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The Top Ranked College Football Head 
Coaches of the 1950s   
Notes: Only Coaches who were ranked in the top 50 in any 
season from 1950-1959 appear on this list. 
Ranking Explanation   
  
    
  
  
    | Rnk | Coach |  
    | 1 | Bud Wilkinson |  
    | 2 | Biggie Munn |  
    | 3 | Woody Hayes |  
    | 4 | Jim Tatum |  
    | 5 | Ralph Jordan |  
    | 6 | Paul Dietzel |  
    | 7 | Bob Neyland |  
    | 8 | Ben Schwartzwalder |  
    | 9 | Bobby Dodd |  
    | 10 | Red Sanders |  
    | 11 | Forest Evashevski |  
    | 12 | Red Blaik |  
    | 13 | Duffy Daugherty |  
    | 14 | Frank Leahy |  
    | 15 | John Vaught |  
    | 16 | Bowden Wyatt |  
    | 17 | Blair Cherry |  
    | 18 | Ray Eliot |  
    | 19 | Darrell Royal |  
    | 20 | Terry Brennan |  
    | 21 | Bear Bryant |  
    | 22 | Eddie Erdelatz |  
    | 23 | Wallace Butts |  
    | 24 | Jess Hill |  
    | 25 | Pappy Waldorf |  
    | 26 | Andy Gustafson |  
    | 27 | Jess Neely |  
    | 28 | Abe Martin |  
    | 29 | Milt Bruhn |  
    | 30 | Charles Caldwell |  
    | 31 | Ben Martin |  
    | 32 | Bennie Oosterbaan |  
    | 33 | Chuck Taylor |  
    | 34 | Ivy Williamson |  
    | 35 | Jim Owens |  
    | 36 | George Sauer |  
    | 37 | Red Drew |  
    | 38 | Frank Broyles |  
    | 39 | Frank Howard |  
    | 40 | Art Lewis |  
    | 41 | Edwin Price |  
    | 42 | Tommy Prothro |  
    | 43 | John Michelosen |  
    | 44 | Howard Odell |  
    | 45 | Dutch Meyer |  
    | 46 | Sam Boyd |  
    | 47 | Rip Engle |  
    | 48 | Murray Warmath |  
    | 49 | Dan Devine |  
    | 50 | DeWitt Weaver |  
    | 51 | John Brothers |  
    | 52 | Arthur Guepe |  
    | 53 | Jack Mollenkopf |  
    | 54 | Bob Woodruff |  
    | 55 | Bill Murray |  
    | 56 | Joe Kuharich |  
    | 57 | Wesley Fesler |  
    | 58 | Don Clark |  
    | 59 | Wade Walker |  
    | 60 | Warren Giese |  
    | 61 | Earle Edwards |  
    | 62 | Frank Moseley |  
    | 63 | Aldo Donelli |  
    | 64 | Bob Devaney |  
    | 65 | Pete Elliott |  
    | 66 | William Glassford |  
    | 67 | Bo Sherman |  
    | 68 | Stuart Holcomb |  
    | 69 | Bill Meek |  
    | 70 | George Barclay |  
    | 71 | Edward Anderson |  
    | 72 | Cliff Speegle |  
    | 73 | Dallas Ward |  
    | 74 | Henry Frnka |  
    | 75 | John McKenna |  
    | 76 | John Stiegman |  
    | 77 | George Munger |  
    | 78 | Ara Parseghian |  
    | 79 | H.N. Russell |  
    | 80 | Harry Stiteler |  
    | 81 | John Cherberg |  
    | 82 | Jack Mitchell |  
    | 83 | Chalmer Woodward |  
    | 84 | Jules Sikes |  
    | 85 | Ray George |  
    | 86 | Phil Dickens |  
    | 87 | Clyde Lee |  
    | 88 | Len Casanova |  
    | 89 | Jim Sutherland |  
    | 90 | Red Dawson |  
    | 91 | Marchy Schwartz |  
    | 92 | Blanton Collier |  
    | 93 | Robert Voights |  
    | 94 | Don Faurot |  
    | 95 | George James |  
    | 96 | Jordan Olivar |  
    | 97 | Liz Blackbourn |  
    | 98 | Gaynell Tinsley |  
    | 99 | Jennings Whitworth |  
    | 100 | Hal Lahar |  
    | 101 | Mike Brumbelow |  
    | 102 | Clay Stapleton |  
    | 103 | Kip Taylor |  
    | 104 | Thomas Hamilton |  
    | 105 | Otis Douglas |  
    | 106 | Bill Barnes |  
    | 107 | Jack Curtice |  
    | 108 | Larry Siemering |  
    | 109 | Andy Pilney |  
    | 110 | Bernie Crimmins |  
    | 111 | Clyde Smith |  
    | 112 | John Bridgers |  
    | 113 | Tommy Mont |  
    | 114 | Harvey Robinson |  
    | 115 | Wayne Hardin |  
    | 116 | Dale Hall |  
    | 117 | Robert Dobbs |  
    | 118 | Mike Holovak |  
    | 119 | Rex Enright |  
    | 120 | Robert Bronzan |  
    | 121 | Steve Sebo |  
    | 122 | Bump Elliott |  
    | 123 | John Roning |  
    | 124 | Odus Mitchell |  
    | 125 | Frank Kimbrough |  
    | 126 | Leonard Raffensperger |  
    | 127 | Raymond Wolf |  
    | 128 | Warren Woodson |  
    | 129 | Bob Blackman |  
    | 130 | Slick Morton |  
    | 131 | Moose Myers |  
    | 132 | Arthur Raimo |  
    | 133 | Dutch Clark |  
    | 134 | Thomas Nugent |  
    | 135 | D.C. Walker |  
    | 136 | James Hickey |  
    | 137 | Sid Gillman |  
    | 138 | Lou Little |  
    | 139 | William Jennings |  
    | 140 | Paul Amen |  
    | 141 | Pete Tillman |    
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