List of Kansas Jayhawks head football coaches

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The Kansas Jayhawks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Kansas in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Jayhawks head coach is Lance Leipold. The team has had 40 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1890 with the nickname Jayhawks.[1] The team played its first season without an official head coach, however, Will Coleman, starting center on the inaugural team, served as the team's head coach. Edwin Mortimer Hopkins was the Jayhawks first official head coach. He served as the head coach only for the 1891 team finishing the season 7–0–1. Kansas joined the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1907. After several changes, the conference eventually became the Big Eight Conference. The Jayhawks became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the Big Eight disbanded.[2] Seven coaches have led Kansas to postseason bowl games: George Sauer, Jack Mitchell, Pepper Rodgers, Don Fambrough, Bud Moore, Glen Mason and Mark Mangino. Four coaches have won conference championships with the Jayhawks: A. R. Kennedy, Bill Hargiss, Sauer and Rodgers.

Mason is the all-time leader in games coached (102), and is tied with Mitchell for most years coached with nine. Kennedy is the all-time leader in total wins with 52. Fielding H. Yost has the highest winning percentage of any Jayhawk coach with a 10–0 record (1.000) his only year. Of coaches who served more than one season, Wylie G. Woodruff leads with a .833 winning percentage, barely edging out Kennedy's winning percentage of .831. David Beaty is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Jayhawks have had (.125). Of the 39 Kansas coaches, Yost is the only one that has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach. Mangino won several coach of the year accolades after the 2007 season, the only Jayhawks coach to do so.

Key[edit]

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches[edit]

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
# Name Term GC W L T % CW CL CT C% BW BL CC Awards and other notes
1 Edwin Mortimer Hopkins 1891 8 7 0 1 .938 — — — — — — — —
2 A. W. Shepard 1892–1893 15 9 6 0 .600 — — — — — — — —
3 Hector Cowan[6]† 1894–1896 23 15 7 1 .674 — — — — — — — —
4 Wylie G. Woodruff 1897–1898 18 15 3 0 .833 — — — — — — — —
5 Fielding H. Yost[7]† 1899 10 10 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — —
6 Larry Boynton 1900 9 2 5 2 .333 — — — — — — — —
7 John H. Outland[8]† 1901 10 3 5 2 .400 — — — — — — — —
8 Arthur Hale Curtis 1902 10 6 4 0 .600 — — — — — — — —
9 Harrison Weeks 1903 9 6 3 0 .667 — — — — — — — Fired for having a sexual relationship with a KU freshman girl. He was 24 at the time.[9]
10 A. R. Kennedy 1904–1910 65 52 9 4 .831 9 3 1 .731 — — 1 Forced out by conference rule change requiring coaches to be full-time faculty members.[10]
11 Ralph W. Sherwin 1911 8 4 2 2 .625 1 1 1 .500 — — 0 —
12 Arthur Mosse 1912–1913 16 9 7 0 .563 4 4 0 .500 — — 0 —
13 H. M. Wheaton 1914 8 5 2 1 .688 2 2 0 .500 — — 0 —
14 Herman Olcott 1915–1917 24 16 7 1 .688 7 4 1 .625 — — 0 —
15 Jay Bond 1918 4 2 2 0 .500 — — — — — — — —
16 Leon McCarty 1919 8 3 2 3 .563 1 1 1 .500 — — 0 —
17 Phog Allen 1920 8 5 2 1 .688 3 2 0 .600 — — 0 Best known for his tenure as men's basketball coach, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
18 Potsy Clark 1921–1925 39 16 17 6 .487 11 15 6 .438 — — 0 —
19 Frank Cappon 1926–1927 16 5 10 1 .344 4 8 1 .346 — — 0 —
20 Bill Hargiss 1928–1932 42 22 18 2 .548 8 11 1 .425 — — 1 —
21 Adrian Lindsey[A 6] 1932–1938 61 23 30 8 .443 11 18 5 .397 — — 0 —
22 Gwinn Henry 1939–1942 36 9 27 0 .250 4 16 0 .200 — — 0 —
23 Henry Shenk 1943–1945 30 11 16 3 .417 4 10 1 .300 — — 0 —
24 George Sauer 1946–1947 21 15 3 3 .786 8 1 1 .850 0 1 2 Accepted Navy job[11]
25 Jules V. Sikes 1948–1953 60 35 25 0 .583 18 18 0 .500 — — 0 —
26 Chuck Mather 1954–1957 40 11 26 3 .313 7 16 1 .313 — — 0 —
27 Jack Mitchell 1958–1966 91 42 44 5 .489 29 28 4 .508 1 0 0 —
28 Pepper Rodgers 1967–1970 42 20 22 0 .476 13 15 0 .464 0 1 1 Accepted UCLA job[12]
29 Don Fambrough 1971–1974, 1979–1982 90 37 48 5 .439 20 33 3 .384 0 1 0 —
30 Bud Moore 1975–1978 45 17 21 1 .449 8 19 1 .304 0 1 0 —
31 Mike Gottfried 1983–1985 34 15 18 1 .456 8 13 0 .381 — — 0 Accepted Pittsburgh job[13]
32 Bob Valesente 1986–1987 22 4 17 1 .205 0 13 1 .036 — — 0 —
33 Glen Mason 1988–1996 102 47 54 1 .466 25 38 1 .398 2 0 0 Accepted Minnesota job[14]
34 Terry Allen 1997–2001 53 20 33 0 .377 10 30 0 .250 — — 0 Fired after eight games of 2001 season.
Int Tom Hayes[A 7] 2001 3 1 2 0 .333 0 2 0 .000 — — 0 —
35 Mark Mangino 2002–2009 98 50 48 0 .510 23 41 0 .359 3 1 0

