Coaching History
Navy Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Navy.
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Coaches
29
Indexed Record
660-544-46
Best Win %
Gilmour Dobie 85.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Newberry | 2023-2025 • 3 seasons | 26-12 | 68.4% | 5.7 | — |
| Ken Niumatalolo | 2007-2022 • 16 seasons | 109-83 | 56.8% | 13.5 | #18 |
| Paul Johnson | 2002-2007 • 6 seasons | 45-29 | 60.8% | 4.5 | #24 |
| Charlie Weatherbie | 1995-2001 • 7 seasons | 30-45 | 40.0% | 6.1 | — |
| George Chaump | 1990-1994 • 5 seasons | 14-41 | 25.4% | -11.8 | — |
| Elliot Uzelac | 1987-1989 • 3 seasons | 8-25 | 24.2% | -6.7 | — |
| Gary Tranquill | 1982-1986 • 5 seasons | 20-34-1 | 37.3% | 2.5 | — |
| George Welsh | 1973-1981 • 9 seasons | 55-46-1 | 54.4% | 9.3 | — |
| Rick Forzano | 1969-1972 • 4 seasons | 10-33 | 23.3% | -0.1 | — |
| William Elias | 1965-1968 • 4 seasons | 15-22-3 | 41.3% | 5.3 | — |
| Wayne Hardin | 1959-1964 • 6 seasons | 38-22-2 | 62.9% | 19.6 | #2 |
| Eddie Erdelatz | 1950-1958 • 9 seasons | 50-26-8 | 64.3% | 22.5 | #5 |
| George Sauer | 1948-1949 • 2 seasons | 3-13-2 | 22.2% | 4.7 | — |
| Thomas Hamilton | 1934-1947 • 5 seasons | 21-23-1 | 47.8% | 10.3 | #18 |
| Oscar Hagberg | 1944-1945 • 2 seasons | 13-4-1 | 75.0% | 33.1 | #3 |
| John Whelchel | 1942-1943 • 2 seasons | 13-5 | 72.2% | 17.5 | #4 |
| Swede Larson | 1939-1941 • 3 seasons | 16-8-3 | 64.8% | 16.2 | #10 |
| Hank Hardwick | 1937-1938 • 2 seasons | 8-7-3 | 52.8% | 8.6 | — |
| Rip Miller | 1931-1933 • 3 seasons | 12-15-2 | 44.8% | 3.7 | — |
| William Ingram | 1926-1930 • 5 seasons | 32-13-4 | 69.4% | 18.1 | — |
| Jack Owsley | 1925-1925 • 1 seasons | 5-2-1 | 68.8% | 11.8 | — |
| Gilmour Dobie | 1917-1919 • 3 seasons | 17-3 | 85.0% | 27.4 | — |
| Jonas Ingram | 1915-1916 • 2 seasons | 9-8-2 | 52.6% | 20.8 | — |
| Douglas Legate Howard | 1911-1914 • 4 seasons | 25-7-4 | 75.0% | 24.7 | — |
| Frank Berrien | 1908-1910 • 3 seasons | 21-5-3 | 77.6% | 18.6 | — |
| Joe Reeves | 1907-1907 • 1 seasons | 9-2-1 | 79.2% | 10.5 | — |
| Paul Dashiell | 1904-1906 • 3 seasons | 25-5-4 | 79.4% | 13.4 | — |
| Garrett Cochran | 1900-1900 • 1 seasons | 6-3 | 66.7% | 1.9 | — |
| Johnny Poe | 1896-1896 • 1 seasons | 5-3 | 62.5% | — | — |
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