Coaching History
Ohio State Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Ohio State.
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Coaches
25
Indexed Record
1002-334-53
Best Win %
Urban Meyer 90.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Day | 2018-2025 • 8 seasons | 82-12 | 87.2% | 32.8 | #1 |
| Urban Meyer | 2012-2018 • 7 seasons | 83-9 | 90.2% | 25.6 | #1 |
| Luke Fickell | 2011-2011 • 1 seasons | 6-7 | 46.2% | 4.9 | — |
| Jim Tressel | 2001-2010 • 10 seasons | 106-22 | 82.8% | 27.2 | #1 |
| John Cooper | 1988-2000 • 13 seasons | 111-43-4 | 71.5% | 28.2 | #2 |
| Earle Bruce | 1979-1987 • 9 seasons | 81-26-1 | 75.5% | 24.9 | #4 |
| Woody Hayes | 1951-1978 • 28 seasons | 205-61-10 | 76.1% | 36.3 | #1 |
| Wesley Fesler | 1947-1950 • 4 seasons | 21-10-3 | 66.2% | 20.8 | #0 |
| Paul Bixler | 1946-1946 • 1 seasons | 4-3-2 | 55.6% | 17.1 | #0 |
| Carroll Widdoes | 1944-1945 • 2 seasons | 16-2 | 88.9% | 29.8 | #2 |
| Paul Brown | 1941-1943 • 3 seasons | 18-8-1 | 68.5% | 23.8 | #0 |
| Francis Schmidt | 1934-1940 • 7 seasons | 39-16-1 | 70.5% | 24.2 | #13 |
| Sam Willaman | 1929-1933 • 5 seasons | 26-10-5 | 69.5% | 15.8 | #0 |
| John Wilce | 1913-1928 • 16 seasons | 78-33-9 | 68.8% | 33.6 | — |
| John Richards | 1912-1912 • 1 seasons | 6-3 | 66.7% | — | #0 |
| Harry Vaughn | 1911-1911 • 1 seasons | 5-3-2 | 60.0% | — | #0 |
| Howard Jones | 1910-1910 • 1 seasons | 6-1-3 | 75.0% | — | #0 |
| AE Herrnstein | 1906-1909 • 4 seasons | 28-10-1 | 73.1% | — | #0 |
| ER Sweetland | 1904-1905 • 2 seasons | 14-7-2 | 65.2% | -10.0 | #0 |
| Perry Hale | 1902-1903 • 2 seasons | 14-5-2 | 71.4% | — | #0 |
| John Eckstrom | 1899-1901 • 3 seasons | 22-4-3 | 81.0% | — | #0 |
| David Edwards | 1897-1898 • 2 seasons | 4-12-1 | 26.5% | — | #0 |
| Charles Hickey | 1896-1896 • 1 seasons | 5-5-1 | 50.0% | — | #0 |
| Jack Ryder | 1892-1895 • 4 seasons | 19-17-2 | 52.6% | — | #0 |
| Alexander Lilley | 1890-1891 • 2 seasons | 3-5 | 37.5% | — | #0 |
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