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LSU Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to LSU.
- Indexed coaches
- 25
- Coach seasons
- 251
- Wins leader
- Nick Saban
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Saban Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1990-2023 · 28 seasons | 297-71-1 | 80.6% | 18 | 33.6 |
| Brian Kelly Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 2004-2025 · 23 seasons | 202-79 | 71.9% | 4 | 22.0 |
| Dana Bible Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1915-1946 · 31 seasons | 190-69-22 | 71.5% | 3 | 28.8 |
| Les Miles Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2001-2020 · 18 seasons | 145-73 | 66.5% | 5 | 29.9 |
| Charles McClendon Peak Dominator, Program Stabilizer | 1962-1979 · 18 seasons | 135-61-7 | 68.2% | 5 | 26.1 |
| Mike Donahue Longevity Coach | 1904-1927 · 23 seasons | 122-54-8 | 68.5% | 0 | 15.6 |
| Paul Dietzel Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1955-1974 · 20 seasons | 109-95-5 | 53.3% | 3 | 25.6 |
| Biff Jones Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 1926-1941 · 14 seasons | 87-33-15 | 70.0% | 1 | 20.2 |
| Bernie Moore Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1935-1947 · 13 seasons | 83-39-6 | 67.2% | 3 | 23.2 |
| Ed Orgeron Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 2005-2021 · 10 seasons | 67-47 | 58.8% | 1 | 34.2 |
| Gerry DiNardo Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1991-2004 · 12 seasons | 59-77-1 | 43.4% | 0 | 16.2 |
| Gaynell Tinsley Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 1948-1954 · 7 seasons | 35-34-6 | 50.7% | 1 | 16.3 |
| Curley Hallman Program Stabilizer, Offense-First | 1988-1994 · 6 seasons | 31-36 | 46.3% | 0 | 6.7 |
| Mike Archer Balanced | 1987-1990 · 4 seasons | 27-18-1 | 59.8% | 1 | 20.0 |
| Bill Arnsparger Consistent Winner, Defense-First | 1984-1986 · 3 seasons | 26-8-2 | 75.0% | 1 | 15.5 |
| Russ Cohen Balanced | 1928-1931 · 4 seasons | 23-13-1 | 63.5% | 0 | 6.3 |
| Jerry Stovall Defense-First | 1980-1983 · 4 seasons | 22-21-2 | 51.1% | 0 | 21.3 |
| Pat Dwyer Balanced | 1911-1913 · 3 seasons | 16-7-2 | 68.0% | 0 | -3.4 |
| ET McDonald Balanced | 1914-1915 · 2 seasons | 10-6-1 | 61.8% | 0 | -2.8 |
| Irving Pray Balanced | 1919-1922 · 2 seasons | 9-9 | 50.0% | 0 | -1.0 |
| John Mayhew Balanced | 1909-1910 · 2 seasons | 7-7 | 50.0% | 0 | 4.2 |
| Joe Pritchard Balanced | 1909-1909 · 1 seasons | 6-2 | 75.0% | 0 | 4.2 |
| WS Boreland Balanced | 1902-1902 · 1 seasons | 6-1 | 85.7% | 0 | -8.7 |
| Wayne Sutton Balanced | 1917-1917 · 1 seasons | 3-5 | 37.5% | 0 | -12.3 |
| Brad Davis Balanced | 2021-2021 · 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 0 | 5.4 |