Coaches By School
Tulane Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Tulane.
- Indexed coaches
- 35
- Coach seasons
- 278
- Wins leader
- Mack Brown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Brown Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1985-2024 · 35 seasons | 282-150-1 | 65.2% | 9 | 31.0 |
| Bernie Bierman Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1925-1950 · 24 seasons | 144-56-9 | 71.0% | 6 | 27.8 |
| Larry Smith Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1976-2000 · 24 seasons | 143-126-7 | 53.1% | 2 | 24.9 |
| Clark Shaughnessy Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1915-1946 · 24 seasons | 108-89-10 | 54.6% | 1 | 19.5 |
| Tommy Bowden Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 1997-2008 · 12 seasons | 90-49 | 64.8% | 1 | 14.6 |
| Willie Fritz Longevity Coach | 2014-2025 · 12 seasons | 86-65 | 57.0% | 1 | 10.5 |
| Bob Toledo Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1979-2011 · 16 seasons | 78-102 | 43.3% | 2 | 21.4 |
| Vince Gibson Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1967-1982 · 16 seasons | 73-100-2 | 42.3% | 0 | 20.8 |
| Henry Frnka Program Stabilizer, Longevity Coach | 1941-1951 · 11 seasons | 71-32-5 | 68.1% | 1 | 20.2 |
| Raymond Wolf Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1936-1953 · 13 seasons | 64-55-7 | 53.6% | 0 | 24.5 |
| Red Dawson Peak Dominator, Program Stabilizer | 1936-1954 · 9 seasons | 45-30-5 | 59.4% | 1 | 20.9 |
| Jon Sumrall Consistent Winner, Defense-First | 2022-2025 · 4 seasons | 43-12 | 78.2% | 0 | 8.7 |
| Chris Scelfo Offense-First | 1999-2006 · 8 seasons | 36-57 | 38.7% | 0 | -0.2 |
| Ted Cox Balanced | 1932-1938 · 7 seasons | 35-33-2 | 51.4% | 0 | 13.5 |
| Bennie Ellender Defense-First | 1971-1975 · 5 seasons | 27-29 | 48.2% | 0 | 10.0 |
| Andy Pilney Program Stabilizer | 1954-1961 · 8 seasons | 25-49-6 | 35.0% | 0 | 9.2 |
| Jim Pittman Defense-First | 1966-1971 · 6 seasons | 24-33-2 | 42.4% | 0 | 11.2 |
| Buddy Teevens Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1992-2004 · 8 seasons | 20-69 | 22.5% | 0 | 9.7 |
| Curtis Johnson Defense-First | 2012-2015 · 4 seasons | 15-34 | 30.6% | 0 | -6.3 |
| Greg Davis Offense-First | 1988-1991 · 4 seasons | 14-31 | 31.1% | 0 | -2.6 |
| Claude Simons Balanced | 1942-1945 · 4 seasons | 13-17-1 | 43.5% | 0 | 11.7 |
| Edwin Sweetland Balanced | 1908-1914 · 3 seasons | 10-10-3 | 50.0% | 0 | 15.0 |
| Joe Curtis Balanced | 1907-1908 · 2 seasons | 10-3 | 76.9% | 0 | -13.0 |
| AA Mason Balanced | 1910-1912 · 3 seasons | 10-13-1 | 43.8% | 0 | -10.2 |
| Wally English Defense-First | 1983-1984 · 2 seasons | 7-15 | 31.8% | 0 | 1.2 |
| Tommy OBoyle Balanced | 1962-1965 · 4 seasons | 6-33-1 | 16.3% | 0 | 1.1 |
| Myron Fuller Balanced | 1920-1921 · 2 seasons | 6-12 | 33.3% | 0 | -9.5 |
| J Janvier Balanced | 1904-1904 · 1 seasons | 5-2 | 71.4% | 0 | -11.4 |
| T Berry Balanced | 1904-1904 · 1 seasons | 5-2 | 71.4% | 0 | -11.4 |
| Buster Brown Balanced | 1909-1909 · 1 seasons | 4-3-2 | 55.6% | 0 | 1.6 |
| AC Hoffman Balanced | 1913-1913 · 1 seasons | 3-5 | 37.5% | 0 | -27.2 |
| Virginius Dabney Balanced | 1902-1902 · 1 seasons | 1-4-2 | 28.6% | 0 | -16.9 |
| Slade Nagle Defense-First | 2023-2023 · 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 0 | 2.0 |
| Mark Hutson Balanced | 2012-2012 · 1 seasons | 0-6 | 0.0% | 0 | -19.2 |
| John Russ Balanced | 1906-1906 · 1 seasons | 0-4-1 | 10.0% | 0 | -32.1 |