List of famous football coaches, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top football coaches in the world? This includes the most prominent football coaches, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable football coaches is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic football coaches were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned football coaches.
List is made up of people like Bill Belichick and Knute Rockne.
From reputable, prominent, and well known football coaches to the lesser known football coaches of today, these are some of the best professionals in the football coach field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous football coaches ever?" and "What are the names of famous football coaches?" then you're in the right place....more
- Gerald Arthur Sandusky (born January 26, 1944) is an American retired college football coach... more
- James Joseph Harbaugh (; born December 23, 1963) is an American football coach and former... more
- Michael Keller Ditka (born October 18, 1939) is an American former football player, coach, and... more
- Joseph Vincent Paterno (; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as... more
- Andrew Walter Reid (born March 19, 1958) is an American football head coach of the Kansas City... more
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Marvin Daniel Levy (born August 3, 1925) is a former American and Canadian football coach,... more- Robert Cleckler Bowden (born November 8, 1929) is a retired American football coach. Bowden is... more
- Anthony Kevin Dungy ( DUN-jee; born October 6, 1955) is a former professional American... more
- Jon David Gruden (born August 17, 1963) is an American football coach who is the head coach of... more
- Wayne Woodrow Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was an American football player and... more
- Donald Francis Shula (January 4, 1930 – May 4, 2020)) was an American former professional... more
- Stephen Douglas "Mongo" McMichael (born October 17, 1957) is a former American college and... more
- William Stephen Belichick ( or (; born April 16, 1952) is an American football coach who... more
- Thomas William Osborne (born February 23, 1937) is a former American football player, coach,... more
- Lane Monte Kiffin (born May 9, 1975) is an American football coach who is currently the head... more
- Peter Clay Carroll (born September 15, 1951) is an American football coach who is the head... more
- Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler Jr. ( SHEM-bek-lər; April 1, 1929 – November 17, 2006) was an... more
- Knute Kenneth Rockne ( kə-NOOT; March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was a Norwegian-American... more
- Louis Leo Holtz (born January 6, 1937) is a former American football player, coach, and... more
- George Michael MacIntyre (born March 14, 1965) is an American football coach. He is the... more
- Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is a retired American football coach, NASCAR Cup... more
- Michael Edward Shanahan (born August 24, 1952) is a former American football coach, best known... more
- Major Lee Applewhite (born July 26, 1978) is an American football coach and former player who... more
- Michael Singletary (born October 9, 1958) is an American football coach and former... more
- John Earl Madden is a former American football player in the National Football League, a... more
