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The Top Ranked College Football Head Coaches of the 2010s
Notes: Only Coaches who were ranked in the top 50 in any season from 2010-2019 appear on this list.
| Rnk | Coach |
| 1 | Nick Saban |
| 2 | Dabo Swinney |
| 3 | Urban Meyer |
| 4 | Jimbo Fisher |
| 5 | Ed Orgeron |
| 6 | Gene Chizik |
| 7 | Chip Kelly |
| 8 | Gary Patterson |
| 9 | Gus Malzahn |
| 10 | Les Miles |
| 11 | Kirby Smart |
| 12 | Mark Helfrich |
| 13 | Lincoln Riley |
| 14 | Mark Dantonio |
| 15 | Chris Petersen |
| 16 | Mike Gundy |
| 17 | Bob Stoops |
| 18 | Ryan Day |
| 19 | Brian Kelly |
| 20 | Jim Harbaugh |
| 21 | Steve Spurrier |
| 22 | David Shaw |
| 23 | Bobby Petrino |
| 24 | Kevin Sumlin |
| 25 | Gary Pinkel |
| 26 | Clay Helton |
| 27 | Jim Tressel |
| 28 | Mark Richt |
| 29 | Lane Kiffin |
| 30 | Mario Cristobal |
| 31 | Scott Frost |
| 32 | Dan Mullen |
| 33 | James Franklin |
| 34 | Bret Bielema |
| 35 | Art Briles |
| 36 | Paul Chryst |
| 37 | Paul Johnson |
| 38 | Tom Herman |
| 39 | Kirk Ferentz |
| 40 | Will Muschamp |
| 41 | Mike Leach |
| 42 | Hugh Freeze |
| 43 | Jim Mora Jr. |
| 44 | George O'Leary |
| 45 | P.J. Fleck |
| 46 | Josh Heupel |
| 47 | Chris Ault |
| 48 | Bill Snyder |
| 49 | Todd Graham |
| 50 | Brady Hoke |
| 51 | Mark Stoops |
| 52 | Charlie Strong |
| 53 | Gary Andersen |
| 54 | Matt Rhule |
| 55 | Jim McElwain |
| 56 | Larry Fedora |
| 57 | Dino Babers |
| 58 | Kyle Whittingham |
| 59 | Bryan Harsin |
| 60 | Justin Fuente |
| 61 | Frank Beamer |
| 62 | Dana Holgorsen |
| 63 | Pat Fitzgerald |
| 64 | Mike MacIntyre |
| 65 | Mike Norvell |
| 66 | Ken Niumatalolo |
| 67 | Jeff Tedford |
| 68 | Jeff Monken |
| 69 | Mack Brown |
| 70 | Rich Rodriguez |
| 71 | Mike Sherman |
| 72 | Willie Taggart |
| 73 | Eli Drinkwitz |
| 74 | Bo Pelini |
| 75 | Mike Riley |
| 76 | Steve Sarkisian |
| 77 | Luke Fickell |
| 78 | Dave Doeren |
| 79 | Butch Jones |
| 80 | Matt Wells |
| 81 | Troy Calhoun |
| 82 | David Cutcliffe |
| 83 | Doc Holliday |
| 84 | Ralph Friedgen |
| 85 | Jeff Brohm |
| 86 | Rocky Long |
| 87 | Tom O'Brien |
| 88 | Joe Moorhead |
| 89 | Barry Odom |
| 90 | Sonny Dykes |
| 91 | Scott Satterfield |
| 92 | Dave Clawson |
| 93 | Bronco Mendenhall |
| 94 | Matt Campbell |
| 95 | Bill Stewart |
| 96 | Bill O'Brien |
| 97 | Billy Napier |
| 98 | Chris Klieman |
| 99 | Craig Bohl |
| 100 | Mike Houston |
| 101 | Beau Baldwin |
| 102 | Matt Entz |
| 103 | Dennis Erickson |
| 104 | Tim Beckman |
| 105 | Tracy Claeys |
| 106 | Willie Fritz |
| 107 | K.C. Keeler |
| 108 | Brock Spack |
| 109 | Curt Cignetti |
| 110 | John Grass |
| 111 | Rob Ambrose |
| 112 | Aaron Best |
| 113 | Steve Addazio |
| 114 | Joe Paterno |
| 115 | Sean McDonnell |
| 116 | John Stiegelmeier |
