List of Auburn Tigers head football coaches

Gene Chizik (left) and Gus Malzahn (right)

The Auburn Tigers college football team represents Auburn University in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Tigers compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 28 head coaches, and 3 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1892 season.[1] The Tigers current head coach is Hugh Freeze.[2]

The team has played more than 1,250 games over 119 seasons.[1] In that time, eight coaches have led the Tigers in postseason bowl games: Jack Meagher, Ralph Jordan, Pat Dye, Terry Bowden, Tommy Tuberville, Gene Chizik, Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin. Seven coaches won conference championships: Walter H. Watkins and Mike Donahue won a combined three as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Chet A. Wynne won one as a member of the Southern Conference; and Jordan, Dye, Tuberville, Chizik, and Malzahn won a combined eight as a member of the SEC.[3] During their tenures, Jordan and Chizik each won a national championship with the Tigers.[3][4]

Jordan is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 176 victories during his 25 years with the program.[1] M. S. Harvey and Johnny Floyd have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000.[1] Of the 26 different head coaches who have led the Tigers, John Heisman,[5] Donahue,[6] Jordan[7] and Dye[8] have been inducted as head coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ a b c d 2010 Auburn Football Media Guide, p. 157
  2. ^ Parks, James. "Auburn hires Hugh Freeze as head football coach". College Football HQ. Archived from the original on 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  3. ^ a b 2010 Auburn Football Media Guide, pp. 184–193
  4. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (2010). 2010 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA.org. pp. 68–77. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
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