Last on staff as Head Coach, Columbus Destroyers, through 2004.
Not on a staff this seasonHead coach highest tier reachedWoody Hayes mentor53 protégés
Drawing the tree…
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|
| Woody Hayes | Ohio State | 1970–1971 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Lichtenberg | Columbus Destroyers | 2004 |
| Todd Fitch | Colorado State | 1992 |
| Chuck Heater | Colorado State | 1991–1992 |
| Mike DeBord | Colorado State | 1990–1991 |
| Urban Meyer | Colorado State | 1990–1992 |
| Bob Wylie | Colorado State | 1989 |
| Kevin Cosgrove | Colorado State | 1989 |
| Kit Cartwright | Colorado State | 1989–1992 |
| Skip Holtz | Colorado State | 1989 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Leon Fuller | Colorado State | 1989 |
| Darrell Mudra | Northern Iowa | 1988 |
| Woody Hayes | Ohio State | 1979 |
| Johnny Majors | Iowa State | 1973 |
| Bill Fulcher | Tampa | 1972 |
| Dave McClain | Ohio State | 1970 |
| George Chaump | Ohio State | 1970 |
| Ralph Staub | Ohio State | 1970 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Sonny Lubick | Colorado State | 1993 |
| Terry Allen | Northern Iowa | 1989 |
| John Cooper | Ohio State | 1988 |
| Donnie Duncan | Iowa State | 1979 |
| Dennis Fryzel | Tampa | 1973 |
| Dick Walker | Ohio State | 1971 |
| Rudy Hubbard | Ohio State | 1971 |
| George Chaump | Ohio State | 1970 |
| Ralph Staub | Ohio State | 1970 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Devine | Ohio State | 1983 |
| John Wiley | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Rick Bankston | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Colorado State |
| 1989–1992 |
| Steve Szabo | Colorado State | 1989–1990 |
| Tim Salem | Colorado State | 1989–1990 |
| Vance Bedford | Colorado State | 1989–1992 |
| Dennis Remmert | Northern Iowa | 1988 |
| Jay Norvell | Northern Iowa | 1988 |
| Mark Farley | Northern Iowa | 1988 |
| Steve Szabo | Northern Iowa | 1988 |
| Terry Allen | Northern Iowa | 1988 |
| Tom Lichtenberg | Northern Iowa | 1988 |
| Mickey Marotti | Ohio State | 1987 |
| Bob Palcic | Ohio State | 1986–1987 |
| Tom Lichtenberg | Ohio State | 1986–1987 |
| Urban Meyer | Ohio State | 1986–1987 |
| Chuck Heater | Ohio State | 1985–1987 |
| Leonard Willis | Ohio State | 1985–1987 |
| Bill Conley | Ohio State | 1984–1987 |
| Gary Blackney | Ohio State | 1984–1987 |
| Steve Devine | Ohio State | 1984–1987 |
| Jim Tressel | Ohio State | 1983–1985 |
| Mark Dantonio | Ohio State | 1983–1984 |
| Dom Capers | Ohio State | 1982–1983 |
| Randy Hart | Ohio State | 1982–1987 |
| Nick Saban | Ohio State | 1980–1981 |
| Bill Myles | Ohio State | 1979–1984 |
| Bob Tucker | Ohio State | 1979–1984 |
| Dennis Fryzel | Ohio State | 1979–1981 |
| Fred Pagac | Ohio State | 1979–1987 |
| Fred Zechman | Ohio State | 1979–1982 |
| Glen Mason | Ohio State | 1979–1985 |
| Pete Carroll | Ohio State | 1979 |
| Steve Szabo | Ohio State | 1979–1981 |
| Wayne Stanley | Ohio State | 1979–1983 |
| Pete Carroll | Iowa State | 1978 |
| Dave Triplett | Iowa State | 1977 |
| Steve Szabo | Iowa State | 1977–1978 |
| Tom Lichtenberg | Iowa State | 1977 |
| Tommy Vaughn | Iowa State | 1977 |
| Jim Williams | Iowa State | 1976–1978 |
| Nick Saban | Kent State | 1976 |
| Pete Rodriguez | Iowa State | 1976–1978 |
| Glen Mason | Iowa State | 1975–1976 |
| Al Lavan | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Bob Seaman | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Charlie Lyle | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Keith Kephart | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Larry Hunt | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Steve Loney | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Tom Backhus | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Tom Harper | Iowa State | 1974–1975 |
| Tom Lichtenberg | Iowa State | 1974 |
| Bob Tucker | Iowa State | 1973–1978 |
| Dante Scarnecchia | Iowa State | 1973–1974 |
| Jim Weaver | Iowa State | 1973 |
| Joe Bugel | Iowa State | 1973 |
| Randy Hart | Iowa State | 1973–1976 |
| Ray Greene | Iowa State | 1973 |
| Dennis Fryzel | Tampa | 1972 |
| Randy Hart | Tampa | 1972 |