Big 12 Coach of the Year (2007)[16]
Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2007)[17]
AP National Coach of the Year (2007)[18]
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2007)[19]
The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award (2007)[20]
Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (2007)[21]
Woody Hayes Trophy (2007)[22]
George Munger Award (2007)[23]
AFCA Coach of the Year (2007)[24]
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2007)[22]

Resigned following the launch of an investigation of his coaching practices.[25]

36 Turner Gill 2010–2011 24 5 19 0 .208 1 16 0 .059 0 0 0 —
37 Charlie Weis 2012–2014 27 5 22 0 .185 1 18 0 .053 0 0 0 Fired four games into the 2014 season
Int Clint Bowen 2014 8 1 7 0 .125 1 7 0 .125 0 0 0 Interim Head Coach after Charlie Weis was fired
38 David Beaty 2015–2018 48 6 42 0 .125 2 34 0 .056 0 0 0 Fired after the end of the 2018 season
39 Les Miles 2019–2020 21 3 18 0 .150 1 16 0 .063 0 0 0 Mutually agreed to part with Kansas after allegations of inappropriate conduct with female students while at LSU.
40 Lance Leipold 2021–present 38 17 21 0 .447 9 18 0 .333 1 1 0

Gallery of coaches[edit]

  • Edwin Mortimer Hopkins
    Edwin Mortimer Hopkins
  • A.W. Shepard
    A.W. Shepard
  • Hector Cowan
    Hector Cowan
  • Wylie G. Woodruff
    Wylie G. Woodruff
  • Fielding Yost
    Fielding Yost
  • Larry Boynton
    Larry Boynton
  • Boss Weeks
    Boss Weeks
  • A.R. Kennedy
    A.R. Kennedy
  • Ralph W. Sherwin
    Ralph W. Sherwin
  • Arthur Mosse
    Arthur Mosse
  • H.M. Wheaton
    H.M. Wheaton
  • Herman Olcott
    Herman Olcott
  • George "Potsy" Clark
    George "Potsy" Clark
  • Franklin Cappon
    Franklin Cappon
  • Bill Hargiss
    Bill Hargiss
  • Gwinn Henry
    Gwinn Henry
  • George Sauer
    George Sauer
  • Glen Mason
    Glen Mason
  • Mark Mangino
    Mark Mangino
  • Turner Gill
    Turner Gill
  • Charlie Weis
    Charlie Weis
  • David Beaty
    David Beaty
  • Les Miles
    Les Miles

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[3]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[4]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. ^ Adrian Lindsey took over for Bill Hargiss midway through the 1932 season.
  7. ^ Tom Hayes was named the interim head coach after Terry Allen was fired in November 2001.[15]

References[edit]

General
  • "Kansas Jayhawks Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 16, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
  • "Kansas Jayhawks Football 2009 Media Guide" (PDF). Kansas Athletics, Inc. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
Specific
  1. ^ "Traditions: Evolution of the Jayhawk". University of Kansas Athletic Department. Archived from the original on February 8, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  2. ^ "The Big 12 Conference – Outstanding Success". Big12Sports.com. July 18, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  6. ^ Hector "Hec" Cowan at the College Football Hall of Fame Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  7. ^ Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost at the College Football Hall of Fame Retrieved March 9, 2010.
  8. ^ John Outland at the College Football Hall of Fame Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  9. ^ "The Day They Almost Abolished Football". kuhistory.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  10. ^ staff writers (April 16, 1910). "HAMMER FELL; Conference at Kansas City Yesterday Agreed to Retain Football But They Made Many Restraints". Lawrence Daily Journal.
  11. ^ "Navy Football History Database". nationalchamps.net. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  12. ^ "UCLA Football Database". nationalchamps.net. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  13. ^ "Pittsburg Football Database". nationalchamps.net. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  14. ^ "Minnesota Football Database". nationalchamps.net. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  15. ^ Sinclair, Robert (November 5, 2001). "End of the road". Lawrence Journal-World. Lawrence, Kansas. p. 1C. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  16. ^ "Football Notes: November 28, 2007". The University Daily Kansan. November 28, 2007. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  17. ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation Awards". Walter Camp Football Foundation, Inc. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
  18. ^ Wood, Ryan (December 19, 2007). "Mangino named AP National Coach of the Year". Lawrence Journal-World. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  19. ^ "Kansas' Mangino Wins 2007 Eddie Robinson Award" (Press release). Football Writers Association of America. January 4, 2008. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  20. ^ Fusco, Asher (December 7, 2007). "Mangino earns coach of the year award". The University Daily Kansan. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  21. ^ "Sporting News names McFadden its college player of the year". ESPN. The Associated Press. December 7, 2007. Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  22. ^ a b "Mangino Earns Coach Of The Year Honor From Peers". University of Kansas Athletic Department. January 10, 2008. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011.
  23. ^ "George Munger Award". Maxwell Football Club. Archived from the original on October 1, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  24. ^ "AFCA Coach of the Year Award – Past Winners". American Football Coaches Association. January 19, 2010. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  25. ^ "Mangino out at Kansas". ESPN. Retrieved July 4, 2013.

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