Coaching History
| Chronologically |
| Coach |
Years |
W |
L |
T |
Pct. |
| Will Skinner |
1892 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
.000 |
| Samuel Harding |
1893 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| J.G. Bannon |
1894 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
.571 |
| Grenville Lewis |
1896-97 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
.563 |
| Frank Kenly |
1898 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
.312 |
| S.M. Cooke |
1899 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
.200 |
| F.H. Peters |
1900 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
.438 |
| Emmons Dunbar |
1901 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
.125 |
| D. John Markey |
1902-04 |
12 |
13 |
4 |
.483 |
| Fred Neilsen |
1905-06 |
11 |
7 |
0 |
.611 |
| Charles Melick |
1907 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
.333 |
| Bill Lang |
1908 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
.273 |
| Bill Lang & E. Larkin |
1909 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
.286 |
| Royal Alston |
1910 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
.563 |
| Charley Donnelly |
1911 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
.500 |
| H.C. "Curley" Byrd |
1911-34 |
119 |
82 |
15 |
.586 |
| Jack Faber* |
1935, 1940-41 |
12 |
13 |
4 |
.483 |
| Frank Dobson |
1936-39 |
18 |
21 |
0 |
.462 |
| Clark Shaughnessy |
1942, 1946 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
.556 |
| Clarence Spears |
1943-44 |
5 |
12 |
1 |
.306 |
| Paul "Bear" Bryant |
1945 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
.722 |
| Jim Tatum |
1947-55 |
73 |
15 |
4 |
.815 |
| Tommy Mont |
1956-58 |
11 |
18 |
1 |
.383 |
| Tom Nugent |
1959-65 |
36 |
34 |
0 |
.514 |
| Lou Saban |
1966 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
.400 |
| Bob Ward |
1967-68 |
2 |
17 |
0 |
.015 |
| Roy Lester |
1969-71 |
7 |
25 |
0 |
.291 |
| Jerry Claiborne |
1972-81 |
77 |
37 |
3 |
.671 |
| Bobby Ross |
1982-86 |
39 |
19 |
1 |
.669 |
| Joe Krivak |
1987-91 |
20 |
34 |
2 |
.375 |
| Mark Duffner |
1992-96 |
20 |
35 |
0 |
.367 |
| Ron Vanderlinden |
1997-2000 |
15 |
29 |
0 |
.341 |
| Ralph Friedgen |
2001-2010 |
75 |
50 |
0 |
.600 |
| Randy Edsall |
2011-pres. |
2 |
10 |
0 |
.167 |
| *-Faber served as co-head coach with Al Heagy and Al Woods in 1940-41 |
| Conference Titles |
| Year |
Conference |
Coach |
| 1937 |
Southern |
Frank Dobson |
| 1951 |
Southern |
Jim Tatum |
| 1953 |
Atlantic Coast |
Jim Tatum |
| 1955 |
Atlantic Coast |
Jim Tatum |
| 1974 |
Atlantic Coast |
Jerry Claiborne |
| 1975 |
Atlantic Coast |
Jerry Claiborne |
| 1976 |
Atlantic Coast |
Jerry Claiborne |
| 1983 |
Atlantic Coast |
Bobby Ross |
| 1984 |
Atlantic Coast |
Bobby Ross |
| 1985 |
Atlantic Coast |
Bobby Ross |
| 2001 |
Atlantic Coast |
Ralph Friedgen |
| Best Single-Season Winning Percentage |
| Year |
Coach |
W |
L |
T |
Pct. |
| 1951 |
Jim Tatum |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 1893 |
S.H. Harding |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 1976 |
Jerry Claiborne |
11 |
1 |
0 |
.917 |
| 1953 |
Jim Tatum |
10 |
1 |
0 |
.909 |
| 1955 |
Jim Tatum |
10 |
1 |
0 |
.909 |
| 1949 |
Jim Tatum |
9 |
1 |
0 |
.900 |
| 1931 |
H.C. Byrd |
8 |
1 |
1 |
.850 |
| 2001 |
Ralph Friedgen |
10 |
2 |
0 |
.833 |
| Most Wins in a Season |
| Year |
Coach |
W |
L |
T |
Pct. |
| 1976 |
Jerry Claiborne |
11 |
1 |
0 |
.917 |
| 2002 |
Ralph Friedgen |
11 |
3 |
0 |
.786 |
| 1951 |
Jim Tatum |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 1953 |
Jim Tatum |
10 |
1 |
0 |
.909 |
| 1955 |
Jim Tatum |
10 |
1 |
0 |
.909 |
| 2001 |
Ralph Friedgen |
10 |
2 |
0 |
.833 |
| 2003 |
Ralph Friedgen |
10 |
3 |
0 |
.769 |
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