List of Indiana Hoosiers head football coaches

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The Indiana Hoosiers football team represents Indiana University in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 30 different head coaches since it began play during the 1887 season. [1] Over 139 seasons, the Hoosiers have compiled an overall record of 509 wins, 712 losses, and 45 ties (.420 all-time winning percentage).

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Six different head coaches have led the Hoosiers to postseason bowl games: John Pont, Lee Corso, Bill Mallory, Bill Lynch, Kevin Wilson and Tom Allen. Indiana has a 3–8 record over 11 bowl games in which they have competed. The Hoosiers have been guided to the Big Ten Conference title twice: in 1945 by Bo McMillin and in 1967 by Pont. The 1967 season culminated in the Hoosiers' first and only Rose Bowl appearance, a 14–3 loss to USC.

McMillin spent the most seasons (14) as the Indiana head coach, but Bill Mallory has led the Hoosiers for the most games (149). Mallory took the program to six different bowl games, far more than any other coach in school history. The highest winning percentage by any coach is by Madison G. Gonterman, who led the Hoosiers to a 12–3–1 record (.781) over two seasons in 1896–97. The lowest winning percentage for any coach in the modern era is by Bob Hicks, who went 1–8 (.111) in 1957, his only season at the helm.

In 2007, head coach Terry Hoeppner died of brain cancer. [2] Offensive coordinator Bill Lynch took over as head coach and led the 2007 Hoosiers to a 7–6 season, which included a last-second win over rival Purdue in the Bucket Game and a trip to the Insight Bowl. The bowl berth was the first for the Hoosiers in 14 years. [3]

Kevin Wilson would take over the Hoosiers football program in December 2011. With an overall record of 26–47, Wilson would bring the Hoosiers to their first bowl game since 2007, at the 2015 Pinstripe Bowl. This would be Wilson's only bowl game, as Wilson resigned on December 1, 2016, amidst "philosophical differences" with Athletic Director Fred Glass and allegations of player mistreatment. [4] [5]

Tom Allen succeeded Wilson. Indiana was the first head coaching job for Allen, who was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach in December 2016. [6] Allen's first game as head coach of the Hoosiers was on December 28, 2016, in the Foster Farms Bowl. Allen coached the Hoosiers in three bowl games total, including during the 2020 season when Indiana finished 12th in the AP poll. Allen was fired after the 2023 season, which concluded three straight losing seasons with a combined 3–24 Big Ten Conference record. Curt Cignetti was named the 30th head coach at Indiana in November 2023. [7]

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 [A 5] , postseason records, championships and selected awards [A 6]
No.NameSeason(s)GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLPTDCsCCsNCsNational Awards
1 Arthur B. Woodford 1887–188820110.2500
2 Evans Woollen 18892020.0000
3 Billy Herod 189161500.1670
0No Coach1892–1893103610.3500
4 Gustave Ferbert
&
Joseph R. Hudelson
189450410.1000
5 Winchester Osgood
&
Robert Wrenn
189584310.5630
6 Madison G. Gonterman 1896–18971611410.7190
7 James H. Horne 1898–190459332150.60231310.20600
8 James M. Sheldon 1905–191364352630.57072520.23500
9 Clarence Childs 1914–1915146710.4642700.22200
10 Ewald O. Stiehm 1916–192139201810.52651010.34400
11 James P. Herron 192271420.2860210.16700
12 Bill Ingram 1923–192523101210.4573810.29200
13 Harlan Page 1926–193041142430.37851620.26100
14 Earl C. Hayes 1931–19332461440.33321140.23500
15 Bo McMillin 1934–19471226348110.561343460.50010
16 Clyde B. Smith 1948–19513692610.26441900.17400
17 Bernie Crimmins 1952–195645133200.28962400.20000
18 Bob Hicks 195791800.111060.00000
19 Phil Dickens 1958–196463204120.33383420.20500
20 John Pont 1965–197283315110.380213610.37101010
21 Lee Corso 1973–1982111416820.378275320.34110000
22 Sam Wyche 1983113800.2732700.22200000
23 Bill Mallory 1984–1996149697730.473396510.37624000
24 Cam Cameron 1997–20015518370.32712280.3000000
25 Gerry DiNardo 2002–2004358270.2293210.1250000
26 Terry Hoeppner 2005–2006239140.3914120.2500000
27 Bill Lynch 2007–20104919300.3886260.1880100
28 Kevin Wilson 2011–20167326470.35612370.24501000
29 Tom Allen 2016–20238233490.40218430.29503000 AFCA Coach of the Year Award (2020)
30 Curt Cignetti 2024–present0000000000

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. [8]
  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. [9]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [10]
  5. Indiana has been a member of Big Ten Conference since the 1899 season.
  6. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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