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West Virginia Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to West Virginia.
- Indexed coaches
- 22
- Coach seasons
- 228
- Wins leader
- Bobby Bowden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bowden Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1970-2009 · 40 seasons | 357-124-4 | 74.0% | 16 | 30.5 |
| Don Nehlen Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1968-2000 · 30 seasons | 202-128-8 | 61.0% | 2 | 22.9 |
| Rich Rodriguez Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2001-2025 · 19 seasons | 140-100 | 58.3% | 3 | 24.4 |
| Jim Carlen Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1966-1981 · 16 seasons | 107-69-6 | 60.4% | 0 | 20.0 |
| Dana Holgorsen Program Stabilizer, Longevity Coach | 2011-2023 · 13 seasons | 92-69 | 57.1% | 0 | 17.9 |
| Clarence Spears Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1921-1944 · 17 seasons | 89-48-11 | 64.3% | 0 | 20.8 |
| Neal Brown Program Stabilizer, Longevity Coach | 2015-2024 · 10 seasons | 72-51 | 58.5% | 0 | 6.5 |
| Art Lewis Longevity Coach | 1946-1959 · 13 seasons | 69-55-2 | 55.6% | 1 | 11.6 |
| Sol Metzger Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1904-1924 · 11 seasons | 64-33-5 | 65.2% | 0 | 24.7 |
| Greasy Neale Longevity Coach | 1921-1933 · 11 seasons | 56-41-10 | 57.0% | 0 | 25.1 |
| Rat Rogers Longevity Coach | 1925-1945 · 9 seasons | 44-31-8 | 57.8% | 0 | 20.7 |
| Gene Corum Balanced | 1960-1965 · 6 seasons | 29-30-2 | 49.2% | 0 | 4.5 |
| Bill Stewart Consistent Winner, Defense-First | 2008-2010 · 3 seasons | 27-12 | 69.2% | 0 | 10.0 |
| Dudley DeGroot Balanced | 1948-1952 · 5 seasons | 26-26-1 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.9 |
| Mont McIntire Balanced | 1916-1920 · 4 seasons | 24-11-4 | 66.7% | 0 | 24.9 |
| Bill Kern Balanced | 1940-1947 · 5 seasons | 24-23-1 | 51.0% | 0 | 5.2 |
| Frank Cignetti Defense-First | 1976-1979 · 4 seasons | 17-27 | 38.6% | 0 | 5.6 |
| Trusty Tallman Balanced | 1934-1936 · 3 seasons | 15-12-2 | 55.2% | 0 | 4.7 |
| Marshall Glenn Balanced | 1937-1939 · 3 seasons | 14-12-3 | 53.4% | 0 | 0.4 |
| Edwin Sweetland Balanced | 1908-1914 · 3 seasons | 10-10-3 | 50.0% | 0 | 15.0 |
| CA Lueder Balanced | 1903-1909 · 2 seasons | 9-4-2 | 66.7% | 0 | 5.6 |
| Chad Scott Offense-First | 2024-2024 · 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.2 |