Coaching History
Duke Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Duke.
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Coaches
20
Indexed Record
510-546-27
Best Win %
Herman Steiner 75.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Diaz | 2024-2025 • 2 seasons | 18-9 | 66.7% | 5.2 | — |
| Mike Elko | 2022-2023 • 2 seasons | 16-9 | 64.0% | 9.8 | — |
| Trooper Taylor | 2023-2023 • 1 seasons | 1-0 | 100.0% | 9.8 | — |
| David Cutcliffe | 2008-2021 • 14 seasons | 77-97 | 44.3% | 8.3 | #23 |
| Ted Roof | 2003-2007 • 5 seasons | 6-45 | 11.8% | -5.1 | — |
| Carl Franks | 1999-2003 • 5 seasons | 7-45 | 13.5% | -5.1 | — |
| Fred Goldsmith | 1994-1998 • 5 seasons | 17-39 | 30.4% | 7.1 | — |
| Barry Wilson | 1990-1993 • 4 seasons | 13-30-1 | 30.7% | 1.0 | — |
| Steve Spurrier | 1987-1989 • 3 seasons | 20-13-1 | 60.3% | 5.5 | — |
| Steve Sloan | 1983-1986 • 4 seasons | 13-31 | 29.5% | -3.9 | — |
| Red Wilson | 1979-1982 • 4 seasons | 16-27-1 | 37.5% | 6.0 | — |
| Mike McGee | 1971-1978 • 8 seasons | 37-47-4 | 44.3% | 9.5 | — |
| Tom Harp | 1966-1970 • 5 seasons | 22-28-1 | 44.1% | 0.8 | — |
| Bill Murray | 1951-1965 • 15 seasons | 93-51-9 | 63.7% | 16.4 | #10 |
| Wallace Wade | 1931-1950 • 16 seasons | 110-36-7 | 74.2% | 18.9 | #2 |
| Jimmy DeHart | 1926-1930 • 5 seasons | 24-23-2 | 51.0% | -1.3 | — |
| James Herron | 1925-1925 • 1 seasons | 4-5 | 44.4% | -24.2 | — |
| Howard Jones | 1924-1924 • 1 seasons | 4-5 | 44.4% | -19.9 | — |
| SM Alexander | 1923-1923 • 1 seasons | 5-4 | 55.6% | -22.1 | — |
| Herman Steiner | 1922-1922 • 1 seasons | 7-2-1 | 75.0% | -8.0 | — |
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