Coaching History
Virginia Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Virginia.
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Coaches
35
Indexed Record
613-619-37
Best Win %
John DeSaulles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Elliott | 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 22-26 | 45.8% | 9.8 | — |
| Bronco Mendenhall | 2016-2021 • 6 seasons | 36-38 | 48.6% | 7.6 | — |
| Mike London | 2010-2015 • 6 seasons | 27-46 | 37.0% | 5.1 | — |
| Al Groh | 2001-2009 • 9 seasons | 59-53 | 52.7% | 16.6 | #22 |
| George Welsh | 1982-2000 • 19 seasons | 134-86-3 | 60.8% | 20.6 | #15 |
| Dick Bestwick | 1976-1981 • 6 seasons | 16-49-1 | 25.0% | 9.5 | — |
| Sonny Randle | 1974-1975 • 2 seasons | 5-17 | 22.7% | 1.2 | — |
| Don Lawrence | 1971-1973 • 3 seasons | 11-22 | 33.3% | -6.1 | — |
| George Blackburn | 1965-1970 • 6 seasons | 28-33 | 45.9% | 6.5 | — |
| William Elias | 1961-1964 • 4 seasons | 16-23-1 | 41.3% | -4.0 | — |
| Richard Voris | 1958-1960 • 3 seasons | 1-29 | 3.3% | -13.8 | — |
| Ben Martin | 1956-1957 • 2 seasons | 6-13-1 | 32.5% | 0.6 | — |
| Ned McDonald | 1953-1955 • 3 seasons | 5-23 | 17.9% | -3.7 | — |
| Arthur Guepe | 1946-1952 • 7 seasons | 47-17-2 | 72.7% | 12.8 | #13 |
| Frank Murray | 1937-1945 • 9 seasons | 41-34-5 | 54.4% | 7.9 | — |
| Gus Tebell | 1934-1936 • 3 seasons | 6-18-4 | 28.6% | -14.6 | — |
| Fred Dawson | 1931-1933 • 3 seasons | 8-17-4 | 34.5% | -8.9 | — |
| Earl Abell | 1929-1930 • 2 seasons | 8-9-2 | 47.4% | -12.9 | — |
| Greasy Neale | 1923-1928 • 6 seasons | 28-22-5 | 55.5% | -1.2 | — |
| Thomas Campbell | 1922-1922 • 1 seasons | 4-4-1 | 50.0% | 6.2 | — |
| W Warren | 1913-1921 • 3 seasons | 17-7-2 | 69.2% | 21.6 | — |
| Harris Coleman | 1919-1919 • 1 seasons | 2-5-2 | 33.3% | -7.8 | — |
| Peyton Evans | 1916-1916 • 1 seasons | 4-5 | 44.4% | -8.3 | — |
| Harry Varner | 1915-1915 • 1 seasons | 8-1 | 88.9% | 20.9 | — |
| Joseph Wood | 1914-1914 • 1 seasons | 8-1 | 88.9% | 11.7 | — |
| Speed Elliott | 1912-1912 • 1 seasons | 6-3 | 66.7% | 3.1 | — |
| Kemper Yancey | 1911-1911 • 1 seasons | 8-2 | 80.0% | 9.3 | — |
| Charles Crawford | 1910-1910 • 1 seasons | 6-2 | 75.0% | -5.6 | — |
| John Neff | 1909-1909 • 1 seasons | 7-1 | 87.5% | 4.3 | — |
| MT Cooke | 1908-1908 • 1 seasons | 7-0-1 | 93.8% | 3.4 | — |
| Edward Johnson | 1907-1907 • 1 seasons | 6-3-1 | 65.0% | -3.7 | — |
| William Cole | 1905-1905 • 1 seasons | 5-4 | 55.6% | -17.2 | — |
| Foster Sanford | 1904-1904 • 1 seasons | 6-3 | 66.7% | 7.6 | — |
| Gresham Poe | 1903-1903 • 1 seasons | 7-2-1 | 75.0% | 6.9 | — |
| John DeSaulles | 1902-1902 • 1 seasons | 8-1-1 | 85.0% | -2.2 | — |
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