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South Carolina Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to South Carolina.
- Indexed coaches
- 30
- Coach seasons
- 243
- Wins leader
- Lou Holtz
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Holtz Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1969-2004 · 33 seasons | 249-132-7 | 65.1% | 8 | 27.5 |
| Steve Spurrier Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1987-2015 · 26 seasons | 228-89-2 | 71.8% | 13 | 31.2 |
| Paul Dietzel Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1955-1974 · 20 seasons | 109-95-5 | 53.3% | 3 | 25.6 |
| Jim Carlen Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1966-1981 · 16 seasons | 107-69-6 | 60.4% | 0 | 20.0 |
| Joe Morrison Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1973-1988 · 16 seasons | 101-72-7 | 58.1% | 0 | 24.1 |
| Rex Enright Longevity Coach | 1938-1955 · 16 seasons | 69-70-7 | 49.7% | 0 | 3.5 |
| Sol Metzger Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1904-1924 · 11 seasons | 64-33-5 | 65.2% | 0 | 24.7 |
| Branch Bocock Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1908-1926 · 10 seasons | 58-24-4 | 69.8% | 0 | 7.8 |
| Frank Dobson Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1910-1939 · 15 seasons | 58-62-7 | 48.4% | 0 | 1.8 |
| Will Muschamp Peak Dominator, Defense-First | 2011-2020 · 9 seasons | 56-51 | 52.3% | 1 | 20.7 |
| Shawn Elliott Offense-First | 2015-2023 · 8 seasons | 42-49 | 46.2% | 0 | 1.9 |
| Billy Laval Balanced | 1928-1934 · 7 seasons | 39-26-6 | 59.2% | 0 | 0.8 |
| Shane Beamer Defense-First | 2021-2025 · 5 seasons | 33-30 | 52.4% | 0 | 15.8 |
| Warren Giese Balanced | 1956-1960 · 5 seasons | 28-21-1 | 57.0% | 0 | 7.2 |
| Mike Bobo Offense-First | 2015-2020 · 6 seasons | 28-38 | 42.4% | 0 | 1.2 |
| Sparky Woods Defense-First | 1989-1993 · 5 seasons | 24-28-3 | 46.4% | 0 | 11.7 |
| Marvin Bass Program Stabilizer, Longevity Coach | 1951-1965 · 6 seasons | 24-32-4 | 43.3% | 0 | 8.2 |
| Brad Scott Offense-First | 1994-1998 · 5 seasons | 23-32-1 | 42.0% | 0 | 7.1 |
| NB Edgerton Balanced | 1912-1915 · 4 seasons | 19-13-3 | 58.6% | 0 | -2.1 |
| CR Williams Balanced | 1903-1907 · 2 seasons | 15-4 | 79.0% | 0 | -1.8 |
| Don McCallister Balanced | 1935-1937 · 3 seasons | 13-20-1 | 39.7% | 0 | -7.4 |
| John Neff Balanced | 1909-1911 · 3 seasons | 12-9-2 | 56.5% | 0 | 4.3 |
| Doc Newton Balanced | 1940-1944 · 2 seasons | 6-10-2 | 38.9% | 0 | -5.7 |
| Johnnie McMillan Balanced | 1945-1954 · 3 seasons | 6-19-3 | 26.8% | 0 | 0.2 |
| JP Moran Balanced | 1943-1943 · 1 seasons | 5-2 | 71.4% | 0 | -4.9 |
| Richard Bell Balanced | 1982-1982 · 1 seasons | 4-7 | 36.4% | 0 | 0.8 |
| Harry Lightsey Balanced | 1927-1927 · 1 seasons | 4-5 | 44.4% | 0 | -18.9 |
| Dixon Foster Balanced | 1917-1919 · 2 seasons | 4-12-1 | 26.5% | 0 | -10.8 |
| Christie Benet Balanced | 1909-1909 · 1 seasons | 2-6 | 25.0% | 0 | -23.3 |
| Rice Warren Balanced | 1916-1916 · 1 seasons | 2-7 | 22.2% | 0 | -41.5 |