Coaching History
Pittsburgh Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Pittsburgh.
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Coaches
29
Indexed Record
726-517-37
Best Win %
Jackie Sherrill 84.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Narduzzi | 2015-2025 • 11 seasons | 80-61 | 56.7% | 10.8 | #13 |
| Paul Chryst | 2012-2014 • 3 seasons | 19-19 | 50.0% | 7.1 | — |
| Todd Graham | 2011-2011 • 1 seasons | 6-6 | 50.0% | 2.8 | — |
| Dave Wannstedt | 2005-2010 • 6 seasons | 42-31 | 57.5% | 13.2 | #15 |
| Phil Bennett | 2010-2010 • 1 seasons | 1-0 | 100.0% | 8.4 | — |
| Walt Harris | 1997-2004 • 8 seasons | 52-44 | 54.2% | 10.5 | #19 |
| Johnny Majors | 1973-1996 • 8 seasons | 45-45-1 | 50.0% | 24.2 | #1 |
| Paul Hackett | 1990-1992 • 3 seasons | 12-20-1 | 37.9% | 2.4 | — |
| Sal Sunseri | 1992-1992 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | -10.7 | — |
| Mike Gottfried | 1986-1989 • 4 seasons | 26-17-2 | 60.0% | 13.0 | #17 |
| Foge Fazio | 1982-1985 • 4 seasons | 25-18-3 | 57.6% | 20.0 | #10 |
| Jackie Sherrill | 1977-1981 • 5 seasons | 50-9-1 | 84.2% | 29.6 | #2 |
| Carl DePasqua | 1969-1972 • 4 seasons | 13-29 | 30.9% | -3.2 | — |
| Dave Hart | 1966-1968 • 3 seasons | 3-27 | 10.0% | -12.0 | — |
| John Michelosen | 1955-1965 • 11 seasons | 56-49-7 | 53.1% | 19.1 | #4 |
| Red Dawson | 1952-1954 • 3 seasons | 9-11-1 | 45.2% | 9.1 | — |
| Thomas Hamilton | 1951-1954 • 2 seasons | 7-9 | 43.8% | 3.7 | — |
| Len Casanova | 1950-1950 • 1 seasons | 1-8 | 11.1% | -5.4 | — |
| Walter Milligan | 1947-1949 • 3 seasons | 13-14 | 48.1% | 8.7 | — |
| Wesley Fesler | 1946-1946 • 1 seasons | 3-5-1 | 38.9% | 7.9 | — |
| Clark Shaughnessy | 1943-1945 • 3 seasons | 10-17 | 37.0% | 1.2 | — |
| Charles Bowser | 1939-1942 • 4 seasons | 14-20-1 | 41.4% | 6.8 | — |
| Jock Sutherland | 1924-1938 • 15 seasons | 111-20-12 | 81.8% | 25.7 | #1 |
| Pop Warner | 1915-1923 • 9 seasons | 60-12-4 | 81.6% | 41.4 | — |
| Joseph Duff | 1913-1914 • 2 seasons | 14-3-1 | 80.6% | 19.0 | — |
| Joseph Thompson | 1908-1912 • 5 seasons | 30-14-2 | 67.4% | 15.9 | — |
| John Moorhead | 1907-1907 • 1 seasons | 8-2 | 80.0% | 10.1 | — |
| Edgar Wingard | 1906-1906 • 1 seasons | 6-4 | 60.0% | 3.2 | — |
| Arthur Mosse | 1905-1905 • 1 seasons | 10-2 | 83.3% | -11.7 | — |
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