Coaching History
Mississippi State Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Mississippi State.
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Coaches
34
Indexed Record
610-597-37
Best Win %
Allyn McKeen 76.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Lebby | 2024-2025 • 2 seasons | 7-18 | 28.0% | 2.3 | — |
| Zach Arnett | 2022-2023 • 2 seasons | 5-6 | 45.5% | 13.1 | #20 |
| Greg Knox | 2017-2023 • 2 seasons | 2-1 | 66.7% | 14.1 | #19 |
| Mike Leach | 2020-2022 • 3 seasons | 19-17 | 52.8% | 13.1 | #20 |
| Joe Moorhead | 2018-2019 • 2 seasons | 14-12 | 53.8% | 19.8 | — |
| Dan Mullen | 2009-2017 • 9 seasons | 69-46 | 60.0% | 20.0 | #11 |
| Sylvester Croom | 2004-2008 • 5 seasons | 21-38 | 35.6% | 4.7 | — |
| Jackie Sherrill | 1991-2003 • 13 seasons | 74-76-2 | 49.3% | 10.4 | #13 |
| Rockey Felker | 1986-1990 • 5 seasons | 21-34 | 38.2% | 4.5 | — |
| Emory Bellard | 1979-1985 • 7 seasons | 37-42 | 46.8% | 12.0 | #19 |
| Bob Tyler | 1973-1978 • 6 seasons | 39-25-3 | 60.5% | 14.1 | #17 |
| Charles Shira | 1967-1972 • 6 seasons | 16-45-2 | 27.0% | 4.7 | — |
| Paul Davis | 1962-1966 • 5 seasons | 20-28-2 | 42.0% | 15.4 | — |
| Wade Walker | 1956-1961 • 6 seasons | 22-32-2 | 41.1% | 20.7 | #14 |
| Darrell Royal | 1954-1955 • 2 seasons | 12-8 | 60.0% | 9.7 | — |
| Murray Warmath | 1952-1953 • 2 seasons | 10-6-3 | 60.5% | 15.6 | — |
| Slick Morton | 1949-1951 • 3 seasons | 8-18-1 | 31.5% | 6.5 | — |
| Allyn McKeen | 1939-1948 • 9 seasons | 65-19-3 | 76.4% | 19.7 | #9 |
| Spike Nelson | 1938-1938 • 1 seasons | 4-6 | 40.0% | -7.9 | — |
| Ralph Sasse | 1935-1937 • 3 seasons | 20-10-2 | 65.6% | 17.0 | — |
| Ross McKechnie | 1933-1934 • 2 seasons | 7-12-1 | 37.5% | 2.9 | — |
| Ray Dauber | 1931-1932 • 2 seasons | 5-11 | 31.3% | -12.8 | — |
| Red Cagle | 1930-1930 • 1 seasons | 2-7 | 22.2% | -14.4 | — |
| JW Hancock | 1927-1929 • 3 seasons | 8-12-4 | 41.7% | -5.0 | — |
| Bernie Bierman | 1925-1926 • 2 seasons | 8-8-1 | 50.0% | -1.7 | — |
| Earl Able | 1923-1924 • 2 seasons | 10-6-2 | 61.1% | -5.6 | — |
| Charles Noble | 1922-1922 • 1 seasons | 3-4-2 | 44.4% | -20.7 | — |
| Fred Holtkamp | 1920-1921 • 2 seasons | 9-7-1 | 55.9% | -3.2 | — |
| Sid Robinson | 1917-1919 • 3 seasons | 15-5 | 75.0% | 1.5 | — |
| EC Hayes | 1914-1916 • 3 seasons | 15-8-2 | 64.0% | -0.5 | — |
| William Chadwick | 1909-1913 • 5 seasons | 29-12-2 | 69.8% | 1.2 | — |
| Fred Furman | 1907-1908 • 2 seasons | 9-7 | 56.3% | -13.3 | — |
| Dan Martin | 1904-1906 • 2 seasons | 4-7-1 | 37.5% | -16.1 | — |
| L Gwinn | 1902-1902 • 1 seasons | 1-4-1 | 25.0% | -27.4 | — |
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