Coaching History
Oregon State Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Oregon State.
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Coaches
19
Indexed Record
499-607-36
Best Win %
Dennis Erickson 64.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Bray | 2024-2025 • 2 seasons | 7-17 | 29.2% | -9.2 | — |
| Jonathan Smith | 2018-2023 • 6 seasons | 34-35 | 49.3% | 15.3 | #17 |
| Kefense Hynson | 2023-2023 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 15.3 | — |
| Gary Andersen | 2015-2017 • 3 seasons | 7-23 | 23.3% | 1.6 | — |
| Cory Hall | 2017-2017 • 1 seasons | 0-6 | 0.0% | -16.5 | — |
| Mike Riley | 1997-2014 • 14 seasons | 93-80 | 53.8% | 14.9 | #18 |
| Dennis Erickson | 1999-2002 • 4 seasons | 31-17 | 64.6% | 23.3 | #4 |
| Jerry Pettibone | 1991-1996 • 6 seasons | 13-52-1 | 20.4% | 3.7 | — |
| Dave Kragthorpe | 1985-1990 • 6 seasons | 17-48-2 | 26.9% | 5.2 | — |
| Joe Avezzano | 1980-1984 • 5 seasons | 6-47-2 | 12.7% | -6.5 | — |
| Craig Fertig | 1976-1979 • 4 seasons | 8-36-1 | 18.9% | -0.2 | — |
| Dee Andros | 1965-1975 • 11 seasons | 51-64-1 | 44.4% | 20.0 | #7 |
| Tommy Prothro | 1955-1964 • 10 seasons | 63-37-2 | 62.7% | 14.1 | #8 |
| Kip Taylor | 1949-1954 • 6 seasons | 20-36 | 35.7% | 8.9 | — |
| Lon Stiner | 1933-1948 • 14 seasons | 74-49-17 | 58.9% | 15.0 | #12 |
| Paul Schissler | 1924-1932 • 9 seasons | 48-30-2 | 61.3% | 20.3 | — |
| RB Rutherford | 1920-1923 • 4 seasons | 13-14-6 | 48.5% | 9.6 | — |
| Bill Hargiss | 1918-1919 • 2 seasons | 6-8-1 | 43.3% | 8.7 | — |
| Joseph Pipal | 1916-1917 • 2 seasons | 8-7-1 | 53.1% | -11.5 | — |
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