Coaches By School
Purdue Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Purdue.
- Indexed coaches
- 38
- Coach seasons
- 234
- Wins leader
- James Phelan
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Phelan Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1920-1947 · 27 seasons | 136-82-14 | 61.6% | 3 | 21.2 |
| Joe Tiller Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1991-2008 · 18 seasons | 126-92-1 | 57.8% | 0 | 18.5 |
| Jim Young Longevity Coach | 1973-1990 · 17 seasons | 120-71-2 | 62.7% | 1 | 14.8 |
| Fred Akers Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1975-1990 · 16 seasons | 108-75-3 | 58.9% | 4 | 26.1 |
| Jeff Brohm Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 2014-2025 · 12 seasons | 94-56 | 62.7% | 0 | 15.4 |
| Andy Smith Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1913-1925 · 13 seasons | 86-22-10 | 77.1% | 0 | 35.1 |
| Jack Mollenkopf Peak Dominator, Consistent Winner | 1956-1969 · 14 seasons | 84-39-9 | 67.0% | 3 | 21.3 |
| Alex Agase Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1964-1976 · 13 seasons | 50-83-2 | 37.8% | 0 | 17.7 |
| Barry Odom Offense-First | 2016-2025 · 7 seasons | 47-43 | 52.2% | 0 | 18.9 |
| Noble Kizer Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 1930-1936 · 7 seasons | 42-13-3 | 75.0% | 0 | 19.8 |
| Jim Colletto Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1975-1996 · 11 seasons | 37-81-4 | 32.0% | 0 | 11.7 |
| Stuart Holcomb Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 1947-1955 · 9 seasons | 35-42-4 | 45.7% | 0 | 17.7 |
| Darrell Hazell Defense-First | 2011-2016 · 6 seasons | 25-43 | 36.8% | 0 | -0.5 |
| DM Balliet Balanced | 1893-1901 · 4 seasons | 22-10-2 | 67.7% | 0 | -13.2 |
| Mal Elward Longevity Coach | 1922-1941 · 7 seasons | 21-29-6 | 42.9% | 0 | 9.7 |
| Leon Burtnett Offense-First | 1982-1986 · 5 seasons | 21-34-1 | 38.4% | 0 | 4.4 |
| Danny Hope Defense-First | 2009-2012 · 4 seasons | 19-24 | 38.8% | 0 | -0.9 |
| William Dietz Balanced | 1917-1926 · 5 seasons | 17-19-3 | 47.4% | 0 | 8.1 |
| Cecil Isbell Balanced | 1944-1946 · 3 seasons | 14-14-1 | 50.0% | 0 | 20.5 |
| Bob DeMoss Consistent Winner, Defense-First | 1970-1972 · 3 seasons | 13-18 | 41.9% | 0 | 14.3 |
| Knowlton Ames Balanced | 1892-1892 · 2 seasons | 13-3-2 | 77.8% | 0 | - |
| Oliver Cutts Balanced | 1903-1904 · 2 seasons | 13-5 | 72.2% | 0 | -0.7 |
| Gerad Parker Balanced | 2016-2025 · 3 seasons | 12-20 | 37.5% | 0 | -7.9 |
| Alpha Jamison Balanced | 1898-1900 · 3 seasons | 11-11-1 | 50.0% | 0 | -3.4 |
| Elmer Burnham Peak Dominator | 1942-1943 · 2 seasons | 10-8 | 55.6% | 1 | 23.5 |
| MH Horr Volatile Builder | 1910-1912 · 3 seasons | 8-11-1 | 42.5% | 0 | 19.3 |
| Charles Best Balanced | 1902-1902 · 1 seasons | 7-2-1 | 75.0% | 0 | 1.5 |
| Butch Scanlon Balanced | 1918-1920 · 3 seasons | 7-12-1 | 37.5% | 0 | 5.2 |
| SM Hammond Balanced | 1896-1897 · 2 seasons | 7-9-1 | 44.1% | 0 | -11.7 |
| AE Hernstein Peak Dominator | 1905-1905 · 1 seasons | 6-1-1 | 81.3% | 0 | 33.8 |
| Frederick Speik Balanced | 1908-1909 · 2 seasons | 6-8 | 42.9% | 0 | -2.3 |
| Cleo ODonnell Balanced | 1916-1917 · 2 seasons | 5-8-1 | 39.3% | 0 | -4.0 |
| Ryan Walters Defense-First | 2023-2024 · 2 seasons | 5-19 | 20.8% | 0 | -1.9 |
| Bill Church Balanced | 1897-1897 · 1 seasons | 5-3-1 | 61.1% | 0 | -30.7 |
| Brian Brohm Balanced | 2022-2022 · 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 0 | 5.1 |
| Patrick Higgins Balanced | 2012-2012 · 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 0 | -4.2 |
| LC Turner Balanced | 1907-1907 · 1 seasons | 0-5 | 0.0% | 0 | -9.6 |
| ME Witham Balanced | 1906-1906 · 1 seasons | 0-5 | 0.0% | 0 | -12.1 |