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BC-FBC--T25-National Champions-Coaches

| January 13, 2020 11:05 PM

Coaches whose teams have been named national champion by The Associated Press by number of titles and years won:

    Five

    Bear Bryant, Alabama, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1978, 1979

    Nick Saban, Alabama, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017

      Four

      Frank Leahy, Notre Dame, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949

        Three

        Bernie Bierman, Minnesota, 1936, 1940, 1941

        John McKay, Southern Cal, 1962, 1967, 1972

        Barry Switzer, Oklahoma, 1974, 1975, 1985

        Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma, 1950, 1955, 1956

        Urban Meyer, Florida (2006, 2008); Ohio State (2014)

          Two

          Red Blaik, Army, 1944, 1945

          Bobby Bowden, Florida State, 1993, 1999

          Pete Carroll, Southern Cal, 2003, 2004

          Bob Devaney, Nebraska, 1970, 1971

          Dennis Erickson, Miami, 1989, 1991

          Woody Hayes, Ohio State, 1954, 1968

          Tom Osborne, Nebraska, 1994, 1995

          Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame, 1966, 1973

          Joe Paterno, Penn State, 1982, 1986

          Darrell Royal, Texas, 1963, 1969

          Dabo Swinney, Clemson, 2016, 2018

            One

            Paul Brown, Ohio State, 1942

            Mack Brown, Texas, 2005

            Lloyd Carr, Michigan, 1997

            Gene Chizik, Auburn, 2010

            Larry Coker, Miami, 2001

            Dan Devine, Notre Dame, 1977

            Paul Dietzel, LSU, 1958

            Vince Dooley, Georgia, 1980

            LaVell Edwards, Brigham Young, 1984

            Jimbo Fisher, Florida State, 2013

            Danny Ford, Clemson, 1981

            Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee, 1998

            Lou Holtz, Notre Dame, 1988

            Jimmy Johnson, Miami, 1987

            Shug Jordan, Auburn, 1957

            Johnny Majors, Pittsburgh, 1976

            Bill McCartney, Colorado, 1990

            Dutch Meyer, Texas Christian, 1938

            Les Miles, LSU, 2007

            Biggie Munn, Michigan State, 1952

            Bob Neyland, Tennessee, 1951

            Homer Norton, Texas A&M, 1939

            Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan, 1948

            Ed Orgeron, LSU, 2019

            Howard Schnellenberger, Miami, 1983

            Ben Schwartzwalder, Syracuse, 1959

            Steve Spurrier, Florida, 1996

            Gene Stallings, Alabama, 1992

            Bob Stoops, Oklahoma, 2000

            Jock Sutherland, Pittsburgh, 1937

            Jim Tatum, Maryland, 1953

            Jim Tressel, Ohio State, 2002

            Murray Warmath, Minnesota, 1960