College Football Coaching Legends

There are many coaches that have left a great legacy on the gridirons of college stadiums across the country. These icons have become popular personalities, certainly around the programs the have coached and also around the country. Due to that notoriety, college football coaching legends are popular speakers at corporate events, football parties and more. They share fun stories from their time roaming the sidelines and also impart lessons about leadership and life. 

Urban Meyer - Motivational Sports Speaker

Urban Meyer

Three-Time National Championship Coach in College Football

An Ohio boy, born and raised, Urban Meyer began his coaching career following his playing days at the University of Cincinnati. After making his start with a high school team in Cincinnati, Meyer join

Bob Stoops - Motivational Sports Speaker

Bob Stoops

Retired National Championship Winning Football Coach for the University of Oklahoma

Bob Stoops was the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma since 1999-2017.  Stoops was born in Youngstown, Ohio and played his college football at Iowa after graduating from Cardinal Mooney

Tom Osborne - Motivational Sports Speaker

Tom Osborne

Retired Head Football Coach for the University Of Nebraska

Tom Osborne led the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football team to three national championships, 13 conference championships, and 13 overall bowl wins during his 25 years as head coach from 1973

Steve Spurrier - Motivational Sports Speaker

Steve Spurrier

Former Heisman Trophy Winner and National Champion Coach

Steve Spurrier is a college football legend. A former player himself, Spurrier played college football for the Florida Gators, where he was a two-time All-American quarterback and Heisman Trophy winne

Gene Stallings - Motivational Sports Speaker

Gene Stallings

Former National Champion Head Coach at the University of Alabama

Gene Stallings is a retired college football player and football coach. Stallings was recruited by Texas A&M University to play football for the Aggies under coach Raymond George. Stallings helped the

Barry Switzer - Motivational Sports Speaker

Barry Switzer

Former National Champion and Super Bowl Winning Head Coach

As a legendary coach in both college and pro football, not many people can match the resume of Barry Switzer.  Switzer piloted the Oklahoma Sooners program for 16 year and coached Dallas Cowboys for f

Bill Curry - Motivational Sports Speaker

Bill Curry

ESPN College Football Analyst

Bill Curry is a former college and professional player and coach. In his time on the field Bill played for the Green Bay Packers and was a part of their Super Bowl I victory. That came just two years

Tommy Tuberville - Motivational Sports Speaker

Tommy Tuberville

Former College Football Coach and Current U.S. Senator

Tommy Tuberville is a former college football coach and current U.S. Senator representing Alabama. He began his career at the high school level at Hermitage High School in his native Arkansas before g

Gene Chizik - Motivational Sports Speaker

Gene Chizik

Head Coach of the 2010 BCS National Champion Auburn Tigers

Gene Chizik won a BCS National Championship as head coach of the Auburn Tigers in 2010. Chizik attended the University of Florida where he played linebacker for the Gators’ football team. Chizki’s coa

Houston Nutt - Motivational Sports Speaker

Houston Nutt

Retired Three-Time SEC Coach of the Year

Houston Nutt is a former collegiate football coach and player. As a player, Nutt was a pocket style quarterback at the University of Arkansas, but the arrival of head coach Lou Holtz led to his transf

Bill Snyder - Motivational Sports Speaker

Bill Snyder

Retired Head Football Coach at Kansas State University

After hanging up the helmet from playing the game of football in high school and college, Bill Snyder became a coach in 1962. His career has spanned several decades, and included great successes. Bill

Danny Ford - Motivational Sports Speaker

Danny Ford

Former Clemson Coach

The 1981 Coach of the Year played college football for the University of Alabama between the years of 1967 to 1969 before becoming a coach for his university in 1973, then for Virginia Tech during 197

Jack Harbaugh - Motivational Sports Speaker

Jack Harbaugh

Former College Football Coach

Jack Harbaugh was a longtime college football coach and the patriarch of one of the great coaching families in the history of the sport. Harbaugh is best identified for his run as the head coach at We

Jackie Sherrill - Motivational Sports Speaker

Jackie Sherrill

Former College Football Head Coach

Jackie Sherrill was a longtime college football head coach. He had tenures as Washington State, Pittsburgh, Texas A M and Mississippi State. From 1991-2003, Sherrill coached the Bulldogs. They post

R.C. Slocum - Motivational Sports Speaker

R.C. Slocum

Legendary Texas A&M football coach

R.C. Slocum graduated from Stark High School in Orange, Texas in 1963 and attended McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana on a football scholarship. After earning his bachelor s degree i

Frank Beamer - Motivational Sports Speaker

Frank Beamer

Former Head Football Coach at Virginia Tech

Frank Beamer is one of the greatest coaches in the modern history of college football. He was a former player at Virginia Tech who coached his alma mater for 30 years. Beamer attended Virginia Tech an

Dennis Franchione - Motivational Sports Speaker

Dennis Franchione

Former College Football Head Coach

Dennis Franchione, known as Coach Fran, was a college head football coach for 30 years and coached at both the high school and college levels for over four decades. Coach Fran got his start in coachin

Mark Richt - Motivational Sports Speaker

Mark Richt

Former College Football Head Coach

Mark Richt is a former head coach at the University of Georgia and University of Miami. Richt was a former football player himself who grew up in the 1960’s in Omaha, Nebraska. While he moved to Flori

Lloyd Carr - Motivational Sports Speaker

Lloyd Carr

National Championship Winning Former Michigan Football Coach

Lloyd Carr played quarterback at the University of Missouri from 1964 to 1966 and finished up his college career at Northern Michigan University in 1967.  After earning his degree from Northern Michig

Gary Pinkel - Motivational Sports Speaker

Gary Pinkel

Former University of Missouri Football Coach

Gary Pinkel was the head football coach at the University of Missouri. Pinkel attended Kent State University where he played tight end for the Golden Flashes. Pinkel’s coaching career began as a gradu

Phillip Fulmer - Motivational Sports Speaker

Phillip Fulmer

Former Head Football Coach at Tennessee

Phillip Fulmer played guard on the University of Tennessee football team from 1968 to 1971 and helped them to a 30-5 record during that time, with an SEC Championship in 1969, a Sugar Bowl win in 1970

Paul Johnson - Motivational Sports Speaker

Paul Johnson

Head Coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Paul Johnson is the head football coach at Georgia Tech. Johnson graduated from Western Carolina University in 1979, and immediately began his coaching career as an offensive coordinator at Lee-McRae