Coaching History
Tulane Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Tulane.
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Coaches
35
Indexed Record
564-661-35
Best Win %
Tommy Bowden 81.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Sumrall | 2024-2025 • 2 seasons | 20-8 | 71.4% | 7.4 | — |
| Willie Fritz | 2016-2023 • 8 seasons | 54-47 | 53.5% | 10.5 | #9 |
| Slade Nagle | 2023-2023 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 2.0 | — |
| Curtis Johnson | 2012-2015 • 4 seasons | 15-34 | 30.6% | -6.3 | — |
| Mark Hutson | 2012-2012 • 1 seasons | 0-6 | 0.0% | -19.2 | — |
| Bob Toledo | 2007-2011 • 5 seasons | 15-40 | 27.3% | -15.3 | — |
| Chris Scelfo | 1999-2006 • 8 seasons | 36-57 | 38.7% | -0.2 | — |
| Tommy Bowden | 1997-1998 • 2 seasons | 18-4 | 81.8% | 12.2 | #7 |
| Buddy Teevens | 1992-1996 • 5 seasons | 10-46 | 17.9% | -1.5 | — |
| Greg Davis | 1988-1991 • 4 seasons | 14-31 | 31.1% | -2.6 | — |
| Mack Brown | 1985-1987 • 3 seasons | 11-23 | 32.4% | 2.0 | — |
| Wally English | 1983-1984 • 2 seasons | 7-15 | 31.8% | 1.2 | — |
| Vince Gibson | 1980-1982 • 3 seasons | 17-17 | 50.0% | 8.3 | — |
| Larry Smith | 1976-1979 • 4 seasons | 18-27 | 40.0% | 14.6 | — |
| Bennie Ellender | 1971-1975 • 5 seasons | 27-29 | 48.2% | 10.0 | #20 |
| Jim Pittman | 1966-1970 • 5 seasons | 21-30-1 | 41.3% | 11.2 | #17 |
| Tommy OBoyle | 1962-1965 • 4 seasons | 6-33-1 | 16.3% | 1.1 | — |
| Andy Pilney | 1954-1961 • 8 seasons | 25-49-6 | 35.0% | 9.2 | — |
| Raymond Wolf | 1952-1953 • 2 seasons | 6-13-1 | 32.5% | 9.7 | — |
| Henry Frnka | 1946-1951 • 6 seasons | 31-23-4 | 56.9% | 20.2 | #13 |
| Claude Simons | 1942-1945 • 4 seasons | 13-17-1 | 43.5% | 11.7 | — |
| Red Dawson | 1936-1941 • 6 seasons | 36-19-4 | 64.4% | 20.9 | #5 |
| Ted Cox | 1932-1935 • 4 seasons | 28-10-2 | 72.5% | 13.5 | — |
| Bernie Bierman | 1927-1931 • 5 seasons | 36-10-2 | 77.1% | 25.7 | — |
| Clark Shaughnessy | 1915-1926 • 10 seasons | 55-27-6 | 65.9% | 12.9 | — |
| Myron Fuller | 1921-1921 • 1 seasons | 4-6 | 40.0% | -11.2 | — |
| Edwin Sweetland | 1914-1914 • 1 seasons | 3-3-1 | 50.0% | -31.1 | — |
| AC Hoffman | 1913-1913 • 1 seasons | 3-5 | 37.5% | -27.2 | — |
| AA Mason | 1910-1912 • 3 seasons | 10-13-1 | 43.8% | -10.2 | — |
| Buster Brown | 1909-1909 • 1 seasons | 4-3-2 | 55.6% | 1.6 | — |
| Joe Curtis | 1907-1908 • 2 seasons | 10-3 | 76.9% | -13.0 | — |
| John Russ | 1906-1906 • 1 seasons | 0-4-1 | 10.0% | -32.1 | — |
| J Janvier | 1904-1904 • 1 seasons | 5-2 | 71.4% | -11.4 | — |
| T Berry | 1904-1904 • 1 seasons | 5-2 | 71.4% | -11.4 | — |
| Virginius Dabney | 1902-1902 • 1 seasons | 1-4-2 | 28.6% | -16.9 | — |
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