Coaching History
Purdue Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Purdue.
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Coaches
38
Indexed Record
631-611-48
Best Win %
Noble Kizer 75.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Odom | 2025-2025 • 1 seasons | 2-10 | 16.7% | -1.6 | — |
| Ryan Walters | 2023-2024 • 2 seasons | 5-19 | 20.8% | -1.9 | — |
| Jeff Brohm | 2017-2022 • 6 seasons | 36-34 | 51.4% | 10.8 | — |
| Brian Brohm | 2022-2022 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 5.1 | — |
| Darrell Hazell | 2013-2016 • 4 seasons | 9-33 | 21.4% | -6.7 | — |
| Gerad Parker | 2016-2016 • 1 seasons | 0-6 | 0.0% | -12.7 | — |
| Danny Hope | 2009-2012 • 4 seasons | 19-24 | 44.2% | -0.9 | — |
| Patrick Higgins | 2012-2012 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | -4.2 | — |
| Joe Tiller | 1997-2008 • 12 seasons | 87-62 | 58.4% | 18.5 | #13 |
| Jim Colletto | 1991-1996 • 6 seasons | 20-43-3 | 32.6% | 11.7 | — |
| Fred Akers | 1987-1990 • 4 seasons | 12-31-1 | 28.4% | -4.8 | — |
| Leon Burtnett | 1982-1986 • 5 seasons | 21-34-1 | 38.4% | 4.4 | — |
| Jim Young | 1977-1981 • 5 seasons | 38-19-1 | 66.4% | 12.5 | #10 |
| Alex Agase | 1973-1976 • 4 seasons | 18-25-1 | 42.0% | 8.1 | — |
| Bob DeMoss | 1970-1972 • 3 seasons | 13-18 | 41.9% | 14.3 | — |
| Jack Mollenkopf | 1956-1969 • 14 seasons | 84-39-9 | 67.0% | 21.3 | #7 |
| Stuart Holcomb | 1947-1955 • 9 seasons | 35-42-4 | 45.7% | 17.7 | #18 |
| Cecil Isbell | 1944-1946 • 3 seasons | 14-14-1 | 50.0% | 20.5 | — |
| Elmer Burnham | 1942-1943 • 2 seasons | 10-8 | 55.6% | 23.5 | #5 |
| Mal Elward | 1937-1941 • 5 seasons | 16-18-6 | 47.5% | 9.7 | — |
| Noble Kizer | 1930-1936 • 7 seasons | 42-13-3 | 75.0% | 19.8 | — |
| James Phelan | 1922-1929 • 8 seasons | 35-22-5 | 60.5% | 21.2 | — |
| William Dietz | 1921-1921 • 1 seasons | 1-6 | 14.3% | 8.1 | — |
| Butch Scanlon | 1918-1920 • 3 seasons | 7-12-1 | 37.5% | 5.2 | — |
| Cleo ODonnell | 1916-1917 • 2 seasons | 5-8-1 | 39.3% | -4.0 | — |
| Andy Smith | 1913-1915 • 3 seasons | 12-6-3 | 64.3% | 14.3 | — |
| MH Horr | 1910-1912 • 3 seasons | 8-11-1 | 42.5% | 19.3 | — |
| Frederick Speik | 1908-1909 • 2 seasons | 6-8 | 42.9% | -2.3 | — |
| LC Turner | 1907-1907 • 1 seasons | 0-5 | 0.0% | -9.6 | — |
| ME Witham | 1906-1906 • 1 seasons | 0-5 | 0.0% | -12.1 | — |
| AE Hernstein | 1905-1905 • 1 seasons | 6-1-1 | 81.3% | 33.8 | — |
| Oliver Cutts | 1903-1904 • 2 seasons | 13-5 | 72.2% | -0.7 | — |
| Charles Best | 1902-1902 • 1 seasons | 7-2-1 | 75.0% | 1.5 | — |
| DM Balliet | 1893-1901 • 4 seasons | 22-10-2 | 67.7% | -13.2 | — |
| Alpha Jamison | 1898-1900 • 3 seasons | 11-11-1 | 50.0% | -3.4 | — |
| Bill Church | 1897-1897 • 1 seasons | 5-3-1 | 61.1% | -30.7 | — |
| SM Hammond | 1896-1896 • 1 seasons | 4-2-1 | 64.3% | — | — |
| Knowlton Ames | 1892-1892 • 1 seasons | 8-0 | 100.0% | — | — |
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