Head Coaching History
| Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
| 1894 | William Goodyear | 1 | 1-1 | .500 |
| 1895 | W.W. Waite | 1 | 2-0 | 1.000 |
| 1896 | David Brodie | 1 | 2-0-1 | 1.000 |
| 1897 | Robert Galley | 1 | 2-0 | 1.000 |
| 1898-99 | Frank Shively | 2 | 1-1-1 | .500 |
| 1900, 1902 | William Allen | 2 | 6-3-1 | .650 |
| 1901 | William Namack | 1 | 4-1 | .800 |
| 1903 | James Ashmore | 1 | 3-3-2 | .500 |
| 1904-05 | Everett Sweeley | 2 | 6-6 | .500 |
| 1906-07, 1912-14 | John R. Bender | 5 | 21-12 | .636 |
| 1908 | Walter Rheinschild | 1 | 4-0-2 | .833 |
| 1909 | Willis Keinholz | 1 | 4-1 | .800 |
| 1910-11 | Oscar Osthoff | 2 | 5-6 | .454 |
| 1915-17 | William Henry Dietz | 3 | 17-2-1 | .875 |
| 1918 | Emory Alvord | 1 | 1-1 | .500 |
| 1919-22 | Gus Welch | 4 | 16-10-1 | .611 |
| 1923-25 | Albert Exendine | 3 | 6-13-4 | .348 |
| 1926-42 | O.E. Hollingbery | 15 | 93-53-14 | .625 |
| 1943-44 | World War II - no teams | |||
| 1945-49 | Phil Sarboe | 5 | 17-26-3 | .402 |
| 1950-51 | Forest Evashevski | 2 | 11-6-2 | .632 |
| 1952-55 | Al Kircher | 4 | 13-25-2 | .350 |
| 1958-63 | Jim Sutherland | 8 | 37-39-4 | .488 |
| 1964-67 | Bert Clark | 4 | 15-24-1 | .388 |
| 1968-75 | Jim Sweeney | 8 | 26-59-1 | .308 |
| 1976 | Jackie Sherrill | 1 | 3-8 | .273 |
| 1977 | Warren Powers | 1 | 6-5 | .545 |
| 1978-86 | Jim Walden | 9 | 44-52-4 | .460 |
| 1987-88 | Dennis Erickson | 2 | 12-10-1 | .543 |
| 1989-2002 | Mike Price | 14 | 83-78 | .516 |
| 2003-07 | Bill Doba | 5 | 30-29 | .508 |
| 2008-11 | Paul Wulff | 4 | 9-40 | .184 |
| 2012- | Mike Leach | 1 | 3-9 | .250 |
| Totals | 33 coaches | 117 seasons | 500-526-45 | .488 |
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