Coaching History
Oklahoma Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Oklahoma.
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Coaches
19
Indexed Record
907-331-47
Best Win %
Lincoln Riley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Venables | 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 32-20 | 61.5% | 19.1 | #15 |
| Bob Stoops | 1999-2021 • 19 seasons | 191-48 | 79.9% | 32.8 | #1 |
| Lincoln Riley | 2017-2021 • 5 seasons | 55-10 | 84.6% | 22.7 | #3 |
| John Blake | 1996-1998 • 3 seasons | 12-22 | 35.3% | 1.4 | — |
| Howard Schnellenberger | 1995-1995 • 1 seasons | 5-5-1 | 50.0% | -1.1 | — |
| Gary Gibbs | 1989-1994 • 6 seasons | 44-23-2 | 65.2% | 22.4 | #16 |
| Barry Switzer | 1973-1988 • 16 seasons | 157-29-4 | 83.7% | 37.8 | #1 |
| Chuck Fairbanks | 1967-1972 • 6 seasons | 52-15-1 | 77.2% | 34.7 | #2 |
| Jim MacKenzie | 1966-1966 • 1 seasons | 6-4 | 60.0% | 12.0 | — |
| Gomer Jones | 1964-1965 • 2 seasons | 9-11-1 | 45.2% | 10.9 | — |
| Bud Wilkinson | 1947-1963 • 17 seasons | 145-29-4 | 82.6% | 29.9 | #1 |
| Jim Tatum | 1946-1946 • 1 seasons | 8-3 | 72.7% | 13.6 | #14 |
| Snorter Luster | 1941-1945 • 5 seasons | 27-18-3 | 59.4% | 11.9 | — |
| Tom Stidham | 1937-1940 • 4 seasons | 27-8-3 | 75.0% | 15.3 | #4 |
| Biff Jones | 1935-1936 • 2 seasons | 9-6-3 | 58.3% | 5.9 | — |
| Lewie Hardage | 1932-1934 • 3 seasons | 11-12-4 | 48.1% | 5.5 | — |
| Adrian Lindsey | 1927-1931 • 5 seasons | 19-19-6 | 50.0% | 4.3 | — |
| Bennie Owen | 1905-1926 • 17 seasons | 93-45-12 | 66.0% | 12.4 | — |
| Mark McMahon | 1903-1903 • 1 seasons | 5-4-3 | 54.2% | -4.0 | — |
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