| 117 | Jay Hill |
| 118 | Andy Talley |
| 119 | Danny Rocco |
| 120 | Jeff Choate |
| 121 | Joe Harasymiak |
| 122 | Robin Pflugrad |
| 123 | Pat Narduzzi |
| 124 | Greg Schiano |
| 125 | Randy Shannon |
| 126 | Mike Stoops |
| 127 | Ron Roberts |
| 128 | Mark Farley |
| 129 | Mike Ayers |
| 130 | Joe Moglia |
| 131 | Rob Ash |
| 132 | Andy Coen |
| 133 | Brian Bohannon |
| 134 | Jerry Moore |
| 135 | Russ Huesman |
| 136 | Jamey Chadwell |
| 137 | Dan Hunt |
| 138 | Bill Clark |
| 139 | Bobby Wilder |
| 140 | Jack Cosgrove |
| 141 | Bobby Hauck |
| 142 | Dan Hawkins |
| 143 | Mark Hudspeth |
| 144 | Ron Zook |
| 145 | Al Golden |
| 146 | Jerry Kill |
| 147 | Bill Blankenship |
| 148 | Dave Wannstedt |
| 149 | Dale Lindsey |
| 150 | Chuck Priore |
| 151 | Clint Conque |
| 152 | Tim Rebowe |
| 153 | Brian Jenkins |
| 154 | Everett Withers |
| 155 | Bob Stitt |
| 156 | Bob Nelson |
| 157 | Jimmye Laycock |
| 158 | Matt Viator |
| 159 | Mick Delaney |
| 160 | Steve Campbell |
| 161 | Tom Allen |
| 162 | Tim DeRuyter |
| 163 | Bubba Schweigert |
| 164 | Clay Hendrix |
| 165 | Jerry Schmitt |
| 166 | Josh Conklin |
| 167 | Kevin Callahan |
| 168 | Tim Walsh |
| 169 | Tom Matukewicz |
| 170 | Brent Thompson |
| 171 | Bruce Barnum |
| 172 | Bruce Fowler |
| 173 | Demario Warren |
| 174 | Frank Scelfo |
| 175 | Greg Gattuso |
| 176 | J.C. Harper |
| 177 | Jack Crowe |
| 178 | Mark Hendrickson |
| 179 | Mickey Matthews |
| 180 | Mike Sanford |
| 181 | Nathan Brown |
| 182 | Philip Montgomery |
| 183 | Rod Reed |
| 184 | Tony Samuel |
| 185 | Troy Taylor |
| 186 | Turner Gill |
| 187 | Walt Hameline |
| 188 | Greg McMackin |
| 189 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 190 | Jeremy Pruitt |
| 191 | Kalani Sitake |
| 192 | Kliff Kingsbury |
| 193 | Derek Mason |
| 194 | Doug Marrone |
| 195 | Herm Edwards |
| 196 | Major Applewhite |
| 197 | Jason Candle |
| 198 | Skip Holtz |
| 199 | Butch Davis |
| 200 | Derek Dooley |
| 201 | Mike London |
| 202 | Justin Wilcox |
| 203 | Bob Chesney |
| 204 | Buddy Pough |
| 205 | Chris Hatcher |
| 206 | Dean Hood |
| 207 | Ed Lamb |
| 208 | Jerome Souers |
| 209 | Mark Nofri |
| 210 | Dick Biddle |
| 211 | Bob Ford |
| 212 | Charlie Fisher |
| 213 | Chris Villarrial |
| 214 | David Bennett |
| 215 | Eric Morris |
| 216 | Frank Tavani |
| 217 | Jeff Voris |
| 218 | Joe Walton |
| 219 | Kim Dameron |
| 220 | Lee Hull |
| 221 | Mark Ferrante |
| 222 | Mike Schultz |
| 223 | Pat Sullivan |
| 224 | Paul Rhoads |
| 225 | Pete Adrian |
| 226 | Pete Rossomando |
| 227 | Randy Sanders |
| 228 | Rick Chamberlin |
| 229 | Rod Broadway |
| 230 | Ryan McCarthy |
| 231 | Tony Levine |
| 232 | Watson Brown |
| 233 | Neal Brown |
| 234 | Frank Solich |
| 235 | Larry Scott |
