Coaching History
LSU Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for LSU.
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Coaches
25
Indexed Record
796-419-43
Best Win %
Les Miles 77.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Kelly | 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 36-17 | 67.9% | 17.1 | #12 |
| Ed Orgeron | 2016-2021 • 6 seasons | 51-20 | 71.8% | 34.2 | #1 |
| Brad Davis | 2021-2021 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 5.4 | — |
| Les Miles | 2005-2016 • 12 seasons | 114-34 | 77.0% | 29.9 | #1 |
| Nick Saban | 2000-2004 • 5 seasons | 48-16 | 75.0% | 25.4 | #2 |
| Gerry DiNardo | 1995-1999 • 5 seasons | 33-24-1 | 57.8% | 16.2 | #12 |
| Curley Hallman | 1991-1994 • 4 seasons | 16-28 | 36.4% | 4.4 | — |
| Mike Archer | 1987-1990 • 4 seasons | 27-18-1 | 59.8% | 20.0 | #5 |
| Bill Arnsparger | 1984-1986 • 3 seasons | 26-8-2 | 75.0% | 15.5 | #10 |
| Jerry Stovall | 1980-1983 • 4 seasons | 22-21-2 | 51.1% | 21.3 | #11 |
| Charles McClendon | 1962-1979 • 18 seasons | 135-61-7 | 68.2% | 26.1 | #7 |
| Paul Dietzel | 1955-1961 • 7 seasons | 46-24-3 | 65.1% | 25.6 | #1 |
| Gaynell Tinsley | 1948-1954 • 7 seasons | 35-34-6 | 50.7% | 16.3 | #9 |
| Bernie Moore | 1935-1947 • 13 seasons | 83-39-6 | 67.2% | 23.2 | #2 |
| Biff Jones | 1932-1934 • 3 seasons | 20-5-6 | 74.2% | 16.0 | — |
| Russ Cohen | 1928-1931 • 4 seasons | 23-13-1 | 63.5% | 6.3 | — |
| Mike Donahue | 1923-1927 • 5 seasons | 23-19-3 | 54.4% | 4.9 | — |
| Irving Pray | 1919-1922 • 2 seasons | 9-9 | 50.0% | -1.0 | — |
| Wayne Sutton | 1917-1917 • 1 seasons | 3-5 | 37.5% | -12.3 | — |
| Dana Bible | 1916-1916 • 1 seasons | 1-0-2 | 66.7% | -4.5 | — |
| ET McDonald | 1914-1915 • 2 seasons | 10-6-1 | 61.8% | -2.8 | — |
| Pat Dwyer | 1911-1913 • 3 seasons | 16-7-2 | 68.0% | -3.4 | — |
| John Mayhew | 1909-1910 • 2 seasons | 7-7 | 50.0% | 4.2 | — |
| Joe Pritchard | 1909-1909 • 1 seasons | 6-2 | 75.0% | 4.2 | — |
| WS Boreland | 1902-1902 • 1 seasons | 6-1 | 85.7% | -8.7 | — |
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