Back to coaches
Coaches By School
Washington Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Washington.
- Indexed coaches
- 23
- Coach seasons
- 233
- 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 |
| Don James Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1971-1992 · 22 seasons | 175-79-3 | 68.7% | 6 | 33.4 |
| Chris Petersen Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2006-2019 · 14 seasons | 147-38 | 79.5% | 5 | 27.3 |
| James Phelan Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1920-1947 · 27 seasons | 136-82-14 | 61.6% | 3 | 21.2 |
| Gilmour Dobie Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1916-1938 · 22 seasons | 115-44-11 | 70.9% | 0 | 29.8 |
| Jim Owens Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1957-1974 · 18 seasons | 99-82-6 | 54.5% | 2 | 23.4 |
| Steve Sarkisian Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2009-2025 · 11 seasons | 91-53 | 63.2% | 2 | 22.0 |
| Rick Neuheisel Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1995-2011 · 12 seasons | 87-58 | 60.0% | 3 | 20.0 |
| Tyrone Willingham Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1995-2008 · 14 seasons | 76-88-1 | 46.4% | 0 | 11.7 |
| Enoch Bagshaw Program Stabilizer | 1921-1929 · 9 seasons | 64-21-6 | 73.6% | 0 | 20.1 |
| Stub Allison Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1920-1944 · 11 seasons | 59-47-2 | 55.6% | 1 | 21.2 |
| Howard Odell Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1942-1952 · 11 seasons | 58-40-4 | 58.8% | 0 | 14.8 |
| Kalen DeBoer Volatile Builder, Offense-First | 2020-2025 · 6 seasons | 57-17 | 77.0% | 2 | 18.1 |
| Jim Lambright Offense-First | 1993-1998 · 6 seasons | 44-25-1 | 63.6% | 0 | 22.4 |
| Jedd Fisch Volatile Builder, Offense-First | 2017-2025 · 6 seasons | 32-33 | 49.2% | 0 | 17.4 |
| Keith Gilbertson Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1992-2004 · 6 seasons | 27-42 | 39.1% | 0 | 11.2 |
| Ralph Welch Balanced | 1942-1947 · 5 seasons | 23-19-3 | 54.4% | 0 | 5.1 |
| John Cherberg Balanced | 1953-1955 · 3 seasons | 10-18-2 | 36.7% | 0 | 9.9 |
| Jimmy Lake Defense-First | 2020-2021 · 2 seasons | 7-6 | 53.8% | 0 | 2.3 |
| Claude Hunt Balanced | 1917-1919 · 2 seasons | 6-3-1 | 65.0% | 0 | 13.6 |
| Marques Tuiasosopo Balanced | 2013-2013 · 1 seasons | 1-0 | 100.0% | 0 | 19.8 |
| Anthony Savage Balanced | 1918-1918 · 1 seasons | 1-1 | 50.0% | 0 | - |
| Bob Gregory Defense-First | 2021-2021 · 1 seasons | 0-3 | 0.0% | 0 | 2.3 |