List of Arizona State Sun Devils head football coaches

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Dan Devine served as head coach of the Sun Devils from 1955 to 1957 and has the highest winning percentage in program history. Dan Devine 1965.jpg
Dan Devine served as head coach of the Sun Devils from 1955 to 1957 and has the highest winning percentage in program history.

The Arizona State Sun Devils college football team represents Arizona State University in the Big 12 Conference. 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]

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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

Key to symbols in coaches list
GeneralOverallConferencePostseason [A 1]
No.Order of coaches [A 2] GCGames coachedCWConference winsPWPostseason wins
DCDivision championshipsOWOverall winsCLConference lossesPLPostseason losses
CCConference championshipsOLOverall lossesCTConference tiesPTPostseason ties
NCNational championshipsOTOverall 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.NameSeason(s)
[A 6]
GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLPTCCNCAwards
1 Frederick M. Irish 1897
1899–1900
1902–1906
2012800.600
2 George Schaeffer 1914–1916157800.467
3 George E. Cooper 19192020.000
4 Ernest C. Wills 192240310.125
5 Aaron McCreary 1923–192946251740.587
6 Ted Shipkey 1930–193225131020.5605310.6111
7 Rudy Lavik 1933–193742132630.34581720.3330
8 Dixie Howell 1938–194142231540.595111120.5000110
9 Hilman Walker 1942102800.2002500.2860000
10 Steve Coutchie 1946112720.2731410.2500000
11 Ed Doherty 1947–195042251700.59514800.6360200
12 Larry Siemering 1951106310.6504100.8000000
13 Clyde B. Smith 1952–195429151310.5348400.6670001
14 Dan Devine 1955–19573127310.88711200.8460001
15 Frank Kush 1958–19792311765410.764922500.7866109 AFCA Coach of the Year (1975)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1975)
Int. Bob Owens 197973400.4291300.2500000
16 Darryl Rogers 1980–198456371810.670211410.5971000
17 John Cooper 1985–19873625920.72213620.6672101 Sporting News College Football COY (1986)
18 Larry Marmie 1988–199144222110.511121610.4310000
19 Bruce Snyder 1992–2000103584500.563403200.5561301 AFCA Coach of the Year (1996)
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1996)
George Munger Award (1996)
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1996)
Sporting News College Football COY (1996)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1996)
20 Dirk Koetter 2001–20067440340.54121280.429220
21 Dennis Erickson 2007–20116231310.50021240.467021
22 Todd Graham 2012–20177846320.59031230.574230
23 Herm Edwards 2018–20224626200.56517140.548120
Int. Shaun Aguano 20229270.222270.222000
24 Kenny Dillingham 2023–present12390.250270.222000

Notes

  1. 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]
  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.
  3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since. [3]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [4]
  5. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. Arizona State did not field teams for the 1898, 1901, 19071913, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, and 19431945 seasons.

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The Arizona State Sun Devils football team represents Arizona State University (ASU) in the sport of American college football. The Sun Devils team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Big 12 Conference. ASU has fielded a football team since 1897. The Sun Devils are led by head coach Kenny Dillingham and play their home games at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Sun Devils have won seventeen conference titles.

References

  1. Thamel, Pete (November 26, 2022). "Arizona State hires Oregon's Kenny Dillingham as head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.