Year |
President |
School |
1921 |
Charles Dudley Daly |
United States Military Academy |
1922 |
Charles Dudley Daly |
United States Military Academy |
1923 |
John Heisman |
University of Pennsylvania |
1924 |
John Heisman |
Rice University[A 1] |
1925 |
Robert Zuppke |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign[A 2] |
1926 |
Gil Dobie |
Cornell University |
1927 |
Butch Cowell |
University of New Hampshire |
1928 |
Bill Roper |
Princeton University |
1929 |
Hugo Bezdek |
Pennsylvania State University[A 3] |
1930 |
William Alexander |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
1931 |
Chick Meehan |
Manhattan College |
1932 |
Mal Stevens |
Yale University |
1933 |
Dan McGugin |
Vanderbilt University |
1934 |
Dana X. Bible |
University of Nebraska |
1935 |
Bernie Bierman |
University of Minnesota |
1936 |
Tuss McLaughry |
Brown University |
1937 |
Harry Kipke |
University of Michigan |
1938 |
Harry Stuhldreher |
University of Wisconsin–Madison |
1939 |
Lou Little |
Columbia University |
1940 |
Bo McMillin |
Indiana University |
1941 |
Fritz Crisler |
University of Michigan |
1942 |
Matty Bell |
Southern Methodist University |
1943 |
Matty Bell |
Southern Methodist University |
1944 |
Ray Morrison |
Temple University |
1945 |
Ray Morrison |
Temple University |
1946 |
Dick Harlow |
Harvard University |
1947 |
Tad Wieman |
University of Maine |
1948 |
Harvey Harman |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
1949 |
Dutch Meyer |
Texas Christian University |
1950 |
Pappy Waldorf |
University of California, Berkeley |
1951 |
Lloyd Jordan |
Harvard University |
1952 |
Carl Snavely |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
1953 |
Don Faurot |
University of Missouri |
1954 |
George Munger |
University of Pennsylvania |
1955 |
Ray Eliot |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign[A 2] |
1956 |
Jess Neely |
Rice University[A 1] |
1957 |
George K. James |
Cornell University |
1958 |
Bud Wilkinson |
University of Oklahoma |
1959 |
Wally Butts |
University of Georgia |
1960 |
Rip Engle |
Pennsylvania State University |
1961 |
Jack Curtice |
Stanford University |
1962 |
William D. Murray |
Duke University |
1963 |
Woody Hayes |
Ohio State University |
1964 |
Len Casanova |
University of Oregon |
1965 |
Abe Martin |
Texas Christian University |
1966 |
Dan Jessee |
Trinity College (Connecticut) |
1967 |
Ben Schwartzwalder |
Syracuse University |
1968 |
Murray Warmath |
University of Minnesota |
1969 |
Paul Dietzel |
University of South Carolina |
1970 |
Frank Broyles |
University of Arkansas |
1971 |
Earle Edwards |
North Carolina State University |
1972 |
Bear Bryant |
University of Alabama |
1973 |
John McKay |
University of Southern California |
1974 |
Bob Blackman |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign[A 2] |
1975 |
Darrell Royal |
University of Texas at Austin |
1976 |
Eddie Robinson |
Grambling State University |
1977 |
Ben Martin |
United States Air Force Academy |
1978 |
Carmen Cozza |
Yale University |
1979 |
Charles McClendon |
Louisiana State University |
1980 |
Jerry Claiborne |
University of Maryland, College Park[A 4] |
1981 |
Tubby Raymond |
University of Delaware |
1982 |
Jim Ostendarp |
Amherst College |
1983 |
Bo Schembechler |
University of Michigan |
1984 |
Dave Maurer |
Wittenberg University |
1985 |
Vince Dooley |
University of Georgia |
1986 |
Vic Rowen |
San Francisco State University |
1987 |
LaVell Edwards |
Brigham Young University |
1988 |
Joe Restic |
Harvard University |
1989 |
Don James |
University of Washington |
1990 |
Johnny Majors |
University of Tennessee |
1991 |
Bill Manlove |
Widener University |
1992 |
John Cooper |
Ohio State University |
1993 |
Hayden Fry |
University of Iowa |
1994 |
Ron Schipper |
Central College (Iowa) |
1995 |
Billy Joe |
Florida A&M University |
1996 |
Fisher DeBerry |
United States Air Force Academy |
1997 |
Don Nehlen |
West Virginia University |
1998 |
Roy Kidd |
Eastern Kentucky University |
1999 |
Rocky Rees |
Shippensburg University |
2000 |
Bob Ford |
University at Albany, SUNY |
2001 |
Joe Taylor |
Hampton University |
2002 |
Glen Mason |
University of Minnesota |
2003 |
Phil Fulmer |
University of Tennessee |
2004 |
Ken Hatfield |
Rice University |
2005 |
Scot Dapp |
Moravian College |
2006 |
Mel Tjeerdsma |
Northwest Missouri State University |
2007 |
Ken Sparks |
Carson-Newman College |
2008 |
Tyrone Willingham |
University of Washington |
2009 |
Dick Tomey |
San Jose State University |
2010 |
Larry Kehres |
Mount Union College |
2011 |
Rob Ash |
Montana State University |
2012 |
Tim Murphy |
Harvard University |
2013 |
Mack Brown |
University of Texas at Austin |
2014 |
Mike Welch |
Ithaca College |
2015 |
Tommy Tuberville |
University of Cincinnati |
2016 |
Lee Owens |
Ashland University |
2017 |
Rich Rodriguez |
University of Arizona |
2018 |
Bill Cronin |
Georgetown College |
2019 |
Frank Solich[1] |
Ohio University |
2020 |
Gary Patterson[2] |
Texas Christian University |
2021 |
Pat Fitzgerald[3] |
Northwestern University |
2022 |
Craig Bohl[4] |
University of Wyoming |
2023 |
Todd Knight[5] |
Ouachita Baptist University |