Coaches By School
Wisconsin Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Wisconsin.
- Indexed coaches
- 29
- Coach seasons
- 229
- Wins leader
- Bret Bielema
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bret Bielema Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2006-2025 · 17 seasons | 134-84 | 61.5% | 3 | 23.1 |
| Barry Alvarez Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1990-2014 · 18 seasons | 118-75-4 | 60.9% | 3 | 21.7 |
| Clarence Spears Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1921-1944 · 17 seasons | 89-48-11 | 64.3% | 0 | 20.8 |
| Glenn Thistlethwaite Longevity Coach | 1922-1941 · 18 seasons | 88-59-13 | 59.1% | 0 | 21.7 |
| Paul Chryst Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2012-2022 · 11 seasons | 86-45 | 65.6% | 2 | 24.7 |
| Luke Fickell Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 2011-2025 · 11 seasons | 80-46 | 63.5% | 2 | 16.9 |
| Harry Stuhldreher Longevity Coach | 1930-1948 · 19 seasons | 78-80-11 | 49.4% | 1 | 18.8 |
| Phil King Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1896-1905 · 9 seasons | 72-14-1 | 83.3% | 0 | 38.3 |
| Dave McClain Program Stabilizer, Longevity Coach | 1975-1985 · 11 seasons | 72-49-3 | 59.3% | 0 | 9.2 |
| Gary Andersen Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 2009-2020 · 11 seasons | 59-63 | 48.4% | 0 | 18.5 |
| William Juneau Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1904-1922 · 11 seasons | 56-28-5 | 65.7% | 0 | 37.5 |
| Milt Bruhn Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1956-1966 · 11 seasons | 52-45-6 | 53.4% | 3 | 29.6 |
| JR Richards Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1905-1922 · 11 seasons | 52-18-8 | 71.8% | 0 | 32.5 |
| Ivy Williamson Peak Dominator, Consistent Winner | 1949-1955 · 7 seasons | 41-19-4 | 67.2% | 2 | 21.7 |
| Parke Davis Consistent Winner | 1893-1897 · 5 seasons | 37-11-3 | 75.5% | 0 | 12.4 |
| John Jardine Defense-First | 1970-1977 · 8 seasons | 37-47-3 | 44.3% | 0 | 16.4 |
| Charles Hutchins Balanced | 1902-1907 · 4 seasons | 19-12-1 | 60.9% | 0 | 9.4 |
| Guy Lowman Balanced | 1910-1918 · 5 seasons | 19-18-2 | 51.3% | 1 | 6.9 |
| Don Morton Balanced | 1985-1989 · 5 seasons | 19-36 | 34.5% | 0 | 3.3 |
| George Little Consistent Winner | 1924-1926 · 3 seasons | 17-5-2 | 75.0% | 0 | 16.4 |
| Arthur Curtis Balanced | 1902-1904 · 3 seasons | 17-10-1 | 62.5% | 0 | 8.6 |
| HO Stickney Balanced | 1894-1895 · 2 seasons | 10-4-1 | 70.0% | 0 | - |
| Tom Barry Balanced | 1908-1910 · 3 seasons | 9-4-3 | 65.6% | 0 | 17.8 |
| Jack Ryan Balanced | 1923-1924 · 2 seasons | 5-6-4 | 46.7% | 0 | 15.2 |
| Paul Withington Balanced | 1916-1916 · 1 seasons | 4-2-1 | 64.3% | 0 | 9.7 |
| Jim Leonhard Defense-First | 2022-2022 · 1 seasons | 4-3 | 57.1% | 0 | 5.4 |
| Frank Crawford Balanced | 1892-1892 · 1 seasons | 4-3 | 57.1% | 0 | - |
| Jim Hilles Defense-First | 1986-1986 · 1 seasons | 3-9 | 25.0% | 0 | -3.9 |
| John Coatta Balanced | 1967-1969 · 3 seasons | 3-26-1 | 11.7% | 0 | -4.7 |