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
|