List of college football coaches who coached games in stadiums named after themselves


Many football stadiums are named after former coaches. Inclusion on this list is restricted to coaches who actually coached a regular season, playoff, or bowl game in the stadium while it was named in their honor. For example, Emporia State University named their Welch Stadium to honor the legacy of former coach Fran Welch. But the stadium did not receive that name until 1960, which was six years after he coached his final game. Therefore, Fran Welch are excluded from this list. Additionally, some coaches have had the stadium's playing surface, but not the stadium itself, named in their honor; coaches in this category are also excluded. By contrast, LaVell Edwards is included because Brigham Young University officially renamed its football stadium in his honor before his final home game as the school's head coach.
Although Stagg Field received its name while Amos Alonzo Stagg was coaching the Chicago Maroons, Stagg also coached the Pacific Tigers at Stagg Field as opposing coach on November 12, 1938. Either case is worthy of inclusion.

College football coaches who coached games in stadiums or fields named after themselves

CoachStadiumSchoolLocation
Bryant–Denny StadiumAlabama Crimson TideTuscaloosa, Alabama
Jake Christiansen StadiumConcordia CobbersMoorhead, Minnesota
LaVell Edwards StadiumBYU CougarsProvo, Utah
Bob Ford FieldAlbany Great DanesAlbany, New York
Jordan–Hare StadiumAuburn TigersAuburn, Alabama
Roy Kidd StadiumEastern Kentucky ColonelsRichmond, Kentucky
Bill Snyder Family StadiumKansas State WildcatsManhattan, Kansas
Stagg FieldChicago Maroons
Pacific Tigers		Chicago, Illinois
'Rice–Totten StadiumMississippi Valley State Delta DevilsItta Bena, Mississippi
'Larry Wilcox StadiumBenedictine RavensAtchison, Kansas
Eddie Robinson StadiumGrambling State TigersGrambling, Louisiana
Mike DrassDrass FieldWesley College WolverinesDover, DE

College football coaches who coached at colleges named after their family

As a supplement to the list, Samuel Colgate Jr. must be mentioned as former head coach at Colgate University, a school named in honor of his family. During his tenure as head coach, the teams likely played their games at what is now called "Whitnall Field".