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Kansas State Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Kansas State.
- Indexed coaches
- 23
- Coach seasons
- 218
- Wins leader
- Bill Snyder
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Snyder Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1989-2018 · 27 seasons | 215-117-1 | 64.7% | 6 | 27.1 |
| Pappy Waldorf Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1929-1956 · 28 seasons | 157-89-19 | 62.8% | 6 | 26.9 |
| Charlie Bachman Program Stabilizer, Longevity Coach | 1919-1946 · 27 seasons | 132-80-22 | 61.1% | 0 | 23.9 |
| Bo McMillin Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1928-1947 · 20 seasons | 92-69-12 | 56.6% | 1 | 25.9 |
| Bill Meek Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1951-1973 · 17 seasons | 78-88-7 | 47.1% | 0 | 17.0 |
| Vince Gibson Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1967-1982 · 16 seasons | 73-100-2 | 42.3% | 0 | 20.8 |
| Chris Klieman Program Stabilizer | 2019-2025 · 7 seasons | 54-34 | 61.4% | 0 | 19.6 |
| Zora Clevenger Volatile Builder | 1911-1919 · 9 seasons | 45-24-4 | 64.4% | 0 | 4.9 |
| John Bender Longevity Coach | 1908-1920 · 6 seasons | 31-16-6 | 64.1% | 0 | 6.5 |
| Jim Dickey Defense-First | 1978-1985 · 8 seasons | 24-54-2 | 31.3% | 0 | 4.0 |
| Ralph Graham Longevity Coach | 1906-1950 · 7 seasons | 23-38-4 | 38.5% | 0 | 0.2 |
| Guy Lowman Balanced | 1910-1918 · 5 seasons | 19-18-2 | 51.3% | 1 | 6.9 |
| Wesley Fry Balanced | 1935-1939 · 5 seasons | 18-21-6 | 46.7% | 0 | 8.0 |
| Ron Prince Balanced | 2006-2008 · 3 seasons | 17-20 | 46.0% | 0 | 4.7 |
| Bernard Mertes Balanced | 1955-1959 · 5 seasons | 15-34-1 | 31.0% | 0 | -4.7 |
| Doug Weaver Longevity Coach | 1960-1975 · 9 seasons | 11-78-2 | 13.2% | 0 | -4.7 |
| Stan Parrish Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1986-2013 · 7 seasons | 9-51-1 | 15.6% | 0 | 4.2 |
| Ward Haylett Balanced | 1942-1944 · 3 seasons | 6-20-2 | 25.0% | 0 | -16.4 |
| Ellis Rainsberger Defense-First | 1975-1977 · 3 seasons | 5-28 | 15.2% | 0 | -1.4 |
| Hobbs Adams Balanced | 1940-1946 · 3 seasons | 4-21-2 | 18.5% | 0 | -7.6 |
| Lee Moon Defense-First | 1985-1985 · 1 seasons | 1-8 | 11.1% | 0 | -19.2 |
| Lud Fiser Balanced | 1945-1945 · 1 seasons | 1-7 | 12.5% | 0 | -27.2 |
| Sam Francis Balanced | 1947-1947 · 1 seasons | 0-10 | 0.0% | 0 | -18.0 |