List of Washington State Cougars head football coaches
Appearance
The Washington State Cougars college football team represents the Washington State University in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Cougars compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 32 head coaches since it began play during the 1894 season.
On November 30, 2011, Mike Leach agreed to terms and became head coach.[1]
Head coaching history
Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1894 | William "The Tire" Goodyear | 1 | 1–1 | .500 |
1895 | Fred Waite | 1 | 2–0 | 1.000 |
1896 | David A. Brodie | 1 | 2–0–1 | .833 |
1897 | Robert Gailey | 1 | 2–0 | 1.000 |
1898–99 | Frank Shively | 2 | 1–1–1 | .500 |
1900, 1902 | William L. Allen | 2 | 6–3–1 | .650 |
1901 | William Namack | 1 | 4–1 | .800 |
1903 | James N. Ashmore | 1 | 3–3–2 | .500 |
1904–1905 | Everett Sweeley | 2 | 6–6 | .500 |
1906–1907, 1912–1914 | John R. Bender | 5 | 21–12 | .636 |
1908 | Walter Rheinschild | 1 | 4–0–2 | .833 |
1909 | Willis Kienholz | 1 | 4–1 | .800 |
1910–1911 | Oscar Osthoff | 2 | 5–6 | .455 |
1915–1917 | William Henry Dietz | 3 | 17–2–1 | .875 |
1918 | Emory Alvord | 1 | 1–1 | .500 |
1919–1922 | Gus Welch | 4 | 16–10–1 | .611 |
1923–1925 | Albert Exendine | 3 | 6–13–4 | .348 |
1926–1942 | Babe Hollingbery | 15 | 93–53–14 | .625 |
1943–1944 | World War II – no teams | |||
1945–1949 | Phil Sarboe | 5 | 17–26–3 | .402 |
1950–1951 | Forest Evashevski | 2 | 11–6–2 | .632 |
1952–1955 | Al Kircher | 4 | 13–25–2 | .350 |
1956–1963 | Jim Sutherland | 8 | 37–39–4 | .488 |
1964–1967 | Bert Clark | 4 | 15–24–1 | .388 |
1968–1975 | Jim Sweeney | 8 | 26–59–1 | .308 |
1976 | Jackie Sherrill | 1 | 3–8 | .273 |
1977 | Warren Powers | 1 | 6–5 | .545 |
1978–1986 | Jim Walden | 9 | 44–52–4 | .460 |
1987–1988 | Dennis Erickson | 2 | 12–10–1 | .543 |
1989–2002 | Mike Price | 14 | 83–78 | .516 |
2003–2007 | Bill Doba | 5 | 30–29 | .508 |
2008–2011 | Paul Wulff | 4 | 9–40 | .184 |
2012–Jan 2020 | Mike Leach | 8 | 55–46 | .545 |
Totals | 33 coaches | 117 seasons | 505–528–45 | .489[2][failed verification] |
References
- ^ "Mike Leach To Coach Washington State". Archived from the original on 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records – FBS Individual Records" (PDF). ncaa.org. 2012. p. 65. Retrieved 2013-01-09.