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Illinois Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Illinois.
- Indexed coaches
- 25
- Coach seasons
- 232
- Wins leader
- George Woodruff
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Woodruff Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1892-1927 · 17 seasons | 172-41-3 | 80.3% | 0 | 23.2 |
| Bob Blackman Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1953-1981 · 29 seasons | 164-106-7 | 60.5% | 0 | 10.5 |
| Bret Bielema Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2006-2025 · 17 seasons | 134-84 | 61.5% | 3 | 23.1 |
| Robert Zuppke Longevity Coach | 1913-1941 · 29 seasons | 131-81-12 | 61.2% | 0 | 36.4 |
| John Mackovic Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1978-2003 · 16 seasons | 95-82-3 | 53.6% | 1 | 16.2 |
| Ray Eliot Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1942-1959 · 18 seasons | 83-73-11 | 53.0% | 3 | 29.3 |
| Mike White Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1972-1987 · 14 seasons | 81-72-4 | 52.9% | 1 | 15.3 |
| Ron Zook Longevity Coach | 2002-2011 · 10 seasons | 57-65 | 46.7% | 0 | 13.3 |
| Pete Elliott Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1956-1974 · 13 seasons | 56-72-1 | 43.8% | 1 | 18.9 |
| Bill Cubit Balanced | 2005-2015 · 9 seasons | 56-54 | 50.9% | 0 | -1.0 |
| Ron Turner Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1992-2016 · 13 seasons | 52-91 | 36.4% | 0 | 14.3 |
| Gary Moeller Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1977-1994 · 8 seasons | 50-37-6 | 57.0% | 3 | 23.2 |
| Arthur Hall Consistent Winner | 1907-1912 · 6 seasons | 27-10-3 | 71.3% | 0 | 13.9 |
| Lou Tepper Defense-First | 1992-1996 · 5 seasons | 25-30-2 | 45.6% | 0 | 19.5 |
| Tim Beckman Offense-First | 2009-2014 · 5 seasons | 25-37 | 40.3% | 0 | -3.4 |
| George Huff Balanced | 1895-1899 · 5 seasons | 21-16-3 | 56.3% | 0 | -4.6 |
| Edgar Holt Balanced | 1901-1902 · 2 seasons | 18-4-1 | 80.4% | 0 | 16.4 |
| Lovie Smith Balanced | 2016-2020 · 5 seasons | 17-39 | 30.4% | 0 | -0.4 |
| EK Hall Balanced | 1892-1893 · 2 seasons | 12-5-5 | 65.9% | 0 | - |
| James Valek Balanced | 1967-1970 · 4 seasons | 8-32 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.7 |
| Fred Smith Balanced | 1900-1900 · 1 seasons | 7-3-2 | 66.7% | 0 | -6.2 |
| Fred Lowenthal Balanced | 1905-1905 · 1 seasons | 5-4 | 55.6% | 0 | 10.2 |
| Louis Vail Balanced | 1894-1894 · 1 seasons | 5-3 | 62.5% | 0 | - |
| Justa Lindgren Balanced | 1906-1906 · 1 seasons | 1-3-1 | 30.0% | 0 | -5.7 |
| Rod Smith Balanced | 2020-2020 · 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 0 | -7.4 |