Coaching History
Arkansas Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Arkansas.
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Coaches
29
Indexed Record
716-529-37
Best Win %
Ken Hatfield 76.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Pittman | 2020-2025 • 6 seasons | 32-41 | 43.8% | 9.7 | #21 |
| Chad Morris | 2018-2019 • 2 seasons | 4-18 | 18.2% | -7.2 | — |
| Barry Lunney Jr | 2019-2019 • 1 seasons | 0-2 | 0.0% | -7.6 | — |
| Bret Bielema | 2013-2017 • 5 seasons | 29-34 | 46.0% | 20.4 | — |
| John Smith | 2012-2012 • 1 seasons | 4-8 | 33.3% | 2.6 | — |
| Bobby Petrino | 2008-2011 • 4 seasons | 34-17 | 66.7% | 18.8 | #5 |
| Houston Nutt | 1998-2007 • 10 seasons | 75-48 | 61.0% | 15.3 | #15 |
| Danny Ford | 1993-1997 • 5 seasons | 25-31-1 | 44.7% | 2.8 | — |
| Jack Crowe | 1990-1992 • 3 seasons | 9-15 | 37.5% | 1.7 | — |
| Joe Kines | 1992-1992 • 1 seasons | 3-6-1 | 35.0% | 1.7 | — |
| Ken Hatfield | 1984-1989 • 6 seasons | 55-17-1 | 76.0% | 16.2 | #12 |
| Lou Holtz | 1977-1983 • 7 seasons | 60-21-2 | 73.5% | 25.7 | #3 |
| Frank Broyles | 1958-1976 • 19 seasons | 144-58-5 | 70.8% | 26.1 | #2 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1955-1957 • 3 seasons | 17-12-1 | 58.3% | 11.6 | — |
| Bowden Wyatt | 1953-1954 • 2 seasons | 11-10 | 52.4% | 15.2 | #10 |
| Otis Douglas | 1950-1952 • 3 seasons | 9-21 | 30.0% | 9.4 | — |
| John Barnhill | 1946-1949 • 4 seasons | 22-17-3 | 56.0% | 12.7 | #16 |
| Glen Rose | 1944-1945 • 2 seasons | 8-12-1 | 40.5% | -3.7 | — |
| John Tomlin | 1943-1943 • 1 seasons | 2-7 | 22.2% | -15.7 | — |
| George Cole | 1942-1942 • 1 seasons | 3-7 | 30.0% | -6.6 | — |
| Fred Thomsen | 1929-1941 • 13 seasons | 56-61-10 | 48.0% | 16.8 | #14 |
| Francis Schmidt | 1922-1928 • 7 seasons | 42-20-3 | 66.9% | 12.8 | — |
| George McLaren | 1920-1921 • 2 seasons | 8-5-3 | 59.4% | -11.1 | — |
| JB Craig | 1919-1919 • 1 seasons | 3-4 | 42.9% | -11.8 | — |
| Norman Paine | 1917-1918 • 2 seasons | 8-3-1 | 70.8% | -6.4 | — |
| TT McConnell | 1915-1916 • 2 seasons | 8-6-1 | 56.7% | -8.7 | — |
| ET Pickering | 1913-1914 • 2 seasons | 11-7 | 61.1% | -9.7 | — |
| Hugo Bezdek | 1908-1912 • 5 seasons | 29-13-1 | 68.6% | 15.8 | — |
| Frank Longman | 1906-1907 • 2 seasons | 5-8-3 | 40.6% | -8.1 | — |
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