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Mississippi State Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Mississippi State.
- Indexed coaches
- 34
- Coach seasons
- 249
- Wins leader
- Darrell Royal
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Royal Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1954-1976 · 23 seasons | 184-60-5 | 74.9% | 10 | 35.4 |
| Jackie Sherrill Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1976-2003 · 26 seasons | 179-121-4 | 59.5% | 6 | 29.6 |
| Mike Leach Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 2000-2022 · 21 seasons | 158-107 | 59.6% | 0 | 20.3 |
| Bernie Bierman Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1925-1950 · 24 seasons | 144-56-9 | 71.0% | 6 | 27.8 |
| Dan Mullen Longevity Coach | 2009-2025 · 14 seasons | 113-65 | 63.5% | 1 | 20.0 |
| Murray Warmath Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1952-1971 · 20 seasons | 97-84-10 | 53.4% | 3 | 22.9 |
| Emory Bellard Peak Dominator, Program Stabilizer | 1972-1985 · 14 seasons | 85-69 | 55.2% | 1 | 21.5 |
| Allyn McKeen Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 1939-1948 · 9 seasons | 65-19-3 | 76.4% | 1 | 19.7 |
| Ralph Sasse Balanced | 1930-1937 · 6 seasons | 45-15-4 | 73.4% | 0 | 17.0 |
| Bob Tyler Program Stabilizer, Defense-First | 1973-1981 · 7 seasons | 41-34-3 | 54.5% | 0 | 14.1 |
| JW Hancock Balanced | 1927-1937 · 9 seasons | 33-31-5 | 51.4% | 0 | -5.0 |
| Paul Davis Longevity Coach | 1908-1966 · 7 seasons | 31-34-3 | 47.8% | 0 | 15.4 |
| William Chadwick Balanced | 1909-1913 · 5 seasons | 29-12-2 | 69.8% | 0 | 1.2 |
| Joe Moorhead Defense-First | 2018-2025 · 6 seasons | 27-47 | 36.5% | 0 | 19.8 |
| Wade Walker Balanced | 1956-1961 · 6 seasons | 22-32-2 | 41.1% | 0 | 20.7 |
| Rockey Felker Defense-First | 1986-1990 · 5 seasons | 21-34 | 38.2% | 0 | 4.5 |
| Sylvester Croom Defense-First | 2004-2008 · 5 seasons | 21-38 | 35.6% | 0 | 4.7 |
| Slick Morton Balanced | 1947-1951 · 5 seasons | 17-26-2 | 40.0% | 0 | 6.5 |
| Charles Shira Defense-First | 1967-1972 · 6 seasons | 16-45-2 | 27.0% | 0 | 4.7 |
| Sid Robinson Balanced | 1917-1919 · 3 seasons | 15-5 | 75.0% | 0 | 1.5 |
| EC Hayes Balanced | 1914-1916 · 3 seasons | 15-8-2 | 64.0% | 0 | -0.5 |
| Earl Able Balanced | 1923-1924 · 2 seasons | 10-6-2 | 61.1% | 0 | -5.6 |
| Fred Holtkamp Balanced | 1920-1921 · 2 seasons | 9-7-1 | 55.9% | 0 | -3.2 |
| Fred Furman Balanced | 1907-1908 · 2 seasons | 9-7 | 56.3% | 0 | -13.3 |
| Jeff Lebby Offense-First | 2024-2025 · 2 seasons | 7-18 | 28.0% | 0 | 2.3 |
| Ross McKechnie Balanced | 1933-1934 · 2 seasons | 7-12-1 | 37.5% | 0 | 2.9 |
| Charles Noble Balanced | 1916-1922 · 2 seasons | 7-7-2 | 50.0% | 0 | -20.7 |
| Zach Arnett Defense-First | 2022-2023 · 2 seasons | 5-6 | 45.5% | 0 | 13.1 |
| Spike Nelson Balanced | 1938-1941 · 2 seasons | 5-13 | 27.8% | 0 | -7.9 |
| Ray Dauber Balanced | 1931-1932 · 2 seasons | 5-11 | 31.3% | 0 | -12.8 |
| Dan Martin Balanced | 1904-1906 · 2 seasons | 4-7-1 | 37.5% | 0 | -16.1 |
| Greg Knox Balanced | 2017-2023 · 3 seasons | 3-1 | 75.0% | 0 | 14.1 |
| Red Cagle Balanced | 1930-1930 · 1 seasons | 2-7 | 22.2% | 0 | -14.4 |
| L Gwinn Balanced | 1902-1902 · 1 seasons | 1-4-1 | 25.0% | 0 | -27.4 |