List of Pittsburgh Panthers head football coaches

The Pittsburgh Panthers football program is a college football team that represents the University of Pittsburgh in the Atlantic Coast Conference, a part of the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The team has had 36 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1893.[1][2]

 
Joseph H. Thompson
 
Pop Warner
 
Jock Sutherland
 
John Michelosen
 
Johnny Majors
 
Pat Narduzzi
Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] 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[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Head coaches

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Statistics correct as of January 1, 2024.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs DCs Awards
0 No coach 1890–1892, 1894 18 8 10 0 .444 0
1 Anson Harrold 1893 5 0 5 0 .000 0
2 J. P. Linn 1895 7 1 6 0 .143 0
3 George W. Hoskins 1896 9 3 6 0 .333 0
4 Thomas Trenchard 1897 4 1 3 0 .250 0
5 Fred A. Robison 1898–1899 13 8 4 1 .654 0
6 Roy Jackson 1900 9 5 4 0 .556 0
7 Wilbur Hockensmith 1901 10 7 2 1 .750 0
8 Fred Crolius 1902 12 5 6 1 .458 0
9 Arthur Mosse 1903–1905 32 20 11 1 .641 0
10 Edgar Wingard 1906 10 6 4 0 .600 0
11 John A. Moorhead 1907 10 8 2 0 .800 0
12 Joseph H. Thompson 1908–1912 46 30 14 2 .674 0
13 Joseph M. Duff, Jr. 1913–1914 18 14 3 1 .806 0
14 Pop Warner 1915–1923 76 60 12 4 .816 0 0 3
15 Jock Sutherland 1924–1938 143 111 20 12 .818 1 3 5
16 Charley Bowser 1939–1942 35 14 20 1 .414 0 0 0
17 Clark Shaughnessy 1943–1945 27 10 17 0 .370 0 0 0
18 Wes Fesler 1946 9 3 5 1 .389 0 0 0
19 Mike Milligan 1947–1949 27 13 14 0 .481 0 0 0
20 Len Casanova 1950 9 1 8 0 .111 0 0 0
21 Tom Hamilton 1951, 1954 16 7 9 0 .438 0 0 0
22 Red Dawson 1952–1954 21 9 11 1 .452 0 0 0
23 John Michelosen 1955–1965 112 56 49 7 .531 0 2 0
24 Dave Hart 1966–1968 30 3 27 0 .100 0 0 0
25 Carl DePasqua 1969–1972 42 13 29 0 .310 0 0 0
26 Johnny Majors 1973–1976 47 33 13 1 .713 2 1 1
27 Jackie Sherrill 1977–1981 60 50 9 1 .842 4 1 0
28 Foge Fazio 1982–1985 46 25 18 3 .576 0 2 0
29 Mike Gottfried 1986–1989 45 27 16 2 .622 0 1 0
30 Paul Hackett 1989–1992 34 13 20 1 .397 4 5 0 .444 1 0 0 0
Int Sal Sunseri 1992 1 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Johnny Majors 1993–1996 44 12 32 0 .273 7 21 0 .250 0 0 0 0
32 Walt Harris 1997–2004 96 52 44 0 .542 28 27 0 .509 3 2 1 0
33 Dave Wannstedt 2005–2010 73 42 31 0 .575 24 18 0 .571 1 1 1 0
Int Michael Haywood 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Int Phil Bennett 2010 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 Todd Graham 2011 12 6 6 0 .500 4 3 0 .571 0 0 0 0
Int Keith Patterson 2011 1 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 Paul Chryst 2012–2014 38 19 19 0 .500 10 13 0 .400 1 1 0 0 0
Int Joe Rudolph 2014 1 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 Pat Narduzzi 2015–present 115 65 50 0 .565 43 31 0 .581 2 3 1 0 2

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.[3]
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[4]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

References

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  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Pittsburgh Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  2. ^ Shafer, Ian. "University of Pittsburgh (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.