Jim Criner (Born March 30, 1940) is an American Football coach, known for his head coaching stints at Boise State University (won 1980 NCAA Division I-AA Championship), Iowa State, NFL Europe's Scottish Claymores (won 1996 World Bowl), and the short-lived XFL's Las Vegas Outlaws. Most recently he was a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL under head coach Dick Vermeil, whom he coached with previously at UCLA.

William Mack Brown (born August 27, 1951) is head coach of the University of Texas Longhorn football team. During the 2005 season, Coach Brown led the Longhorns to a Rose Bowl victory and a National Championship. With the 2006 season, Brown led his team to win 10 games or more for six straight years, which is the best current ten-win streak in the NCAA. Prior to coaching at Texas, Brown coached at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina.

Glen O. Mason (born April 9, 1950 in Colonia, New Jersey) is the former college football head coach of the University of Minnesota. He was officially fired on December 31, 2006. Prior to coaching the Gophers, Mason was head coach for Kent State University 1986-87 and the University of Kansas from 1988 to 1996, with previous assistant stints at the University of Illinois, Ohio State, Ball State, Iowa State, and Allegheny College.

Darrell Bevell is the current Minnesota Vikings Offensive Coordinator and former University of Wisconsin-Madison four-year starting quarterback. He led the Badgers to a 10-1-1 record in the 1993 season and their first ever Rose Bowl win that year, as well as a Hall of Fame Bowl win the following season. He is the UW record holder for career passing yards (7,686) and passing yards in a game (423).

Dan McCarney (born July 28, 1953, in Iowa City, Iowa) was the head football coach at Iowa State University from 1995-2006. He was the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference when he stepped down on November 8, 2006. At his resignation press conference McCarney was quoted as saying, "Some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not? When I took this job, …

Glenn Scobey Warner was an American football coach, also known as Pop Warner. During his 44-year career as a head coach (1895–1938), Warner had 319 major NCAA college football wins. The 319 wins listed does not include 18 wins at Iowa State University. He also helped start the popular youth American football organization, Pop Warner Little Scholars. Glenn Scobey Warner was born in Springville, New York.

Joe 'Buges' Bugel (born March 10, 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is the Assistant Head Coach - Offense and unofficial offensive line coach for the Washington Redskins. This is his second tour of duty with the team. He served as offensive line coach or assistant for the Detroit Lions 1975-76, the Houston Oilers 1977-80, Washington Redskins 1981-89, Phoenix Cardinals 1990-93 (head coach), Oakland Raiders 1995-97 (head coach 1997), San Diego Chargers 1998-2001, …

John Cooper (born July 2, 1937 in Knoxville, Tennessee) was the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes college football team from 1988 to 2000. Cooper grew up in the Knoxville suburb of Powell, Tennessee and joined the United States Army after high school. After serving for two years, he enrolled at Iowa State University where he played football for four years eventually becoming team captain and MVP. Cooper spent time as an assistant coach at Iowa State, Oregon State, UCLA, …

Johnny Majors (born May 21, 1935 in Lynchburg, Tennessee), was a longtime College Football Head Coach and alumnus of the University of Tennessee. Majors was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (as a player) in 1987.

August Mike Michalske (April 24, 1903 - October 26, 1983) was an American football player. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964. Originally a member of the short-lived New York Yankees National Football League team from 1927 to 1928, Michalske arrived in Green Bay in 1929 for the first of what would be nine seasons with the team. An All-America fullback during his Penn State career, the 6-foot, …

Phil Bennett is the head football coach at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Prior to taking over as head coach at SMU in 2002, he served as the defensive coordinator at Kansas State from 1999 to 2001. Bennett graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in education in 1978, and was a second-team All-Southwest Conference defensive end as a senior in 1977. He began his coaching career at A&M in 1979 as a part-time defensive ends coach.

Samuel Stienneck Willaman (born Salem, Ohio April 4, 1891 - died Cleveland, Ohio August 18, 1935) was an American football player and coach. He was head coach for the Iowa State Cyclones, where he integrated the team by playing Jack Trice, and for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Charlie Sadler is the current Defensive Ends coach at Texas Tech. He has previously held coaching positions at Northern Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Iowa State.

Mike Knoll was the head football coach at New Mexico State from 1986 to 1989. Despite coaching for four years, his career record was 4-40(.091). He ended his career on a 17 game losing streak in the 1988 and 1989 seasons. New Mexico State won 2 games in 1987, and lost 10 or more games in 1986, 1988, and 1989. In all four of his seasons, the Aggies had been outscored by 200 or more points. He is currently the head football coach at Upper Iowa University.

Jim Myers was the head football coach at Iowa State University in 1957. At Iowa State, he compiled a 4-5-1 record. He later coached at Texas A&M from 1958 to 1961. His record there stands at 12-24-4.

Jim Walden (born ca. 1938 in Aberdeen, Mississippi) was the head football coach at Washington State University from 1978 to 1986. During his tenure there, he compiled a 44-52-4 record. At Washington State, he coached the 1981 team to the school's first bowl appearance in 51 years. At one point he had also won three of the last five Apple Cups against the University of Washington. In 1981, he also earned the title of Pac Ten Coach of the Year.

Clay Stapleton was the head football coach of Iowa State from 1958 to 1967. During his tenure, he compiled a 42-53-4 record. He was known for his T Formation offense, and notorious for punting on third down. He also served as Iowa State's athletic director following his coaching stint. On September 9th, 2006 Stapleton was inducted into the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame with fellow alumni Beth Bader, Jon Brown, John Crawford, Barry Hill, Russ Hoffman, Jerry McNertney, …

Vince DiFrancesco was the head football coach at Iowa State University from 1954 to 1958. During that period of time, he posted a 6-21-1 record. He had a much better record at Western Illinois University compiling a 38-7 record there from 1949 to 1953. He played college football at Northwestern University. Mr. DiFrancesca recently died in May 2007 and was the father of national radio talkshow host Janet Parshall of Janet Parshall's America.

James J. "Jim" Yeager was the head football coach at Iowa State from 1937 to 1940. He compiled a 10-14-1 record there. His best season came in 1938, when the team went 7-1-1. He had better Success at the Colorado where he coached from 1941 to 1947. His record there stands at 24-17-2.

Norman C Paine was the head football coach at Baylor University in 1913. His record there stands at 4-4-2. From 1917 to 1918, he served as the head coach at the University of Arkansas, posting a 8-3-1 record. In 1920, he served as the coach at Iowa State University posting a 4-4 record.

Gene Chizik (born December 28, 1961 in Clearwater, Florida) is the current head football coach at Iowa State University. Chizik played linebacker for the University of Florida during the 1981 season, competing in the Peach Bowl. He graduated from Florida in 1985. He began his coaching career at Seminole High School in Saint Petersburg, FL, serving as their defensive coordinator and inside linebacker coach from 1986-1988.

Earle Bruce (born March 8, 1931) is a former college football and arena football coach from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bruce played running back at The Ohio State University until 1951, when he suffered a torn meniscus, ending his football career. Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes asked Bruce to join the coaching staff, which he did until his graduation in 1953. He was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity while attending Ohio State University.

Dante Scarnecchia is a 39-year coaching veteran who is enjoying his 27th season as an NFL assistant. He owns the longest coaching tenure in Patriots history, now entering his 25th season on the Patriots sidelines. Since joining the Patriots in 1982, he has spent all but two seasons (1989-90) in Foxborough. Scarnecchia has the distinction of being the only coach in franchise history to be a member of all six Super Bowl teams.