
| 201 | Steve Campbell |
| 202 | Danny Hale |
| 203 | Chuck Broyles |
| 204 | Mark Hudspeth |
| 205 | John Luckhardt |
| 206 | Bill Zwaan |
| 207 | Richard Cundiff |
| 208 | Bob Biggs |
| 209 | Ken Sparks |
| 210 | Dennis Douds |
| 211 | Bob Babich |
| 212 | O. Kay Dalton |
| 213 | Rick Rhoades |
| 214 | Pat Behrns |
| 215 | Mike White |
| 216 | Randy Awrey |
| 217 | Tom Sawyer |
| 218 | Chris Thomsen |
| 219 | Pat Riepma |
| 220 | Bill O'Boyle |
| 221 | Monte Cater |
| 222 | Frank Cignetti |
| 223 | Bryan Collins |
| 224 | Joe Ramunno |
| 225 | Clint Conque |
| 226 | Ron Roberts |
| 227 | Todd Whitten |
| 228 | Blaine Bennett |
| 229 | Chuck Langston |
| 230 | Roger Wallace |
| 231 | Terry Bowden |
| 232 | Don Carthel |
| 233 | Richard Cavanaugh |
| 234 | Lou Tepper |
| 235 | Chip Hester |
| 236 | Darrell Morris |
| 237 | Bill Maskill |
| 238 | Kenny Phillips |
| 239 | Brad Smith |
| 240 | Rocky Rees |
| 241 | Rod Broadway |
| 242 | Steve Mullins |
| 243 | Craig Schurig |
| 244 | Lee Owens |
| 245 | Peter Yetten |
| 246 | Ed Meierkort |
| 247 | Bernie Anderson |
| 248 | Bob Stitt |
| 249 | Bobby Wallace |
| 250 | David Wiemers |
| 251 | Frankie DeBusk |
| 252 | Glenn Spencer |
| 253 | Jim Murphy |
| 254 | Joel Dolinski |
| 255 | John Zamberlin |
| 256 | Keith Otterbein |
| 257 | Kent Schoolfield |
| 258 | Sam McElroy |
| 259 | Scott Browning |
| 260 | Steve Quinn |
| 261 | Tom Eckert |
| 262 | Tommy Spangler |
| 263 | Willie Fritz |
| 264 | Zak Willis |
| 265 | Jim Collins |
| 266 | Marty Fine |
| 267 | Todd Hoffner |
| 268 | Art Wilkins |
| 269 | Bo Atterberry |
| 270 | Dale Carr |
| 271 | Dan McLaughlin |
| 272 | Darrell Asberry |
| 273 | Jerry Partridge |
| 274 | Keith Baxter |
| 275 | Kyle Schweigert |
| 276 | Pete Shinnick |
| 277 | Randy Hedberg |
| 278 | Waverly Tillar |
| 279 | Larry Kehres |
| 280 | Lance Leipold |
| 281 | John Gagliardi |
| 282 | Jay Locey |
| 283 | Bob Berezowitz |
| 284 | Peter Fredenburg |
| 285 | Mike Clark |
| 286 | Steven Mohr |
| 287 | Mike Drass |
| 288 | Jay Accorsi |
| 289 | Mike Swider |
| 290 | Jimmie Keeling |
| 291 | Steve Johnson |
| 292 | Paul Vosburgh |
| 293 | Joe King |
| 294 | Joseph Smith |
| 295 | Regis Scafe |
| 296 | Mike Sirianni |
| 297 | Joe Fincham |
| 298 | Michael Welch |
| 299 | Mike DeLong |
| 300 | Rick Willis |
| 301 | Rocco Salomone |
| 302 | Dale Widolff |
| 303 | Jeff McMartin |
| 304 | Chris Creighton |
| 305 | G.A. Mangus |
| 306 | Frosty Westering |
| 307 | Rick Kacmarynski |
| 308 | Dan MacNeill |
| 309 | Jim Margraff |
| 310 | Mike Leonard |
| 311 | Frank Girardi |
| 312 | Glenn Caruso |
| 313 | John Marzka |
| 314 | Tim Rucks |
| 315 | Mike Cragg |
| 316 | Matt Kelchner |
| 317 | Jim Purtill |
| 318 | Mike Donnelly |
| 319 | John Thorne |
| 320 | Larry Terry |
| 321 | Erik Raeburn |
| 322 | Rick Giancola |
| 323 | John Banaszak |
| 324 | Skip Bandini |
| 325 | Greg Debeljak |
| 326 | John Audino |
| 327 | Steve Bell |
| 328 | Wayne Perry |
| 329 | Frank Sheptock |
| 330 | John Tully |
| 331 | Jim Barnes |
| 332 | Terry Horan |
| 333 | Jim Hilvert |
| 334 | John Miech |
| 335 | Mark Speckman |
| 336 | Matt Land |
| 337 | Mike DuBose |
| 338 | Tim Keating |
| 339 | Bob Surace |
| 340 | Dean Paul |
| 341 | Eric Hamilton |
| 342 | Jack Ginn |
| 343 | Jack Leipheimer |
| 344 | Jim Clements |
| 345 | John Snell |
| 346 | Mike Schmitz |
| 347 | Norm Eash |
| 348 | Norman Joseph |
| 349 | Ralph Harris |
| 350 | Rich Lackner |
| 351 | Rich Mannello |
| 352 | Steve Staker |
| 353 | Todd Glaser |
| 354 | Tom Kaczkowski |
| 355 | Rod Huber |
| 356 | Dean Kreps |
| 357 | Jeffrey Gabrielsen |
| 358 | Mike Maynard |
| 359 | Sherman Wood |
| 360 | Steve Nelson |
| 361 | Bob Frey |
| 362 | Jim Cole |
| 363 | Jim Scott |
| 364 | Marty Favret |
| 365 | Ben McEnroe |
| 366 | Bill Kavanaugh |
| 367 | Chad Eisele |
| 368 | Chris McKenney |
| 369 | Craig Rundle |
| 370 | Darwin Breaux |
| 371 | Dave Davis |
| 372 | Dave Murray |
| 373 | David Wood |
| 374 | Dominic Livedoti |
| 375 | Doug Neibuhr |
| 376 | Frank Miriello |
| 377 | Greg Pscodna |
| 378 | Jay Niemann |
| 379 | Jeff Hand |
| 380 | Jim Zebrowski |
| 381 | Joe Loth |
| 382 | Kevin Doherty |
| 383 | Lou Wacker |
| 384 | Mark Carr |
| 385 | Mark Henninger |
| 386 | Mark Matlak |
| 387 | Mike Turk |
| 388 | Paul Barnes |
| 389 | Paul Castonia |
| 390 | Pedro Arruza |
| 391 | Peter Mazzaferro |
| 392 | Rich Duncan |
| 393 | Robby Long |
| 394 | Steve Briggs |
| 395 | Steve Marino |
| 396 | Todd Mooney |
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