Founded in 1951
The National Football Foundation founded the Hall in 1951 to honour college football’s greatest players and coaches. Players are considered only after major first-team All-America recognition, and only about 0.02 per cent of college players and coaches are inducted.
Three homes
The Hall opened its first building at Kings Mills, Ohio, in 1978 and moved to South Bend, Indiana, in 1995. The National Football Foundation chose Atlanta in 2009, and the South Bend building closed in December 2012.
A new Hall in Atlanta
The Atlanta Hall opened on 23 August 2014 at 250 Marietta Street, beside Centennial Olympic Park and the Georgia World Congress Center. As of the class of 2026, it honours 1,129 players and 241 coaches from 328 schools.



