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Iowa Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Iowa.
- Indexed coaches
- 20
- Coach seasons
- 238
- Wins leader
- Hayden Fry
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Fry Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1962-1998 · 37 seasons | 230-180-10 | 56.0% | 3 | 17.7 |
| Kirk Ferentz Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1999-2025 · 27 seasons | 213-128 | 62.5% | 5 | 18.3 |
| Howard Jones Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1908-1940 · 29 seasons | 194-64-21 | 73.3% | 3 | 35.3 |
| Edward Anderson Longevity Coach | 1938-1964 · 24 seasons | 125-94-6 | 56.9% | 2 | 19.7 |
| Ossie Solem Longevity Coach | 1921-1945 · 24 seasons | 99-83-12 | 54.1% | 0 | 19.1 |
| Forest Evashevski Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1950-1960 · 11 seasons | 63-33-6 | 64.7% | 5 | 28.9 |
| Jesse Hawley Longevity Coach | 1910-1928 · 12 seasons | 63-28-1 | 69.0% | 0 | 31.2 |
| Slip Madigan Longevity Coach | 1930-1944 · 12 seasons | 61-37-9 | 61.2% | 0 | 24.2 |
| Ray Nagel Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1958-1970 · 13 seasons | 58-71-3 | 45.1% | 0 | 15.9 |
| Frank Lauterbur Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1963-1973 · 11 seasons | 52-60-3 | 46.5% | 0 | 11.5 |
| Burton Ingwersen Balanced | 1924-1931 · 8 seasons | 33-27-4 | 54.7% | 0 | 14.4 |
| Alden Knipe Balanced | 1899-1902 · 4 seasons | 26-7-2 | 77.1% | 0 | 16.1 |
| John Chalmers Volatile Builder | 1903-1905 · 3 seasons | 24-8 | 75.0% | 0 | 17.1 |
| Bob Commings Defense-First | 1974-1978 · 5 seasons | 17-38 | 30.9% | 0 | 2.5 |
| Jerry Burns Balanced | 1961-1965 · 5 seasons | 16-27-2 | 37.8% | 0 | 16.2 |
| John Griffith Balanced | 1909-1916 · 3 seasons | 10-13-2 | 44.0% | 0 | -1.4 |
| Clem Crowe Balanced | 1935-1945 · 2 seasons | 8-10 | 44.4% | 0 | 6.2 |
| Irl Tubbs Balanced | 1936-1938 · 3 seasons | 8-15-3 | 36.5% | 0 | -2.0 |
| Mark Catlin Balanced | 1906-1908 · 3 seasons | 7-10 | 41.2% | 0 | 7.1 |
| Leonard Raffensperger Balanced | 1950-1951 · 2 seasons | 5-10-3 | 36.1% | 0 | 3.5 |