| 236 | Kevin Wilson |
| 237 | Kyle Flood |
| 238 | Adam Dorrel |
| 239 | Pete Shinnick |
| 240 | John Wristen |
| 241 | David Dean |
| 242 | Colby Carthel |
| 243 | Bob Nielson |
| 244 | Tim Beck |
| 245 | Kerwin Bell |
| 246 | Todd Hoffner |
| 247 | Tony Annese |
| 248 | Monte Cater |
| 249 | Connell Maynor |
| 250 | Bobby Wallace |
| 251 | Paul Winters |
| 252 | Matt Mitchell |
| 253 | Will Hall |
| 254 | Bill Zwaan |
| 255 | Don Carthel |
| 256 | Paul Simmons |
| 257 | Mike Jacobs |
| 258 | Shawn Lutz |
| 259 | Aaron Keen |
| 260 | Garin Justice |
| 261 | Paul Tortorella |
| 262 | Mel Tjeerdsma |
| 263 | Todd Knight |
| 264 | Curt Wiese |
| 265 | Willie Slater |
| 266 | Garin Higgins |
| 267 | Jim Svoboda |
| 268 | Ken Sparks |
| 269 | Scott Underwood |
| 270 | George Mihalik |
| 271 | Jerry Partridge |
| 272 | Ronnie Huckeba |
| 273 | Drew Cronic |
| 274 | Bill Conley |
| 275 | Paul Darragh |
| 276 | Peter Rossomando |
| 277 | Brett Gilliland |
| 278 | Gary Dunn |
| 279 | Mike White |
| 280 | Todd Whitten |
| 281 | David Bailiff |
| 282 | Jeff Farrington |
| 283 | Marty Schaetzle |
| 284 | Mike Aldrich |
| 285 | Marc Gordon |
| 286 | Bill Maskill |
| 287 | Bob Bartolomeo |
| 288 | Joe Reich |
| 289 | Damon Wilson |
| 290 | Jim Clements |
| 291 | Gregg Brandon |
| 292 | Jed Stugart |
| 293 | Lee Owens |
| 294 | Scott Maxfield |
| 295 | Bryan Collins |
| 296 | Raymond Monica |
| 297 | Terry Bowden |
| 298 | Todd Cooley |
| 299 | Chris Brown |
| 300 | Chris Thomsen |
| 301 | Danny Hale |
| 302 | John Luckhardt |
| 303 | Keith Otterbein |
| 304 | Mark Maciejewski |
| 305 | Rich Wright |
| 306 | Bo Atterberry |
| 307 | Chris Pincince |
| 308 | Craig Schurig |
| 309 | Darrell Morris |
| 310 | Ernie McCook |
| 311 | Gary Goff |
| 312 | Ian Shields |
| 313 | Ian Shoemaker |
| 314 | Latrell Scott |
| 315 | Mike Turner |
| 316 | Rob Keys |
| 317 | Rob Smith |
| 318 | Shane Richardson |
| 319 | Tim Clifton |
| 320 | Will Wagner |
| 321 | Jerry Olszewski |
| 322 | Jim Collins |
| 323 | Jon Anderson |
| 324 | Reginald Ruffin |
| 325 | Steve Englehart |
| 326 | Victor Santa Cruz |
| 327 | Art Wilkins |
| 328 | Chris Keevers |
| 329 | Cris Reisert |
| 330 | Curtis Walker |
| 331 | Darrell Asberry |
| 332 | Donald Pittlman |
| 333 | Jason Woodman |
| 334 | Jay Long |
| 335 | Kienus Boulware |
| 336 | Mark James |
| 337 | Pat Kirkland |
| 338 | Reggie Barlow |
| 339 | Rich Freeman |
| 340 | Robert Clardy |
| 341 | Russ Martin |
| 342 | Tom Kearly |
| 343 | Tom Sawyer |
| 344 | Waverly Tillar |
| 345 | Lance Leipold |
| 346 | Vince Kehres |
| 347 | Peter Fredenburg |
| 348 | Larry Kehres |
| 349 | Jeff Thorne |
| 350 | Glenn Caruso |
| 351 | Pat Cerroni |
| 352 | Kevin Bullis |
| 353 | Mike Drass |
| 354 | Joseph Smith |
