List of Arizona State Sun Devils head football coaches
The Arizona State Sun Devils college football team represents Arizona State University in the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Sun Devils compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches and two interim head coaches since it began play during the 1897 season. Since November 2022, Kenny Dillingham has served as head coach at Arizona State.[1]
Ten coaches have led Arizona State in postseason bowl games: Dixie Howell, Ed Doherty, Frank Kush, Darryl Rogers, John Cooper, Bruce Snyder, Dirk Koetter, Dennis Erickson, Todd Graham, and Herm Edwards. Seven of those coaches also won conference championships: Ted Shipkey, Clyde B. Smith, and Dan Devine each captured one and Kush two as a member of the Border Conference; Kush captured seven as a member of the Western Athletic Conference; and Cooper and Snyder each captured one as a member of the Pacific-10.
Kush is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 176 victories during his 22 years with the program. Devine has the highest winning percentage at 0.887. George E. Cooper has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 24 different head coaches who have led the Sun Devils, Howell, Devine, Kush, Cooper, and Erickson have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) [A 6] |
GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick M. Irish | 1897 1899–1900 1902–1906 |
20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | George Schaeffer | 1914–1916 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0.467 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | George E. Cooper | 1919 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Ernest C. Wills | 1922 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Aaron McCreary | 1923–1929 | 46 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 0.587 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Ted Shipkey | 1930–1932 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0.560 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.611 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 7 | Rudy Lavik | 1933–1937 | 42 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 0.345 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0.333 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 8 | Dixie Howell† | 1938–1941 | 42 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 0.595 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 9 | Hilman Walker | 1942 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 10 | Steve Coutchie | 1946 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0.273 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 11 | Ed Doherty | 1947–1950 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0.595 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0.636 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 12 | Larry Siemering | 1951 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 13 | Clyde B. Smith | 1952–1954 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0.534 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 14 | Dan Devine† | 1955–1957 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0.887 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 15 | Frank Kush† | 1958–1979 | 231 | 176 | 54 | 1 | 0.764 | 92 | 25 | 0 | 0.786 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | — | AFCA Coach of the Year (1975) (1975)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award |
| Int. | Bob Owens | 1979 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 16 | Darryl Rogers | 1980–1984 | 56 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 0.670 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0.597 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 17 | John Cooper† | 1985–1987 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0.722 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0.667 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | Sporting News College Football COY (1986) |
| 18 | Larry Marmie | 1988–1991 | 44 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0.511 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0.431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 19 | Bruce Snyder | 1992–2000 | 103 | 58 | 45 | 0 | 0.563 | 40 | 32 | 0 | 0.556 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1996) (1996)
George Munger Award (1996) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1996) Sporting News College Football COY (1996) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award |
| 20 | Dirk Koetter | 2001–2006 | 74 | 40 | 34 | — | 0.541 | 21 | 28 | — | 0.429 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 21 | Dennis Erickson† | 2007–2011 | 62 | 31 | 31 | — | 0.500 | 21 | 24 | — | 0.467 | 0 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 22 | Todd Graham | 2012–2017 | 78 | 46 | 32 | — | 0.590 | 31 | 23 | — | 0.574 | 2 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | Herm Edwards | 2018–2022 | 46 | 26 | 20 | — | 0.565 | 17 | 14 | — | 0.548 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Int. | Shaun Aguano | 2022 | 9 | 2 | 7 | — | 0.222 | 2 | 7 | — | 0.222 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Kenny Dillingham | 2023–present | 12 | 3 | 9 | — | 0.250 | 2 | 7 | — | 0.222 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Notes
- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
- ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
- ^ Arizona State did not field teams for the 1898, 1901, 1907–1913, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, and 1943–1945 seasons.
References
- ^ Thamel, Pete (November 26, 2022). "Arizona State hires Oregon's Kenny Dillingham as head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.