Coaching History
Stanford Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Stanford.
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Coaches
25
Indexed Record
603-496-34
Best Win %
Clark Shaughnessy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reich | 2025-2025 • 1 seasons | 4-8 | 33.3% | -4.1 | — |
| Troy Taylor | 2023-2024 • 2 seasons | 6-18 | 25.0% | -5.5 | — |
| David Shaw | 2011-2022 • 12 seasons | 96-54 | 64.0% | 23.4 | #3 |
| Jim Harbaugh | 2007-2010 • 4 seasons | 29-21 | 58.0% | 30.2 | #4 |
| Walt Harris | 2005-2006 • 2 seasons | 6-17 | 26.1% | 4.8 | — |
| Buddy Teevens | 2002-2004 • 3 seasons | 10-23 | 30.3% | 9.7 | — |
| Tyrone Willingham | 1995-2001 • 7 seasons | 44-36-1 | 54.9% | 11.6 | #16 |
| Bill Walsh | 1977-1994 • 5 seasons | 34-24-1 | 58.5% | 18.1 | #9 |
| Dennis Green | 1989-1991 • 3 seasons | 16-18 | 47.1% | 16.5 | #22 |
| Jack Elway | 1984-1988 • 5 seasons | 25-29-2 | 46.4% | 14.8 | — |
| Paul Wiggin | 1980-1983 • 4 seasons | 16-28 | 36.4% | 12.8 | — |
| Ron Dowhower | 1979-1979 • 1 seasons | 5-5-1 | 50.0% | 6.7 | — |
| Jack Christiansen | 1972-1976 • 5 seasons | 30-22-3 | 57.3% | 12.7 | — |
| John Ralston | 1963-1971 • 9 seasons | 55-36-3 | 60.1% | 26.5 | #8 |
| Jack Curtice | 1958-1962 • 5 seasons | 14-36 | 28.0% | 3.5 | — |
| Chuck Taylor | 1951-1957 • 7 seasons | 40-29-2 | 57.8% | 14.9 | #7 |
| Marchy Schwartz | 1942-1950 • 6 seasons | 28-28-4 | 50.0% | 17.9 | #12 |
| Clark Shaughnessy | 1940-1941 • 2 seasons | 16-3 | 84.2% | 19.5 | #2 |
| Tiny Thornhill | 1933-1939 • 7 seasons | 35-25-7 | 57.5% | 20.7 | — |
| Pop Warner | 1924-1932 • 9 seasons | 71-17-8 | 78.1% | 25.4 | — |
| Andrew Kerr | 1922-1923 • 2 seasons | 11-7 | 61.1% | 11.0 | — |
| Conrad Van Gent | 1921-1921 • 1 seasons | 4-2-2 | 62.5% | 4.8 | — |
| Walter Powell | 1920-1920 • 1 seasons | 4-3 | 57.1% | 7.3 | — |
| Bob Evans | 1919-1919 • 1 seasons | 4-3 | 57.1% | 11.2 | — |
| AH Badenoch | 1918-1918 • 1 seasons | 0-4 | 0.0% | — | — |
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