Coaches By School
Arkansas Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Arkansas.
- Indexed coaches
- 29
- Coach seasons
- 285
- Wins leader
- Lou Holtz
Coach record table
Sorted by career wins among coaches with at least one indexed game and one indexed season.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Top-10 Finishes | Peak SRS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Holtz Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1969-2004 · 33 seasons | 249-132-7 | 65.1% | 8 | 27.5 |
| Ken Hatfield Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1979-2005 · 27 seasons | 168-140-4 | 54.5% | 1 | 19.4 |
| Frank Broyles Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1957-1976 · 20 seasons | 149-62-6 | 70.0% | 9 | 26.1 |
| Francis Schmidt Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1922-1942 · 21 seasons | 135-53-9 | 70.8% | 0 | 25.1 |
| Bret Bielema Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2006-2025 · 17 seasons | 134-84 | 61.5% | 3 | 23.1 |
| Danny Ford Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1978-1997 · 17 seasons | 121-60-5 | 66.4% | 4 | 25.2 |
| Bobby Petrino Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2003-2018 · 14 seasons | 119-56 | 68.0% | 3 | 22.3 |
| Hugo Bezdek Longevity Coach | 1908-1929 · 19 seasons | 105-46-13 | 68.0% | 0 | 28.3 |
| Houston Nutt Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1997-2011 · 15 seasons | 103-81 | 56.0% | 0 | 15.3 |
| Bowden Wyatt Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1947-1962 · 16 seasons | 99-56-5 | 63.4% | 2 | 28.1 |
| John Smith Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1995-2012 · 13 seasons | 83-73 | 53.2% | 0 | 11.1 |
| Jack Mitchell Longevity Coach | 1953-1966 · 14 seasons | 74-59-7 | 55.4% | 0 | 21.7 |
| Fred Thomsen Longevity Coach | 1929-1941 · 13 seasons | 56-61-10 | 48.0% | 0 | 16.8 |
| John Barnhill Peak Dominator, Consistent Winner | 1941-1949 · 8 seasons | 54-22-5 | 69.8% | 1 | 21.6 |
| Sam Pittman Consistent Winner, Offense-First | 2020-2025 · 6 seasons | 32-41 | 43.8% | 0 | 9.7 |
| Chad Morris Offense-First | 2015-2019 · 5 seasons | 18-41 | 30.5% | 0 | -2.0 |
| George McLaren Balanced | 1920-1929 · 5 seasons | 15-24-3 | 39.3% | 0 | -11.1 |
| Norman Paine Balanced | 1917-1920 · 3 seasons | 12-7-1 | 62.5% | 0 | 7.6 |
| ET Pickering Balanced | 1913-1914 · 2 seasons | 11-7 | 61.1% | 0 | -9.7 |
| Otis Douglas Balanced | 1950-1952 · 3 seasons | 9-21 | 30.0% | 0 | 9.4 |
| Jack Crowe Defense-First | 1990-1992 · 3 seasons | 9-15 | 37.5% | 0 | 1.7 |
| Glen Rose Balanced | 1944-1945 · 2 seasons | 8-12-1 | 40.5% | 0 | -3.7 |
| TT McConnell Balanced | 1915-1916 · 2 seasons | 8-6-1 | 56.7% | 0 | -8.7 |
| Frank Longman Balanced | 1906-1907 · 2 seasons | 5-8-3 | 40.6% | 0 | -8.1 |
| Joe Kines Defense-First | 1992-1992 · 1 seasons | 3-6-1 | 35.0% | 0 | 1.7 |
| George Cole Balanced | 1942-1942 · 1 seasons | 3-7 | 30.0% | 0 | -6.6 |
| JB Craig Balanced | 1919-1919 · 1 seasons | 3-4 | 42.9% | 0 | -11.8 |
| John Tomlin Balanced | 1943-1943 · 1 seasons | 2-7 | 22.2% | 0 | -15.7 |
| Barry Lunney Jr Balanced | 2019-2019 · 1 seasons | 0-2 | 0.0% | 0 | -7.6 |