Coaching History
Cincinnati Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Cincinnati.
Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati • OH
Big 12Nippert Stadium
Coaches
19
Indexed Record
408-394-12
Best Win %
Brian Kelly 85.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Satterfield | 2023-2025 • 3 seasons | 15-22 | 40.5% | 4.4 | — |
| Luke Fickell | 2017-2022 • 6 seasons | 57-18 | 76.0% | 16.9 | #4 |
| Kerry Coombs | 2022-2022 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 5.7 | — |
| Tommy Tuberville | 2013-2016 • 4 seasons | 29-22 | 56.9% | 1.6 | — |
| Butch Jones | 2010-2012 • 3 seasons | 23-14 | 62.2% | 10.5 | #25 |
| Brian Kelly | 2006-2009 • 4 seasons | 34-6 | 85.0% | 16.3 | #8 |
| Mark Dantonio | 2004-2006 • 3 seasons | 18-17 | 51.4% | 4.1 | — |
| Rick Minter | 1994-2003 • 10 seasons | 53-63-1 | 45.7% | 7.5 | — |
| Tim Murphy | 1989-1993 • 5 seasons | 17-37-1 | 31.8% | -2.0 | — |
| Dave Currey | 1984-1988 • 5 seasons | 19-36 | 34.5% | -5.3 | — |
| Watson Brown | 1983-1983 • 1 seasons | 4-6-1 | 40.9% | -1.8 | — |
| Mike Gottfried | 1981-1982 • 2 seasons | 12-10 | 54.5% | 4.1 | — |
| Ralph Staub | 1977-1980 • 4 seasons | 14-28-2 | 34.1% | 3.7 | — |
| Tony Mason | 1973-1976 • 4 seasons | 25-19 | 56.8% | 9.6 | — |
| Ray Callahan | 1969-1972 • 4 seasons | 20-23 | 46.5% | -0.3 | — |
| Homer Rice | 1967-1968 • 2 seasons | 8-10-1 | 44.7% | -8.1 | — |
| Charles Studley | 1961-1966 • 6 seasons | 27-33 | 45.0% | 5.8 | — |
| George Blackburn | 1955-1960 • 6 seasons | 25-27-6 | 48.3% | 0.1 | — |
| Sid Gillman | 1954-1954 • 1 seasons | 8-2 | 80.0% | 4.9 | — |
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