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

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Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium was named to honor head coach Bill Snyder and his family by the Kansas State Wildcats.

The following is a list of college football coaches who coached games in stadiums named after themselves. Active and inactive coaches are included on the list.

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.[1] Therefore, Fran Welch (and others matching this example) 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.[2] Either case is worthy of inclusion.

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College football coaches who coached games in stadiums named after themselves

Bold indicates coaches active in 2015
Coach Stadium School Location
Bear Bryant Bryant–Denny Stadium Alabama Crimson Tide Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Jake Christiansen[3] Jake Christiansen Stadium Concordia Cobbers Moorhead, Minnesota
LaVell Edwards[4] LaVell Edwards Stadium BYU Cougars Provo, Utah
Bob Ford[5] Bob Ford Field Albany Great Danes Albany, New York
Ralph Jordan Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn Tigers Auburn, Alabama
Roy Kidd Roy Kidd Stadium Eastern Kentucky Colonels Richmond, Kentucky
Bill Snyder[6] Bill Snyder Family Stadium Kansas State Wildcats Manhattan, Kansas
Amos Alonzo Stagg Stagg Field Chicago Maroons
Pacific Tigers		 Chicago, Illinois
Willie Totten Rice–Totten Stadium Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Itta Bena, Mississippi
Larry Wilcox[7] Larry Wilcox Stadium Benedictine Ravens Atchison, Kansas
Eddie Robinson Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling State Tigers Grambling, Louisiana

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.[8] During his tenure as head coach, the teams likely played their games at what is now called "Whitnall Field".

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