| 355 | Jim Margraff |
| 356 | Gary Fasching |
| 357 | Steve Johnson |
| 358 | John Thorne |
| 359 | Jason Mangone |
| 360 | Tom Arth |
| 361 | Mike Donnelly |
| 362 | Rick Willis |
| 363 | Mike Swider |
| 364 | Mike Cragg |
| 365 | Sherman Wood |
| 366 | Erik Raeburn |
| 367 | Duke Greco |
| 368 | Paul Vosburgh |
| 369 | DeLane Fitzgerald |
| 370 | Ralph Isernia |
| 371 | Bob Rankl |
| 372 | Dave Murray |
| 373 | Isaac Collins |
| 374 | Mike Isgro |
| 375 | Mike Kelly |
| 376 | Nate Milne |
| 377 | Mike Leonard |
| 378 | Joe Fincham |
| 379 | Mike Sirianni |
| 380 | Mike Turk |
| 381 | Gabby Price |
| 382 | Keith Emery |
| 383 | Marty Favret |
| 384 | Matt Kelchner |
| 385 | Dan MacNeill |
| 386 | Andy Frye |
| 387 | Bob Owens |
| 388 | Jay Accorsi |
| 389 | Dean Paul |
| 390 | Tony Kunczewski |
| 391 | Dan McCarty |
| 392 | Greg Debeljak |
| 393 | Jim Hilvert |
| 394 | Michael Welch |
| 395 | Mike Emendorfer |
| 396 | Pedro Arruza |
| 397 | Regis Scafe |
| 398 | Rod Sandberg |
| 399 | Troy Abbs |
| 400 | Chad Martinovich |
| 401 | Chip Knapp |
| 402 | Dan Garrett |
| 403 | Hal Mumme |
| 404 | Jeff Behrman |
| 405 | Jeff McMartin |
| 406 | John Marzka |
| 407 | Matt Land |
| 408 | Rick Giancola |
| 409 | Steve Bell |
| 410 | Tim Lester |
| 411 | Tyler Staker |
| 412 | Jesse Burleson |
| 413 | Mike Maynard |
| 414 | Tom Kelley |
| 415 | Ben McEnroe |
| 416 | Chad Braun |
| 417 | Collin Bruton |
| 418 | Craig Rundle |
| 419 | Greg Carlson |
| 420 | Jim Purtill |
| 421 | Jon Cooper |
| 422 | Norm Eash |
| 423 | Scott Abell |
| 424 | Brian Bubna |
| 425 | Jason Lebeau |
| 426 | JB Wells |
| 427 | Jim Deere |
| 428 | Kurt Barth |
| 429 | Kurt Ramler |
| 430 | Larry Kindbom |
| 431 | Mark Murnyack |
| 432 | Mark Stein |
| 433 | Matt Theobald |
| 434 | Scott Westering |
| 435 | Stan Zweifel |
| 436 | Steve Staker |
| 437 | Buck Buchanan |
| 438 | Christopher Krich |
| 439 | Chuck Denune |
| 440 | Chuck Goldstein |
| 441 | Clayton Kendrick-Holmes |
| 442 | Dan Morel |
| 443 | Dan Pifer |
| 444 | Dan Puckhaber |
| 445 | Danny Padron |
| 446 | Dennis Dunn |
| 447 | Don Beebe |
| 448 | Ed Hottle |
| 449 | Frank Miriello |
| 450 | Garrett Campbell |
| 451 | Greg Etter |
| 452 | Jack Hatem |
| 453 | Jeff Sokol |
| 454 | Jim Monos |
| 455 | Joe Verria |
| 456 | Kirk Talley |
| 457 | Kyle Sweeney |
| 458 | Larry Miller |
| 459 | Lonnie Pries |
| 460 | Mark Raymond |
| 461 | Michael Landers |
| 462 | Mickey Rehring |
| 463 | Mike Cerasuolo |
| 464 | Mike Clark |
| 465 | Mike Hallett |
| 466 | Mike Rader |
| 467 | Nick McGee |
| 468 | Paul Castonia |
| 469 | Peter Stuursma |
| 470 | Rick Finotti |
| 471 | Robby Long |
| 472 | Shaun Hayes |
| 473 | Steven Mohr |
| 474 | Ton Jennison |
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