Coaching History
Vanderbilt Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Vanderbilt.
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Coaches
23
Indexed Record
573-651-43
Best Win %
Dan McGugin 76.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Lea | 2021-2025 • 5 seasons | 26-36 | 41.9% | 16.0 | — |
| Derek Mason | 2014-2020 • 7 seasons | 27-55 | 32.9% | 9.9 | — |
| Todd Fitch | 2020-2020 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | -14.4 | — |
| James Franklin | 2011-2013 • 3 seasons | 24-15 | 61.5% | 10.5 | #23 |
| Robbie Caldwell | 2010-2010 • 1 seasons | 2-10 | 16.7% | -11.0 | — |
| Bobby Johnson | 2002-2009 • 8 seasons | 29-66 | 30.5% | 4.4 | — |
| Woody Widenhofer | 1997-2001 • 5 seasons | 15-40 | 27.3% | -0.2 | — |
| Ron Dowhower | 1995-1996 • 2 seasons | 4-18 | 18.2% | -6.4 | — |
| Gerry DiNardo | 1991-1994 • 4 seasons | 18-26 | 40.9% | -0.2 | — |
| Watson Brown | 1986-1990 • 5 seasons | 10-45 | 18.2% | 0.0 | — |
| George MacIntyre | 1979-1985 • 7 seasons | 25-52-1 | 32.7% | 8.7 | — |
| Fred Pancoast | 1975-1978 • 4 seasons | 13-31 | 29.5% | -3.3 | — |
| Steve Sloan | 1973-1974 • 2 seasons | 12-9-2 | 56.5% | 13.1 | — |
| Bill Pace | 1967-1972 • 6 seasons | 22-38-3 | 37.3% | 5.4 | — |
| Jack Green | 1963-1966 • 4 seasons | 7-29-4 | 22.5% | 1.9 | — |
| Arthur Guepe | 1953-1962 • 10 seasons | 39-54-7 | 42.5% | 17.0 | — |
| Bill Edwards | 1949-1952 • 4 seasons | 21-19-2 | 52.4% | 7.9 | — |
| Red Sanders | 1940-1948 • 6 seasons | 36-22-2 | 61.7% | 23.5 | #12 |
| Doby Bartling | 1945-1945 • 1 seasons | 3-6 | 33.3% | -5.6 | — |
| Ray Morrison | 1918-1939 • 6 seasons | 29-22-2 | 56.6% | 12.0 | — |
| Dan McGugin | 1904-1934 • 30 seasons | 197-55-19 | 76.2% | 25.4 | — |
| JH Henry | 1903-1903 • 1 seasons | 6-1-1 | 81.3% | 3.4 | — |
| WH Watkins | 1902-1902 • 1 seasons | 8-1 | 88.9% | 4.4 | — |
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