List of North Carolina A&T Aggies head football coaches

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This list of North Carolina A&T Aggies head football coaches includes those coaches who have led the North Carolina A&T Aggies football team that represents North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in the sport of American football. The Aggies currently compete in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and CAA Football, the technically separate football league operated by the Aggies' primary home conference, the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA).

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Nineteen men have served as the Aggies' head coach, including one who has served as interim head coach, since the Aggies began play in the fall of 1924. In February 2011, Rod Broadway was named the new head coach of the Aggies, and the following year, led the team in its first winning season in nine years. [1] Since the inception of the program, six coaches have let the Aggies in postseason bowl games: Charles DeBerry, William Bell, Bert Piggott, Hornsby Howell, Mo Forte, Bill Hayes, George Small, & Rod Broadway. [2] Eight Aggie coaches have led their teams to conference championships during their tenure, with Bill Hayes and Burt Piggott both winning the most at three each. [1] Three Aggie coaches have won the Black college football national championship during their tenures; Hornsby Howell in 1968, and Bill Hayes in 1990 and 1999, and Rod Broadway in 2015. [3]

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
—Unknown [A 7] 1901–19222471250.3960
1 Lonnie P. Byarm 1923–1930733825100.589201790.53310
2 Harry R. Jefferson 1931–19321651100.3135800.38500
3 Inman A. Breaux 1933–1936;
1938–1939		53281780.604251270.64800
4 S. A. Barksdale 193792430.3893510.35700
5 Homer Harris 194094410.5003300.50000
6 Roland K. Bernard 194193600.3332500.28600
7 Charles U. DeBerry 1942–194425131210.5195800.38511000
8 Charles W. Carter 194593510.3892300.40000
9 William M. Bell 1946–1956100563770.595382770.56311 [A 8]
10 Bert C. Piggott 1957–196799563940.586551430.78530
11 Hornsby Howell 1968–197693553440.613291730.62211
12 James McKinley 1977–198168303710.449151710.46711000
13 Mo Forte 1982–198765263810.40881400.36401010
14 Bill Hayes 1988–20021701066400.624000.00013032
15 George Small 2003–200535161900.45791300.40901010
16 Lee Fobbs [A 9] 2005–20083022800.0670210.00000000
INT George Ragsdale [A 10] 200841300.2501300.25000000
17 Alonzo Lee 2009–20102261600.27341200.33300000
18 Rod Broadway 2011–201779572200.722411500.73221032
19 Sam Washington 2018–202246311500.67419800.70420020
20 Vincent Brown 2023-present0000–000–00000

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. [4]
  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. [5]
  4. ↑ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [6]
  5. ↑ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
  6. ↑ North Carolina A&T did not field teams from 1902–1905, 1907–1911, 1913, & 1917–1920 "North Carolina A&T Yearly Totals". cfbdatawarehouse.com. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  7. ↑ All athletic records prior to 1924 were lost.
  8. ↑ In 1951, North Carolina A&T was awarded a national title outside of the Black college national championship.
  9. ↑ Lee Fobbs was fired from his position as coach on October 21, 2008. As of that date his season record was 2-6. "NC A&T fires football coach". USAToday.com. The Associated Press. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  10. ↑ George Ragsdale was named interim coach on October 21, 2008; He finished the 2008 season with a 1–3 record.

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