Coaching History
Wisconsin Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Wisconsin.
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Coaches
29
Indexed Record
746-528-52
Best Win %
Phil King 85.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Fickell | 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 17-21 | 44.7% | 5.4 | — |
| Paul Chryst | 2015-2022 • 8 seasons | 67-26 | 72.0% | 24.7 | #7 |
| Jim Leonhard | 2022-2022 • 1 seasons | 4-3 | 57.1% | 5.4 | — |
| Barry Alvarez | 1990-2014 • 18 seasons | 118-75-4 | 60.9% | 21.7 | #4 |
| Gary Andersen | 2013-2014 • 2 seasons | 19-7 | 73.1% | 18.5 | #13 |
| Bret Bielema | 2006-2012 • 7 seasons | 68-24 | 73.9% | 23.1 | #7 |
| Don Morton | 1987-1989 • 3 seasons | 6-27 | 18.2% | -9.2 | — |
| Jim Hilles | 1986-1986 • 1 seasons | 3-9 | 25.0% | -3.9 | — |
| Dave McClain | 1978-1985 • 8 seasons | 46-42-3 | 52.2% | 9.2 | — |
| John Jardine | 1970-1977 • 8 seasons | 37-47-3 | 44.3% | 16.4 | — |
| John Coatta | 1967-1969 • 3 seasons | 3-26-1 | 11.7% | -4.7 | — |
| Milt Bruhn | 1956-1966 • 11 seasons | 52-45-6 | 53.4% | 29.6 | #2 |
| Ivy Williamson | 1949-1955 • 7 seasons | 41-19-4 | 67.2% | 21.7 | #8 |
| Harry Stuhldreher | 1936-1948 • 13 seasons | 45-62-6 | 42.5% | 18.8 | #3 |
| Clarence Spears | 1932-1935 • 4 seasons | 13-17-2 | 43.8% | 14.2 | — |
| Glenn Thistlethwaite | 1927-1931 • 5 seasons | 26-16-3 | 61.1% | 18.1 | — |
| George Little | 1925-1926 • 2 seasons | 11-3-2 | 75.0% | 15.8 | — |
| Jack Ryan | 1923-1924 • 2 seasons | 5-6-4 | 46.7% | 15.2 | — |
| JR Richards | 1911-1922 • 6 seasons | 29-9-4 | 73.8% | 32.5 | — |
| Guy Lowman | 1918-1918 • 1 seasons | 3-3 | 50.0% | — | — |
| Paul Withington | 1916-1916 • 1 seasons | 4-2-1 | 64.3% | 9.7 | — |
| William Juneau | 1912-1915 • 4 seasons | 18-8-2 | 67.9% | 37.5 | — |
| Tom Barry | 1908-1910 • 3 seasons | 9-4-3 | 65.6% | 17.8 | — |
| Charles Hutchins | 1906-1907 • 2 seasons | 8-1-1 | 85.0% | 9.4 | — |
| Phil King | 1896-1905 • 8 seasons | 65-11-1 | 85.1% | 38.3 | — |
| Arthur Curtis | 1903-1904 • 2 seasons | 11-6-1 | 63.9% | 8.6 | — |
| HO Stickney | 1894-1895 • 2 seasons | 10-4-1 | 70.0% | — | — |
| Parke Davis | 1893-1893 • 1 seasons | 4-2 | 66.7% | — | — |
| Frank Crawford | 1892-1892 • 1 seasons | 4-3 | 57.1% | — | — |
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