List of Kentucky Wildcats head football coaches

B&W image of man standing wearing a hat, white shirt and non-bowtie. — Jerry Claiborne is one of two Kentucky coaches to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

The Kentucky Wildcats college football team represents the University of Kentucky in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 37 head coaches since it began play during the 1881 season.^[1] On November 27, 2012, Mark Stoops was introduced as Kentucky's 37th head coach.^[2]

The team has played more than 1,150 games over 122 seasons of Kentucky football.^[1] Both the inaugural 1881 squad and the revived 1891 squad have unknown coaches according to university records in winning two games and losing three.^[1] Since 1892, eight coaches have led the Wildcats in postseason bowl games: Bear Bryant, Fran Curci, Jerry Claiborne, Bill Curry, Hal Mumme, Rich Brooks, Joker Phillips^[3] and Mark Stoops.

Two of those coaches also won conference championships: Bryant and Curci won a combined three as a member of the SEC.^[4]

Stoops is the leader in both seasons coached, with ten, and all-time wins, with 66. At the time of this writing is entering his 11th season as coach of the Wildcats.^[5] Fran Curci was the previous leader with 9 seasons coached.^[4] Bryant was the previous leader in games won, with 60 victories during his eight seasons with the program.^[4] Jack Wright has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .875.^[4] Bernie Shively has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .200.^[4] Of the 36 different head coaches who have led the Wildcats, Bryant^[6] and Jerry Claiborne^[7] have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
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

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards^{[A 5]}
No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC ^{[A 6]}	CC	NC	Awards
1	A. M. Miller	1892	7	2	4	1	0.357	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
2	John A. Thompson	1893	8	5	2	1	0.687	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
3	W. P. Finney	1894	7	5	2	0	0.714	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
4	Charles B. Mason	1895	9	4	5	0	0.444	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
5	Dudley Short	1896	9	3	6	0	0.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
6	Lyman Eaton	1897	6	2	4	0	0.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
7	W. R. Bass	1898–1899	16	12	2	2	0.813	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
8	William H. Kiler	1900–1901	19	6	12	1	0.342	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
9	E. W. McLeod	1902	9	3	5	1	0.389	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
10	Jack Wright	1903	8	7	1	0	0.875	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
11	Fred Schacht	1904–1905	20	15	4	1	0.775	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
12	J. White Guyn	1906–1908	25	17	7	1	0.700	1	4	1	0.250	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
13	Edwin Sweetland	1909–1910 1912	28	23	5	0	0.821	4	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
14	Prentiss Douglass	1911	10	7	3	0	0.700	1	1	0	0.500	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
15	Alpha Brumage	1913–1914	16	11	5	0	0.688	1	2	0	0.333	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
16	John J. Tigert	1915–1916	15	10	2	3	0.767	3	2	3	0.563	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
17	Stanley A. Boles	1917	9	3	5	1	0.389	1	5	0	0.167	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
18	Andrew Gill	1918–1919	11	5	5	1	0.500	4	2	1	0.643	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
19	William Juneau	1920–1922	25	13	10	2	0.560	3	8	2	0.308	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
20	Jack Winn	1923	9	4	3	2	0.556	0	2	2	0.250	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
21	Fred J. Murphy	1924–1926	27	12	14	1	0.463	7	9	1	0.441	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
22	Harry Gamage	1927–1933	62	32	25	5	0.556	21	23	4	0.479	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
23	Chet A. Wynne	1934–1937	39	20	19	0	0.513	5	14	0	0.236	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
24	A. D. Kirwan	1938–1944	56	24	28	4	0.464	4	22	3	0.190	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
25	Bernie Shively	1945	10	2	8	0	0.200	0	5	0	.000	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
26	Bear Bryant^†	1946–1953	88	60	23	5	0.710	25	19	4	0.563	3	1	0	—	1	1	AP SEC Coach of the Year (1950)^[12]
27	Blanton Collier	1954–1961	80	41	36	3	0.531	21	34	3	0.388	0	0	0	—	0	0	SEC Coach of the Year (1954)^[12]
28	Charlie Bradshaw	1962–1968	70	25	41	4	0.386	11	25	2	0.316	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
29	John Ray	1969–1972	43	10	33	0	0.233	4	24	0	0.143	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
30	Fran Curci	1973–1981	100	47	51	2	0.480	25	30	0	0.455	1	0	0	—	2	0	AP SEC Coach of the Year (1977)^[12]
31	Jerry Claiborne^†	1982–1989	90	41	46	3	0.472	13	37	0	0.260	1	1	0	—	0	0	AP SEC Coach of the Year (1983)^[12]
32	Bill Curry	1990–1996	78	26	52	0	0.333	14	40	0	0.259	0	1	0	0	0	0	—
33	Hal Mumme	1997–2000	46	20	26	—	0.435	10	22	—	0.313	0	2	0	0	0	0	—
34	Guy Morriss	2001–2002	23	9	14	—	0.391	4	12	—	0.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
35	Rich Brooks	2003–2009	86	39	47	—	0.453	16	39	—	0.291	3	1	0	0	0	0	—
36	Joker Phillips	2010–2012	37	13	24	—	0.351	4	20	—	0.167	0	1	0	0	0	0	—
37	Mark Stoops	2013–present	140	67	73	—	0.479	28	62	—	0.311	4	3	0	0	0	0	AP SEC Coach of the Year (2018)^[12]

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.^[8]
^ 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.^[9]
^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[10]
^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
^ Divisional champions have advanced to the SEC Championship Game since the institution of divisional play beginning in the 1992 season. Since that time, Kentucky has competed as a member of the East Division of the SEC.^[11]

References

General

"Kentucky Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
Kentucky Football Media Guide (PDF). Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Athletics Department. 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2011.

Backus, Will (August 2, 2024). "Kentucky will vacate wins as NCAA investigation finds football players received 'impermissible benefits'". CBSSports.com. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c Kentucky Football Media Guide, p. 177
^ "Mark Stoops hired by Kentucky". ESPN. November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^ Kentucky Football Media Guide, p. 141
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kentucky Football Media Guide, pp. 190–196
^ "Mark Stoops". UK Athletics. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
^ "Paul "Bear" Bryant". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
^ "Jerry Claiborne". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. 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 September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
^ Harwell, Hoyt (November 30, 1990). "SEC sets division lineups". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1C. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kentucky Football Media Guide, p. 146

[9] 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.^[8]

[10] 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.

[12] Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[9]

[14] When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[10]

[15] Statistics correct as of the end of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

[17] Divisional champions have advanced to the SEC Championship Game since the institution of divisional play beginning in the 1992 season. Since that time, Kentucky has competed as a member of the East Division of the SEC.^[11]

[k177-1] Kentucky Football Media Guide, p. 177

[2] "Mark Stoops hired by Kentucky". ESPN. November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.

[k141-3] Kentucky Football Media Guide, p. 141

[k190-4] Kentucky Football Media Guide, pp. 190–196

[5] "Mark Stoops". UK Athletics. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

[PB-HOF-6] "Paul "Bear" Bryant". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2011.

[JC-HOF-7] "Jerry Claiborne". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2011.

[Bowls-8] National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.

[Ties-11] Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.

[TieCalc-13] Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.

[Division-16] Harwell, Hoyt (November 30, 1990). "SEC sets division lineups". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1C. Retrieved January 30, 2011.

[k146-18] Kentucky Football Media Guide, p. 146

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List of Kentucky Wildcats head football coaches

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