Coaching History
Colorado Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Colorado.
Folsom Field • Boulder • CO
Big 12Folsom Field
Coaches
28
Indexed Record
680-528-35
Best Win %
David Cropp 76.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deion Sanders | 2023-2025 • 3 seasons | 16-21 | 43.2% | 12.7 | #25 |
| Karl Dorrell | 2020-2022 • 3 seasons | 8-15 | 34.8% | -5.8 | — |
| Mike Sanford Jr | 2022-2022 • 1 seasons | 1-6 | 14.3% | -14.7 | — |
| Mel Tucker | 2019-2019 • 1 seasons | 5-7 | 41.7% | -2.2 | — |
| Mike MacIntyre | 2013-2018 • 6 seasons | 30-44 | 40.5% | 15.3 | #17 |
| Kurt Roper | 2018-2018 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | -2.4 | — |
| Jon Embree | 2011-2012 • 2 seasons | 4-21 | 16.0% | -10.4 | — |
| Dan Hawkins | 2006-2010 • 5 seasons | 19-39 | 32.8% | 3.0 | — |
| Gary Barnett | 1999-2005 • 7 seasons | 49-38 | 56.3% | 13.2 | #9 |
| Rick Neuheisel | 1995-1998 • 4 seasons | 33-14 | 70.2% | 20.0 | #5 |
| Bill McCartney | 1982-1994 • 13 seasons | 93-55-5 | 62.4% | 24.4 | #1 |
| Chuck Fairbanks | 1979-1981 • 3 seasons | 7-26 | 21.2% | -1.7 | — |
| Bill Mallory | 1974-1978 • 5 seasons | 35-21-1 | 62.3% | 17.7 | #16 |
| Eddie Crowder | 1963-1973 • 11 seasons | 67-49-2 | 57.6% | 25.6 | #3 |
| Bud Davis | 1962-1962 • 1 seasons | 2-8 | 20.0% | -12.7 | — |
| Everett Grandelius | 1959-1961 • 3 seasons | 20-11 | 64.5% | 13.4 | #7 |
| Dallas Ward | 1948-1958 • 11 seasons | 63-41-6 | 60.0% | 10.5 | #20 |
| Jim Yeager | 1941-1947 • 5 seasons | 24-17-2 | 58.1% | 6.7 | — |
| Frank Potts | 1940-1945 • 3 seasons | 16-8-1 | 66.0% | 16.7 | — |
| Bunny Oakes | 1935-1939 • 5 seasons | 25-15-1 | 62.2% | 4.4 | #17 |
| William Saunders | 1932-1934 • 3 seasons | 15-7-2 | 66.7% | 0.9 | — |
| Myron Witham | 1920-1931 • 12 seasons | 63-26-7 | 69.3% | 12.2 | — |
| Joe Mills | 1918-1919 • 2 seasons | 4-6-1 | 40.9% | -40.6 | — |
| Bob Evans | 1916-1917 • 2 seasons | 7-7-1 | 50.0% | 23.8 | — |
| Fred Folsom | 1902-1915 • 9 seasons | 45-14-1 | 75.8% | 8.8 | — |
| Frank Castleman | 1906-1907 • 2 seasons | 7-6-4 | 52.9% | -4.7 | — |
| Willis Keinholtz | 1905-1905 • 1 seasons | 8-1 | 88.9% | 21.7 | — |
| David Cropp | 1903-1904 • 2 seasons | 14-4-1 | 76.3% | 2.8 | — |
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