List of Penn State Nittany Lions head football coaches

Coaching history

Coach	Years	Seasons	Record	Pct.	Cnf. Record	Pct.	Cnf. Titles	Bowls	Nat. Titles
No coach	1887–1891	5	12–8–2	.591	4–1–0	.800	1
George Hoskins	1892–1895	4	17–4–4	.760
Samuel Newton	1896–1898	3	12–14–0	.462
Sam Boyle	1899	1	4–6–1	.409
Pop Golden	1900–1902	3	16–12–1	.569
Daniel A. Reed	1903	1	5–3–0	.625
Tom Fennell	1904–1908	5	33–17–1	.657
Bill Hollenback	1909, 1911–1914	5	28–9–4	.732
Jack Hollenback	1910	1	5–2–1	.688
Dick Harlow	1915–1917	3	20–8–0	.714
Hugo Bezdek	1918–1929	12	65–30–11	.665				1
Bob Higgins	1930–1948	19	91–57–11	.607				1
Joe Bedenk	1949	1	5–4–0	.556
Rip Engle	1950–1965	16	104–48–4	.680				4
Joe Paterno	1966–2011	45	409-164–3	.648	31*–54	.365	1*	28	2
Tom Bradley	2011	<1	1–3	.000	.000
Bill O'Brien	2012–present	1	8-4	.666	6–2
Totals	1887–present	125	828–389–43	.642	31*–56	.356	1*	34	2