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Iowa State Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Iowa State.
- Indexed coaches
- 24
- Coach seasons
- 185
- Wins leader
- Johnny Majors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Majors Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1968-1996 · 29 seasons | 185-137-10 | 57.2% | 4 | 24.2 |
| Earle Bruce Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1973-1992 · 19 seasons | 139-82-2 | 62.8% | 3 | 24.9 |
| Matt Campbell Longevity Coach | 2011-2025 · 15 seasons | 107-70 | 60.5% | 1 | 14.3 |
| Dan McCarney Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1995-2015 · 17 seasons | 78-117 | 40.0% | 0 | 11.5 |
| Jim Walden Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1978-1994 · 17 seasons | 69-112-7 | 38.6% | 0 | 13.8 |
| Clay Stapleton Longevity Coach | 1958-1967 · 10 seasons | 42-53-4 | 44.4% | 0 | 8.4 |
| Sam Willaman Program Stabilizer, Longevity Coach | 1922-1933 · 9 seasons | 40-25-8 | 60.3% | 5 | 15.8 |
| Jim Yeager Balanced | 1937-1947 · 9 seasons | 40-36-3 | 52.5% | 0 | 6.7 |
| Gene Chizik Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 2007-2012 · 6 seasons | 38-38 | 50.0% | 1 | 23.9 |
| Paul Rhoads Balanced | 2009-2015 · 7 seasons | 32-54 | 36.8% | 0 | 6.8 |
| Abe Stuber Balanced | 1947-1953 · 7 seasons | 24-38-3 | 39.2% | 0 | -0.4 |
| George Veenker Balanced | 1931-1936 · 6 seasons | 21-22-8 | 49.0% | 0 | 3.8 |
| Donnie Duncan Defense-First | 1979-1982 · 4 seasons | 18-24-2 | 43.2% | 0 | 8.3 |
| Mike Michalske Balanced | 1942-1946 · 5 seasons | 18-18-3 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.8 |
| Jim Myers Balanced | 1957-1961 · 5 seasons | 16-29-5 | 37.0% | 0 | 13.7 |
| Jim Criner Balanced | 1983-1986 · 4 seasons | 16-24-2 | 40.5% | 0 | -3.8 |
| Norman Paine Balanced | 1917-1920 · 3 seasons | 12-7-1 | 62.5% | 0 | 7.6 |
| Homer Hubbard Balanced | 1913-1914 · 2 seasons | 8-7 | 53.3% | 0 | 4.9 |
| Vince Di Francesca Balanced | 1954-1956 · 3 seasons | 6-21-1 | 23.2% | 0 | -7.6 |
| Joe Meyers Balanced | 1899-1899 · 1 seasons | 5-4-1 | 55.0% | 0 | -6.0 |
| Maury Kent Balanced | 1921-1921 · 1 seasons | 4-4 | 50.0% | 0 | 5.1 |
| C Noel Workman Balanced | 1928-1930 · 3 seasons | 3-21-1 | 14.0% | 0 | -4.9 |
| Ray Donels Balanced | 1941-1942 · 2 seasons | 3-8-1 | 29.2% | 0 | -11.2 |
| Chuck Banker Defense-First | 1986-1986 · 1 seasons | 1-1 | 50.0% | 0 | -3.8 |