Coaching History
Kansas Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Kansas.
Memorial Stadium • Lawrence • KS
Big 12Memorial Stadium
Coaches
35
Indexed Record
555-663-54
Best Win %
Doc Kennedy 83.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Leipold | 2021-2025 • 5 seasons | 27-35 | 43.5% | 11.0 | #23 |
| Les Miles | 2019-2020 • 2 seasons | 3-18 | 14.3% | -5.1 | — |
| David Beaty | 2015-2018 • 4 seasons | 6-42 | 12.5% | -1.2 | — |
| Charlie Weis | 2012-2014 • 3 seasons | 6-22 | 21.4% | -7.5 | — |
| Turner Gill | 2010-2011 • 2 seasons | 5-19 | 20.8% | -10.3 | — |
| Mark Mangino | 2002-2009 • 8 seasons | 50-48 | 51.0% | 20.5 | #7 |
| Terry Allen | 1997-2001 • 5 seasons | 20-33 | 37.7% | -1.8 | — |
| Tom Hayes | 2001-2001 • 1 seasons | 1-2 | 33.3% | -10.5 | — |
| Glen Mason | 1988-1996 • 9 seasons | 47-54-1 | 46.6% | 9.7 | #9 |
| Bob Valesente | 1986-1987 • 2 seasons | 4-17-1 | 20.4% | -16.8 | — |
| Mike Gottfried | 1983-1985 • 3 seasons | 15-18-1 | 45.6% | 1.0 | — |
| Don Fambrough | 1971-1982 • 8 seasons | 36-49-5 | 42.8% | 17.2 | #18 |
| Bud Moore | 1975-1978 • 4 seasons | 17-27-1 | 38.9% | 15.9 | — |
| Pepper Rodgers | 1967-1970 • 4 seasons | 20-22 | 47.6% | 22.7 | #7 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1958-1966 • 9 seasons | 44-42-5 | 51.1% | 21.7 | #11 |
| Chuck Mather | 1954-1957 • 4 seasons | 11-26-3 | 31.3% | 0.4 | — |
| Jules Sikes | 1948-1953 • 6 seasons | 35-25 | 58.3% | 13.2 | — |
| George Sauer | 1946-1947 • 2 seasons | 15-3-3 | 78.6% | 9.7 | #12 |
| Henry Shenk | 1943-1945 • 3 seasons | 11-16-3 | 41.7% | -11.7 | — |
| Gwinn Henry | 1939-1942 • 4 seasons | 9-27 | 25.0% | -7.2 | — |
| Adrian Lindsey | 1933-1938 • 6 seasons | 19-28-8 | 41.8% | 4.8 | — |
| Bill Hargiss | 1928-1932 • 5 seasons | 22-18-2 | 54.8% | 6.4 | — |
| Cappy Cappon | 1926-1927 • 2 seasons | 5-10-1 | 34.4% | -7.2 | — |
| Potsy Clark | 1921-1925 • 5 seasons | 16-17-6 | 48.7% | 12.9 | — |
| Phog Allen | 1920-1920 • 1 seasons | 5-2-1 | 68.8% | 6.6 | — |
| Leon McCarty | 1919-1919 • 1 seasons | 3-2-3 | 56.3% | 6.9 | — |
| Jay Bond | 1918-1918 • 1 seasons | 2-2 | 50.0% | — | — |
| Herman Olcott | 1915-1917 • 3 seasons | 16-7-1 | 68.8% | 10.9 | — |
| HM Wheaton | 1914-1914 • 1 seasons | 5-2-1 | 68.8% | 2.6 | — |
| Arthur Mosse | 1912-1913 • 2 seasons | 9-7 | 56.3% | 10.2 | — |
| Ralph Sherwin | 1911-1911 • 1 seasons | 4-2-2 | 62.5% | -5.6 | — |
| Doc Kennedy | 1904-1910 • 7 seasons | 52-9-4 | 83.1% | 19.3 | — |
| Harrison Weeks | 1903-1903 • 1 seasons | 6-3 | 66.7% | -0.2 | — |
| Arthur Curtis | 1902-1902 • 1 seasons | 6-4 | 60.0% | -2.0 | — |
| John Outland | 1901-1901 • 1 seasons | 3-5-2 | 40.0% | -17.4 | — |
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