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 |
2024 | Jeff McMartin[6] | Central College |