List Of Iowa State Cyclones Head Football Coaches
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. McCarney is the all-time leader in games coached (141), and years coached (11) and wins (56), while 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. Matt Campbell has received the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year Award for 2017, 2018 and 2020. 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.
Key
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason | ||||
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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
# | Name | Term | GC | Ws | Ls | Ts | W% | CWs | CLs | CTs | CW% | PWs | PLs | PTs | CCs | Awards |
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1 | Ira C. Brownlie | 1892 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | W. P. Finney | 1893 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Bert German | 1894 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Pop Warner | 1895–1899 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | .692 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Joe Meyers | 1899 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | C. E. Woodruff | 1900 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Edgar M. Clinton | 1901 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .300 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | A. W. Ristine | 1902–1906 | 47 | 36 | 10 | 1 | .777 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Clyde Williams | 1907–1912 | 49 | 33 | 14 | 2 | .694 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .600 | — | — | — | 2; 1911, 1912 | — |
10 | Homer C. Hubbard | 1913–1914 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Charles Mayser | 1915–1919 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | .647 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .688 | — | — | — | — | — |
12 | Norman C. Paine | 1920 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | — | — |
13 | Maury Kent | 1921 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Sam Willaman | 1922–1925 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | .484 | 11 | 10 | 2 | .522 | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | C. Noel Workman | 1926–1930 | 41 | 11 | 27 | 3 | .305 | 8 | 17 | 2 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | George F. Veenker | 1931–1936 | 51 | 21 | 22 | 8 | .490 | 7 | 18 | 4 | .310 | — | — | — | — | — |
17 | James J. Yeager | 1937–1940 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 1 | .458 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .375 | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Ray Donels | 1941–1942 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .292 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Mike Michalske | 1942–1946 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .500 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .474 | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Abe Stuber | 1947–1953 | 65 | 24 | 38 | 3 | .392 | 12 | 28 | 1 | .305 | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Vince DiFrancesca | 1954–1956 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 1 | .232 | 2 | 15 | 1 | .139 | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Jim Myers | 1957 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Clay Stapleton | 1958–1967 | 99 | 42 | 53 | 4 | .444 | 22 | 43 | 2 | .343 | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Johnny Majors | 1968–1972 | 55 | 24 | 30 | 1 | .445 | 9 | 25 | 1 | .271 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | Big Eight Coach of the Year (1971) |
25 | Earle Bruce | 1973–1978 | 68 | 36 | 32 | 0 | .529 | 18 | 24 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | Big Eight Coach of the Year (1976, 1977) |
26 | Donnie Duncan | 1979–1982 | 44 | 18 | 24 | 2 | .432 | 7 | 19 | 2 | .286 | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Jim Criner | 1983–1986 | 42 | 16 | 24 | 2 | .405 | 8 | 16 | 2 | .346 | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Chuck Banker | 1986 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Jim Walden | 1987–1994 | 88 | 28 | 57 | 3 | .335 | 16 | 37 | 3 | .313 | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Dan McCarney | 1995–2006 | 141 | 56 | 85 | 0 | .397 | 27 | 68 | 0 | .284 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | Big 12 Coach of the Year (2004) |
31 | Gene Chizik | 2007–2008 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .208 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Paul Rhoads | 2009–2015 | 87 | 32 | 55 | 0 | .368 | 16 | 45 | 0 | .262 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
33 | Matt Campbell | 2016–present | 101 | 53 | 48 | 0 | .525 | 35 | 33 | 0 | .515 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | Big 12 Coach of the Year (2017,2018,2020) |
Iowa State football coaching records accurate as of Dec 31, 2023.
See also
- Iowa State Cyclones football
- History of Iowa State Cyclones football
- List of Iowa State Cyclones football All-Americans
- Iowa State Cyclones football statistical leaders
- List of Iowa State Cyclones in the NFL Draft