Coaching History
Michigan State Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Michigan State.
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Coaches
19
Indexed Record
615-420-30
Best Win %
Biggie Munn 84.6%
All-time coaching ledger
Records use fallback-adjusted coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are not included in the table totals.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Best SRS | Best Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Smith | 2024-2025 • 2 seasons | 9-15 | 37.5% | -0.3 | — |
| Mel Tucker | 2020-2023 • 4 seasons | 20-14 | 58.8% | 11.1 | #9 |
| Harlon Barnett | 2023-2023 • 1 seasons | 2-8 | 20.0% | -3.2 | — |
| Mark Dantonio | 2007-2019 • 13 seasons | 114-57 | 66.7% | 20.0 | #3 |
| John Smith | 2003-2006 • 4 seasons | 22-26 | 45.8% | 11.1 | — |
| Bobby Williams | 2000-2002 • 3 seasons | 15-17 | 46.9% | 7.6 | — |
| Morris Watts | 2002-2002 • 1 seasons | 1-2 | 33.3% | -4.6 | — |
| Nick Saban | 1995-1999 • 5 seasons | 34-24-1 | 58.5% | 18.2 | #7 |
| George Perles | 1983-1994 • 12 seasons | 73-62-4 | 54.0% | 15.9 | #8 |
| Frank Waters | 1980-1982 • 3 seasons | 10-23 | 30.3% | 3.2 | — |
| Darryl Rogers | 1976-1979 • 4 seasons | 24-18-2 | 56.8% | 21.8 | #12 |
| Dennis Stolz | 1973-1975 • 3 seasons | 19-13-1 | 59.1% | 14.1 | #12 |
| Duffy Daugherty | 1954-1972 • 19 seasons | 109-69-5 | 60.9% | 30.7 | #2 |
| Biggie Munn | 1947-1953 • 7 seasons | 54-9-2 | 84.6% | 28.2 | #1 |
| Charlie Bachman | 1933-1946 • 13 seasons | 70-34-10 | 65.8% | 23.9 | — |
| Jimmy Crowley | 1929-1932 • 4 seasons | 22-8-3 | 71.2% | 11.0 | — |
| Harry Kipke | 1928-1928 • 1 seasons | 3-4-1 | 43.8% | -2.9 | — |
| Ralph Young | 1925-1927 • 3 seasons | 10-14-1 | 42.0% | -0.5 | — |
| George Gauthier | 1918-1918 • 1 seasons | 4-3 | 57.1% | — | — |
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