The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the West Division of the Big Ten. The team is coached by Matt Rhule, who was named Nebraska's thirty-first head coach on November 26, 2022.

Six past Nebraska head coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Eddie N. Robinson, Fielding H. Yost, Dana X. Bible, Biff Jones, Bob Devaney, and Tom Osborne. Osborne is the program's all-time leader in most major categories; his .836 career winning percentage is fourth-highest in major college football history. Thirteen Nebraska coaches have won a conference championship at the school, and Devaney and Osborne combined to win five national titles.

The program's first extended period of success came under the leadership of W.C. Cole and Ewald O. Stiehm. Between 1900 and 1916, Nebraska had five undefeated seasons and completed a stretch of thirty-four consecutive games without a loss, still a program record. Despite a span of twenty-one conference championships in thirty-three seasons, the Cornhuskers did not experience major national success until Devaney was hired in 1962. In eleven seasons as head coach, Devaney won two national championships, eight conference titles, and coached twenty-two All-Americans, but perhaps his most lasting achievement was the hiring of Osborne as offensive coordinator in 1969. Osborne was named Devaney's successor in 1973, and over the next twenty-five years established himself as one of the best coaches in college football history with his trademark I-form offense and revolutionary strength, conditioning, and nutrition programs. Following Osborne's retirement in 1997, Nebraska cycled through five head coaches before hiring Matt Rhule in 2022.

Coaching history

No.	Coach	Tenure	Overall	Conference	Accomplishments
	Langdon Frothingham	1890	2–0 (1.000)	–
	Theron Lyman	1891	0–1 (.000)	–
	J. S. Williams	1892	1–0 (1.000)	1–0 (1.000)
1	Frank Crawford	1893–94	9–4–1 (.679)	3–3 (.500)	WIUFA champion (1894)
2	Charles Thomas	1895	6–3 (.667)	2–1 (.667)	WIUFA champion (1895)
3	Eddie N. Robinson	1896–97	11–4–1 (.719)	4–1–1 (.750)	WIUFA champion (1897) College Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1955)
4	Fielding H. Yost	1898	8–3–0 (.727)	–	College Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1951)
5	Alonzo Edwin Branch	1899	1–7–1 (.167)	–
6	Walter C. Booth	1900–05	46–8–1 (.845)	–
7	Amos Foster	1906	6–4 (.600)	–
8	William C. Cole	1907–10	25–8–3 (.736)	5–2–1 (.688)	MVIAA champion (1907,1910)
9	Ewald O. Stiehm	1911–15	35–2–3 (.913)	14–0–1 (.967)	National champion (1915) MVIAA champion (1911–15)
10	E. J. Stewart	1916–17	11–4 (.733)	5–1 (.833)	MVIAA champion (1916,1917)
11	William G. Kline	1918	2–3–1 (.417)	–
12	Henry Schulte	1919–20	8–6–3 (.559)	–
13	Fred Dawson	1921–24	23–7–2 (.750)	14–1–2 (.882)	National champion (1921) MVIAA champion (1921–23)
14	Ernest Bearg	1925–28	23–7–3 (.742)	16–4–1 (.786)	Big Six champion (1928)
15	Dana X. Bible	1929–36	50–15–7 (.743)	33–3–4 (.875)	Big Six champion (1929,1931–33,1935,1936) College Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1951)
16	Biff Jones	1937–41	28–14–4 (.652)	17–6–2 (.720)	Big Six champion (1937,1940) College Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1954)
17	Glenn Presnell	1942	3–7 (.300)	3–2 (.600)
18	Adolph Lewandowski	1943–44	4–12 (.250)	4–6 (.400)
19	George Clark	1945, 1948	6–13 (.316)	4–7 (.364)
20	Bernie Masterson	1946–47	5–13 (.278)	5–5 (.500)
21	Bill Glassford	1949–55	31–35–3 (.471)	23–18–1 (.560)
22	Pete Elliott	1956	4–6 (.400)	3–3 (.500)
23	Bill Jennings	1957–61	15–34–1 (.310)	6–19 (.240)
24	Bob Devaney	1962–72	101–20–2 (.829)	62–14–1 (.812)	National champion (1970,1971) Big Eight champion (1963–66,1969–72) Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1971) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1971) College Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1981)
25	Tom Osborne	1973–97	255–49–3 (.836)	153–22–1 (.872)	National champion (1980–84,1993,1994,1995,1997) Conference champion (1975,1978,1981–84,1988,1991–95,1997) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (1978) AFCA Coach of the Year (1994) College Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1998)
26	Frank Solich	1998–2003	58–19 (.753)	33–15 (.688)	Big 12 champion (1999)
27	Bill Callahan	2004–07	27–22 (.551)	15–17 (.469)
28	Bo Pelini	2003, 2008–14	67–27 (.713)	38–17 (.691)
	Barney Cotton	2014	0–1 (.000)	–
29	Mike Riley	2015–17	19–19 (.500)	12–14 (.462)
30	Scott Frost	2018–22	16–31 (.340)	10–26 (.286)
	Mickey Joseph	2022	3–6 (.333)	3–5 (.375)
31	Matt Rhule	2023–present	5-7 (.417)	3–6 (.333)

Interim head coach

Claimed national titles in bold