List of Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches

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The Iowa State Cyclones football program is a college football team that represents Iowa State University in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 33 head coaches since organized football at the school began in 1892, and was officially sanctioned in 1894. Originally, the Iowa Agricultural College teams were known as the Cardinals. The name was changed after September 29, 1895, when under coach Pop Warner, [1] the Cardinals defeated the Northwestern Wildcats, 36–0. Inspired by an extremely active tornado (then known as a "cyclone") [2] season, the next day, the Chicago Tribune headline read: "Struck by a Cyclone." The article went on to say, "Northwestern might as well have tried to play football with an Iowa cyclone as with the Iowa team it met yesterday." [3] Since then the Iowa State teams have been known as the Cyclones. [4]

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Iowa State has played in 1,290 games during its 131 seasons. In those seasons, five coaches have led the Cyclones to postseason bowl games: Johnny Majors, Earle Bruce, Dan McCarney, Paul Rhoads and Matt Campbell. Clyde Williams won two conference championships with the Cyclones. Campbell is the all-time leader in wins as of September 28, 2024 when he surpassed McCarney's record of 56. McCarney is the all-time leader in games coached (141), and years coached (11). Bert German is the all-time leader in winning percentage (.833). W. P. Finney has the lowest winning percentage (.000) having no wins.

Both Warner and Bruce have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Majors, Bruce, McCarney and Campbell have each received the Coach of the Year Award from their respective conference. The current coach is Matt Campbell, who was hired November 29, 2015. [5] Matt Campbell has received the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year Award for 2017, 2018 and 2020. [6] For the 2020 season, Matt Campbell led Iowa State to an 8-1 conference leading, regular season record and its first berth in the conference championship game. [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

#NameTermGCWsLsTsW%CWsCLsCTsCW%PWsPLsPTsCCsAwards
1 Ira C. Brownlie 18922101.750
2 W. P. Finney 1893303.000
3 Bert German 1894651.833
4 Pop Warner † [11] 1895–189926188.692
5 Joe Meyers 18999441.500
6 C. E. Woodruff 19008251.313
7 Edgar M. Clinton 190110262.300
8 A. W. Ristine 1902–19064736101.777
9 Clyde Williams 1907–19124933142.694852.6002; 1911, 1912
10 Homer C. Hubbard 1913–19141587.533431.563
11 Charles Mayser 1915–19193421112.6471042.688
12 Norman C. Paine 1920844.50032.600
13 Maury Kent 1921844.50034.429
14 Sam Willaman 1922–19253214153.48411102.522
15 C. Noel Workman 1926–19304111273.3058172.333
16 George F. Veenker 1931–19365121228.4907184.310
17 James J. Yeager 1937–19403616191.4587121.375
18 Ray Donels 1941–194212381.292141.250
19 Mike Michalske 1942–19463918183.500892.474
20 Abe Stuber 1947–19536524383.39212281.305
21 Vince DiFrancesca 1954–1956286211.2322151.139
22 Jim Myers 195710451.450240.333
23 Clay Stapleton 1958–19679942534.44422432.343
24 Johnny Majors 1968–19725524301.4459251.2712 Big Eight Coach of the Year (1971) [12]
25 Earle Bruce † [13] 1973–1978683632.5291824.4292 Big Eight Coach of the Year (1976, 1977) [14]
26 Donnie Duncan 1979–19824418242.4327192.286
27 Jim Criner 1983–19864216242.4058162.346
28Chuck Banker1986211.50011.500
29 Jim Walden 1987–19948828573.33516373.313
30 Dan McCarney 1995–20061415685.3972768.28423 Big 12 Coach of the Year (2004) [14]
31 Gene Chizik 2007–200824519.208214.125
32 Paul Rhoads 2009–2015873255.3681645.26212
33 Matt Campbell 2016–present1055848.5473733.52924 Big 12 Coach of the Year (2017,2018,2020)

Iowa State football coaching records accurate as of Sep 28, 2024.

See also

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]

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