Coaching History
Iowa Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Iowa.
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Coaches
20
Indexed Record
680-557-34
Best Win %
Alden Knipe 77.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Ferentz | 1999-2025 • 27 seasons | 213-128 | 62.5% | 18.3 | #7 |
| Hayden Fry | 1979-1998 • 20 seasons | 143-89-6 | 61.3% | 17.7 | #10 |
| Bob Commings | 1974-1978 • 5 seasons | 17-38 | 30.9% | 2.5 | — |
| Frank Lauterbur | 1971-1973 • 3 seasons | 4-28-1 | 13.6% | -1.9 | — |
| Ray Nagel | 1966-1970 • 5 seasons | 16-32-2 | 34.0% | 10.8 | — |
| Jerry Burns | 1961-1965 • 5 seasons | 16-27-2 | 37.8% | 16.2 | — |
| Forest Evashevski | 1952-1960 • 9 seasons | 52-27-4 | 65.1% | 28.9 | #2 |
| Leonard Raffensperger | 1950-1951 • 2 seasons | 5-10-3 | 36.1% | 3.5 | — |
| Edward Anderson | 1939-1949 • 8 seasons | 35-33-2 | 51.4% | 19.6 | #9 |
| Clem Crowe | 1945-1945 • 1 seasons | 2-7 | 22.2% | -6.0 | — |
| Slip Madigan | 1943-1944 • 2 seasons | 2-13-1 | 15.6% | 0.2 | — |
| Irl Tubbs | 1937-1938 • 2 seasons | 2-13-1 | 15.6% | -6.0 | — |
| Ossie Solem | 1932-1936 • 5 seasons | 15-21-4 | 42.5% | 19.1 | — |
| Burton Ingwersen | 1924-1931 • 8 seasons | 33-27-4 | 54.7% | 14.4 | — |
| Howard Jones | 1916-1923 • 8 seasons | 42-17-1 | 70.8% | 26.9 | — |
| Jesse Hawley | 1910-1915 • 6 seasons | 24-18 | 57.1% | 19.6 | — |
| John Griffith | 1909-1909 • 1 seasons | 2-4-1 | 35.7% | -1.4 | — |
| Mark Catlin | 1906-1908 • 3 seasons | 7-10 | 41.2% | 7.1 | — |
| John Chalmers | 1903-1905 • 3 seasons | 24-8 | 75.0% | 17.1 | — |
| Alden Knipe | 1899-1902 • 4 seasons | 26-7-2 | 77.1% | 16.1 | — |
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