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Rice Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Rice.
- Indexed coaches
- 21
- Coach seasons
- 234
- Wins leader
- Jess Neely
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Neely Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1931-1966 · 36 seasons | 187-159-17 | 53.9% | 4 | 23.8 |
| Ken Hatfield Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1979-2005 · 27 seasons | 168-140-4 | 54.5% | 1 | 19.4 |
| John Heisman Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1902-1927 · 26 seasons | 148-60-14 | 69.8% | 0 | 29.1 |
| Todd Graham Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 2006-2021 · 14 seasons | 106-72 | 59.6% | 0 | 22.3 |
| Jack Meagher Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1929-1944 · 15 seasons | 84-64-10 | 56.3% | 1 | 29.3 |
| Watson Brown Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1983-2006 · 19 seasons | 75-137-1 | 35.4% | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bill Peterson Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1960-1971 · 12 seasons | 65-49-12 | 56.4% | 0 | 17.9 |
| David Bailiff Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 2007-2017 · 11 seasons | 57-80 | 41.6% | 0 | 1.6 |
| John Anderson Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1918-1981 · 10 seasons | 52-34-3 | 60.1% | 0 | -0.5 |
| Jimmy Kitts Longevity Coach | 1934-1947 · 9 seasons | 46-42-7 | 52.1% | 0 | 17.7 |
| Phillip Arbuckle Volatile Builder | 1914-1923 · 9 seasons | 44-23-8 | 64.0% | 0 | 18.3 |
| Fred Goldsmith Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1989-1998 · 10 seasons | 40-70-1 | 36.5% | 0 | 7.1 |
| Mike Bloomgren Balanced | 2018-2024 · 7 seasons | 24-52 | 31.6% | 0 | -3.0 |
| Jerry Berndt Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1981-1992 · 8 seasons | 18-69 | 20.7% | 0 | -0.5 |
| Al Conover Defense-First | 1972-1975 · 4 seasons | 14-28-2 | 34.1% | 0 | 6.7 |
| Ray Alborn Balanced | 1978-1983 · 6 seasons | 13-53 | 19.7% | 0 | 4.4 |
| Bo Hagan Defense-First | 1967-1970 · 4 seasons | 12-27-1 | 31.3% | 0 | 8.3 |
| Homer Rice Offense-First | 1967-1977 · 4 seasons | 12-28-1 | 30.5% | 0 | -8.1 |
| Scott Abell Defense-First | 2025-2025 · 1 seasons | 5-8 | 38.5% | 0 | -15.1 |
| Pete Alamar Defense-First | 2024-2024 · 1 seasons | 2-2 | 50.0% | 0 | -8.6 |
| Claude Rothgeb Balanced | 1928-1928 · 1 seasons | 2-7 | 22.2% | 0 | -11.7 |