List of South Carolina Gamecocks head football coaches



The South Carolina Gamecocks college football team represents the University of South Carolina in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gamecocks compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The school has had 32 head coaches since it began play during the 1892 season. Since November 2004, Steve Spurrier has served as South Carolina's head coach.

The team has played more than 1,100 games over 118 seasons of South Carolina football. Seven coaches have led the Gamecocks to postseason bowl games: John D. McMillan, Paul Dietzel, Jim Carlen, Joe Morrison, Brad Scott, Lou Holtz and Spurrier. Paul Dietzel led South Carolina to the 1969 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship. Rex Enright is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 64 victories during his 15 years with the Gamecocks. Of all coaches who coached more than one game, Douglas McKay has the highest winning percentage with .1000, and W. P. Murphy has the lowest winning percentage with .0. Only Lou Holtz has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.