Coaching History
Rice Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Rice.
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Coaches
21
Indexed Record
493-667-32
Best Win %
Phillip Arbuckle 64.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Abell | 2025-2025 • 1 seasons | 5-8 | 38.5% | -15.1 | — |
| Mike Bloomgren | 2018-2024 • 7 seasons | 24-52 | 31.6% | -3.0 | — |
| Pete Alamar | 2024-2024 • 1 seasons | 2-2 | 50.0% | -8.6 | — |
| David Bailiff | 2007-2017 • 11 seasons | 57-80 | 41.6% | 1.6 | — |
| Todd Graham | 2006-2006 • 1 seasons | 7-6 | 53.8% | -7.6 | — |
| Ken Hatfield | 1994-2005 • 12 seasons | 55-78-1 | 41.4% | 3.9 | — |
| Fred Goldsmith | 1989-1993 • 5 seasons | 23-31-1 | 42.7% | 0.1 | — |
| Jerry Berndt | 1986-1988 • 3 seasons | 6-27 | 18.2% | -8.8 | — |
| Watson Brown | 1984-1985 • 2 seasons | 4-18 | 18.2% | -9.4 | — |
| Ray Alborn | 1978-1983 • 6 seasons | 13-53 | 19.7% | 4.4 | — |
| Homer Rice | 1976-1977 • 2 seasons | 4-18 | 18.2% | -10.3 | — |
| Al Conover | 1972-1975 • 4 seasons | 14-28-2 | 34.1% | 6.7 | — |
| Bill Peterson | 1971-1971 • 1 seasons | 3-7-1 | 31.8% | 0.6 | — |
| Bo Hagan | 1967-1970 • 4 seasons | 12-27-1 | 31.3% | 8.3 | — |
| Jess Neely | 1940-1966 • 27 seasons | 144-124-10 | 53.6% | 23.8 | #5 |
| Jimmy Kitts | 1934-1939 • 6 seasons | 33-29-4 | 53.0% | 17.7 | #18 |
| Jack Meagher | 1929-1933 • 5 seasons | 26-26 | 50.0% | 9.0 | — |
| Claude Rothgeb | 1928-1928 • 1 seasons | 2-7 | 22.2% | -11.7 | — |
| John Heisman | 1924-1927 • 4 seasons | 14-18-3 | 44.3% | 2.9 | — |
| Phillip Arbuckle | 1914-1923 • 9 seasons | 44-23-8 | 64.0% | 18.3 | — |
| John Anderson | 1918-1918 • 1 seasons | 1-5-1 | 21.4% | — | — |
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