Will Muschamp, current head coach of the Florida Gators
This list of Florida Gators head football coaches includes those coaches who have led the Florida Gators football team that represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football. The Florida Gators currently compete in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Twenty-three men have served as the Gators' head coach, including three who served as interim head coach, since the Gators began play in the fall of 1906.[1] In December 2010, Will Muschamp was hired as the Gators' latest head coach and Muschamp assumed full responsibility for the team after his predecessor, Urban Meyer, coached the Gators in their January 2011 bowl game.[2]
The Gators have fielded a team every season since 1906, with the exception of 1943, and have played more than 1,000 games during 105 seasons.[1] During that time, twelve coaches have led the Gators in postseason bowl games: George E. Pyle, Bob Woodruff, Ray Graves, Doug Dickey, Charley Pell, Galen Hall, Gary Darnell, Steve Spurrier, Ron Zook, Charlie Strong, Urban Meyer, and Will Muschamp.[1] Two Gators coaches have also won SEC championships: Spurrier won six, and Meyer won two.[1] During their tenures, Spurrier won one and Meyer won two national championships with the Gators.[1][3]
Spurrier is the leader in seasons coached, games won and winning percentage, with 122 victories and a winning percentage of .817 during his twelve years leading the program.[1] Raymond Wolf has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .359.[1] Of the twenty-three head coaches who have led the Gators, Charlie Bachman, Graves and Dickey have been inducted as head coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.[4][5][6]
Key[]
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[9] | 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[11] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
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Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[13] | ||||
Coaches[]
| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC [A 2] |
CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Forsythe | 1906–1908 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .682 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | George E. Pyle | 1909–1913 | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | .764 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | C. J. McCoy | 1914–1916 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .474 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Alfred L. Buser | 1917–1919 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .467 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | William G. Kline | 1920–1922 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | .690 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | James Van Fleet | 1923–1924 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .737 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Harold Sebring | 1925–1927 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | .600 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Charlie Bachman
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1928–1932 | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | .594 | 19 | 14 | 3 | .569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Dennis K. Stanley | 1933–1935 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 2 | .517 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Josh Cody | 1936–1939 | 43 | 17 | 24 | 2 | .419 | 6 | 14 | 2 | .318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Tom Lieb | 1940–1942 1944–1945 |
47 | 20 | 26 | 1 | .436 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Raymond Wolf | 1946–1949 | 39 | 13 | 24 | 2 | .359 | 2 | 17 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Bob Woodruff | 1950–1959 | 101 | 53 | 42 | 6 | .554 | 29 | 32 | 4 | .477 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Ray Graves
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1960–1969 | 105 | 70 | 31 | 4 | .686 | 38 | 19 | 3 | .658 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (1960) |
| 15 | Doug Dickey
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1970–1978 | 103 | 58 | 43 | 2 | .573 | 28 | 28 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Charley Pell | 1979–1984 | 62 | 33 | 26 | 3 | .556 | 14 | 16 | 1 | .468 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (1980)[1] |
| 17 | Galen Hall | 1984–1989 | 59 | 40 | 18 | 1 | .686 | 21 | 12 | 0 | .636 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (1984)[1] |
| 18 | Gary Darnell | 1989 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Steve Spurrier | 1990–2001 | 150 | 122 | 27 | 1 | .817 | 87 | 12 | 0 | .879 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 – 1996 | SEC Coach of the Year (1990, 1995, 1996)[1] |
| 20 | Ron Zook | 2002–2004 | 37 | 23 | 14 | — | .622 | 16 | 8 | — | .667 | 0 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Charlie Strong | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | .000 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Urban Meyer | 2005–2010 | 80 | 65 | 15 | — | .813 | 36 | 13 | — | .735 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 – 2006, 2008 | National Coach of the Decade (2009) |
| 23 | Will Muschamp | 2011–present | 26 | 18 | 8 | — | .692 | 10 | 6 | — | .625 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
See also[]
- Florida Gators
- History of the University of Florida
- List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (coaches)
- List of Florida Gators football players
- List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
- University Athletic Association
Notes[]
- ↑ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
- ↑ The SEC reorganized itself into two six-team divisions in 1992, following the admission of new members Arkansas and South Carolina to the conference. Since that time, Florida has competed as a member of the SEC Eastern Division, together with Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt; the SEC Western Division includes Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Texas A&M. Under the SEC's format, the two divisional champions advance to the SEC Championship Game to determine the conference champion. In the event two or more divisional teams finish with identical records, all such teams are recognized by the SEC as "divisional champions," but a series of tie-breakers, including head-to-head competition, determine which team will represent the division in the championship game.[14]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 74–76, 77–81, 101–102, 116–125 (2011). Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ↑ "Florida hires Will Muschamp as coach," ESPN.com (December 12, 2010). Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ↑ 2010 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Records, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 68–77 (2010). Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ↑ College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers, Charlie Bachman. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ↑ College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers, Ray Graves. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ↑ College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers, Doug Dickey. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011) (PDF). Bowl/All-Star Game Records. Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ↑ 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.[7]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today (McLean, Virginia). Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-08-24-overtime_x.htm. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ↑ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[10]
- ↑ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times (New York City). Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/sports/college-football-big-plays-help-paterno-to-200th.html. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ↑ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[12]
- ↑ Harwell, Hoyt (November 30, 1990). "SEC sets division lineups". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, Alabama): p. 1C. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=azYdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=taUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3254%2C8509834. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
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External links[]
- Florida Coaching Records – Win-loss records of Florida Gators head coaches at College Football Data Warehouse
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