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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Arkansas Razorbacks Head Football Coaches

The Arkansas Razorbacks college football team represents the University of Arkansas in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Razorbacks compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 33 head coaches, and 3 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1894 season. The Razorbacks' current head coach is Sam Pittman, who has held the position since the start of the 2020 season.

As of the conclusion of the 2019 regular season, the team has played 1,271 games over 126 seasons. In that time, 12 coaches have led the Razorbacks in postseason bowl games: Fred Thomsen, John Barnhill, Bowden Wyatt, Frank Broyles, Lou Holtz, Ken Hatfield, Jack Crowe, Danny Ford, Houston Nutt, Reggie Herring, Bobby Petrino, and Bret Bielema. 5 coaches won conference championships: Thomsen, Wyatt, Broyles, Holtz and Hatfield won a combined ten as a member of the Southwest Conference. Frank Broyles won the Razorbacks' lone national championship in 1964.

Broyles is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 144 victories during his 19 years with the program. Hatfield has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than 1 game, with .760. Chad Morris has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than 1 game, with .182. Of the 31 different head coaches who have led the Razorbacks, Hugo Bezdek, Francis Schmidt, Wyatt, Broyles, and Holtz have been inducted as head coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason
No. Order of coaches GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties C% Conference winning percentage
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC
CC NC Awards
1 John C. Futrall 1894–1896 7 5 2 0 0.714 0
2 B. N. Wilson 1897–1898 6 4 1 1 0.750 0
3 Colbert Searles 1899–1900 9 5 2 2 0.667 0
4 Charles Thomas 1901–1902 17 9 8 0 0.529 0
5 D. A. McDaniel 1903 7 3 4 0 0.429 0
6 A. D. Brown 1904–1905 17 6 11 0 0.353 0
7 Frank Longman 1906–1907 17 6 8 3 0.441 0
8 Hugo Bezdek 1908–1912 43 29 13 1 0.686 0
9 Earle T. Pickering 1913–1914 18 10 8 0 0.556 0
10 T. T. McConnell 1915–1916 15 8 6 1 0.567 1 3 0 0.250 0 0 0 0 0
11 Norman C. Paine 1917–1918 12 8 3 1 0.708 0 2 1 0.167 0 0 0 0 0
12 James B. Craig 1919 7 3 4 0 0.429 1 2 0 0.333 0 0 0 0 0
13 George McLaren 1920–1921 16 8 5 3 0.594 4 1 1 0.750 0 0 0 0 0
14 Francis Schmidt 1922–1928 65 41 21 3 0.654 14 13 2 0.518 0 0 0 0 0
15 Fred Thomsen 1929–1941 127 56 61 10 0.480 26 42 3 0.387 0 0 1 1 0
16 George Cole 1942 10 3 7 0 0.300 0 6 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0
17 John Tomlin 1943 9 2 7 0 0.222 1 4 0 0.200 0 0 0 0 0
18 Glen Rose 1944–1945 21 8 12 1 0.405 3 7 1 0.318 0 0 0 0 0
19 John Barnhill 1946–1949 42 22 17 3 0.560 10 13 1 0.438 1 0 1 1 0
20 Otis Douglas 1950–1952 30 9 21 0 0.300 4 14 0 0.222 0 0 0 0 0
21 Bowden Wyatt 1953–1954 21 11 10 0 0.524 7 5 0 0.583 0 1 0 1 0
22 Jack Mitchell 1955–1957 30 17 12 1 0.583 8 9 1 0.472 0 0 0 0 0
23 Frank Broyles 1958–1976 207 144 58 5 0.708 91 36 5 0.708 4 6 0 7 1 – 1964 AFCA Coach of the Year (1964)
24 Lou Holtz 1977–1983 83 60 21 2 0.735 37 18 1 0.670 3 2 1 1 0 College Football Coach of the Year (1977)
FWAA Coach of the Year (1977)
Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (1977)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1977)
25 Ken Hatfield 1984–1989 73 55 17 1 0.760 36 10 0 0.783 1 5 0 2 0
26 Jack Crowe
1990–1992 24 9 15 0 0.375 6 10 0 0.375 0 1 0 0 0 0
Int Joe Kines
1992 10 3 6 1 0.350 3 4 1 0.438 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Danny Ford 1993–1997 57 26 30 1 0.465 16 23 1 0.413 0 1 0 0 0 0
28 Houston Nutt
1998–2007 123 75 48 0.610 42 38 0.525 2 5 3 0 0 AP SEC Coach of the Year (2001, 2006)
SEC Coach of the Year (2001, 2006)
Int Reggie Herring
2007 1 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 0
29 Bobby Petrino 2008–2011 51 34 17 0.667 17 15 0.531 2 1 0 0 0
30 John L. Smith 2012 12 4 8 0.333 2 6 0.250 0 0 0 0 0
31 Bret Bielema 2013–2017 62 29 33 0.468 11 29 0.275 2 1 0 0 0 
Int Paul Rhoads
2017 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0
32 Chad Morris 2017–2019 22 4 18 0.182 0 14 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Int Barry Lunney Jr. 2019 2 0 2 -- .000 0 2 -- .000 0 0 -- 0 0 0 --
33 Sam Pittman 2020–present 48 23 25 0.479 11 23 0.324 2 0 0 0 0