List of Tulane Green Wave head football coaches

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The Tulane Green Wave college football team represents Tulane University in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). The Green Wave compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 42 head coaches since it began play during the 1893 season. Since December 2023, Jon Sumrall has served as head coach at Tulane. [1]

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Twelve coaches have led Tulane in postseason bowl games: R. R. Brown, Bernie Bierman, Ted Cox, Red Dawson, Jim Pittman, Bennie Ellender, Larry Smith, Vince Gibson, Mack Brown, Chris Scelfo, Curtis Johnson, and Willie Fritz. Five of those coaches also won conference championships: Cox, Dawson, and Henry Frnka each captured one as a member of the Southeastern Conference; Tommy Bowden captured one as a member of Conference USA; and Fritz one as a member of the AAC.

Clark Shaughnessy is the leader in seasons coached, with 11 years as head coach and games won with 59. Willie Fritz is the leader in games coached, at 101 games overall. H. T. Summersgill has the highest winning percentage at 0.909. Fred Sweet and Mark Hutson have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 42 different head coaches who have led the Green Wave, Shaughnessy, Bierman, Claude Simons Jr., and Brown 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.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCs
1 T. L. Bayne 1893
1895
84400.5001200.33300
2 Fred Sweet 18944040.0000
3 Harry Baum 189653200.6001200.33300
4 John Lombard 189821100.5001100.50000
5 Harris T. Collier 189970610.071050.00000
6 H. T. Summersgill 1900–19011110100.9096001.00000
7 Virginius Dabney 190271420.2860420.16700
8 Charles Eshleman 190352210.5000110.25000
9 Thomas A. Barry 190475200.7143200.60000
10 John F. Tobin 19051010.000010.00000
11 John Russ 190650410.100030.00000
12 Joe Curtis 1907–19081310300.7693100.75000
13 R. R. Brown 190994320.5562020.7500100
14 Appleton A. Mason 1910–191224101310.43841000.2860000
15 A. C. Hoffman 191383500.375040.0000000
16 Edwin Sweetland 191473310.5000310.1250000
17 Clark Shaughnessy 1915–1920
1922–1926
94592870.665261930.5730000
18 Myron Fuller 1921104600.4002200.5000000
19 Bernie Bierman 1927–193149361030.76524820.7350100
20 Ted Cox 1932–193540281020.72520720.7241010
21 Red Dawson 1936–194159361940.644161330.5470110
22 Claude Simons Jr. 1942–194531131710.43541010.3000000
23 Henry Frnka 1946–195158312340.569181530.5420010
24 Raymond Wolf 1952–19532061310.32531100.2140000
25 Andy Pilney 1954–196180254960.350113640.2550000
26 Tommy O'Boyle 1962–19654063310.16322310.0960000
27 Jim Pittman 1966–197052213010.413100
28 Bennie Ellender 1971–197556272900.482010
29 Larry Smith 1976–197945182700.400010
30 Vince Gibson 1980–198234171700.500010
31 Wally English 1983–19842251700.227000
32 Mack Brown 1985–198734112300.324010
33 Greg Davis 1988–199145143100.311000
34 Buddy Teevens 1992–199656114500.196140.2000000
35 Tommy Bowden 1997–1998221840.8181110.9170010
36 Chris Scelfo 1998–20069437570.39418420.3002000
37 Bob Toledo 2007–20116115460.2468320.2000000
38 Mark Hutson 2011606.00005.0000000
39 Curtis Johnson 2012–20154915340.30610220.3130100
40 Willie Fritz 2016–202310154470.53531330.4843110
41 Slade Nagle 2023101.0000100
42 Jon Sumrall 2024–present972700000

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 2023 regular season.

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References

  1. "Willie Fritz to be new coach at Tulane". ESPN.com. December 11, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 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.