List_of_Washington_State_Cougars_head_football_coaches
The Washington State Cougars college football team represents the Washington State University in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Cougars compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 34 head coaches since it began play during the 1894 season. The current head coach is Jake Dickert.
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General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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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] |
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No. | Name | Season(s) [A 6] |
GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | William Goodyear | 1894 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Fred Waite | 1895 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | David A. Brodie | 1896 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Robert Gailey | 1897 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Frank Shively | 1898–1899 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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William L. Allen | 1900 1902 |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | William Namack | 1901 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | James N. Ashmore | 1903 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Everett Sweeley | 1904–1905 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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John R. Bender | 1906–1907 1912–1914 |
33 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0.636 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
12 | Walter Rheinschild | 1908 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
13 | Willis Kienholz | 1909 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Oscar Osthoff | 1910–1911 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.455 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | William Henry Dietz† | 1915–1917 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0.875 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
17 | Emory Alvord | 1918 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Gus Welch† | 1919–1922 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0.611 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0.406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
19 | Albert Exendine† | 1923–1925 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0.348 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0.267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
20 | Babe Hollingbery† | 1926–1942 | 160 | 93 | 53 | 14 | 0.625 | 64 | 42 | 10 | 0.595 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
21 | Phil Sarboe | 1945–1949 | 46 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0.402 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0.423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
22 | Forest Evashevski† | 1950–1951 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0.632 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
23 | Al Kircher | 1952–1955 | 40 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0.350 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
24 | Jim Sutherland | 1956–1963 | 80 | 37 | 39 | 4 | 0.488 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0.554 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
25 | Bert Clark | 1964–1967 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 0.388 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0.324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
26 | Jim Sweeney | 1968–1975 | 86 | 26 | 59 | 1 | 0.308 | 12 | 41 | 1 | 0.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
27 | Jackie Sherrill | 1976 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
28 | Warren Powers | 1977 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.636 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
29 | Jim Walden | 1978–1986 | 100 | 44 | 52 | 4 | 0.460 | 28 | 39 | 3 | 0.421 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
30 | Dennis Erickson† | 1987–1988 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0.543 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0.433 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
31 | Mike Price | 1989–2002 | 160 | 82 | 78 | 0 | 0.513 | 49 | 63 | 0 | 0.438 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | Bobby Dodd COY (1997) Eddie Robinson COY (1997) Home Depot COY (1997) Sporting News College Football COY (1997) |
31 | Bill Doba | 2003–2007 | 59 | 30 | 29 | — | 0.508 | 17 | 25 | — | 0.405 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
32 | Paul Wulff | 2008–2011 | 49 | 9 | 40 | — | 0.184 | 4 | 32 | — | 0.111 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
33 | Mike Leach | 2012–2019 | 102 | 55 | 47 | — | 0.539 | 36 | 36 | — | 0.500 | 2 | 4 | — | 0 | — | — |
34 | Nick Rolovich | 2020–2021 | 11 | 5 | 6 | — | 0.455 | 4 | 5 | — | 0.444 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
35 | Jake Dickert | 2021–present | 31 | 15 | 16 | — | 0.484 | 9 | 13 | — | 0.409 | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
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- 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.
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- "2012 NCAA Football Records – FBS Individual Records" (PDF). ncaa.org. 2012. p. 65. Retrieved 2013-01-09.