Penn State Nittany Lions football
Head coaches

Penn State Nittany Lions football

Section Title: Head coaches
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Coach	Years	Seasons	Record	Pct.	Cnf. Record	Pct.	Cnf. Titles	Bowls	Nat. Titles

No coach	1887–1891	5	12–8–1	.595	4–1–0	.800	1

George Hoskins	1892–1895	4	17–4–4	.760

Samuel Newton	1896–1898	3	12–14–0	.462

Sam Boyle	1899	1	4–6–1	.409

Pop Golden	1900–1902	3	16–12–1	.569

Daniel A. Reed	1903	1	5–3–0	.625

Tom Fennell	1904–1908	5	33–17–1	.657

Bill Hollenback	1909, 1911–1914	5	28–9–4	.732

Jack Hollenback	1910	1	5–2–1	.688

Dick Harlow	1915–1917	3	20–8–0	.714

Hugo Bezdek	1918–1929	12	65–30–11	.665	1

Bob Higgins	1930–1948	19	91–57–11	.607	1

Joe Bedenk	1949	1	5–4–0	.556

Rip Engle	1950–1965	16	104–48–4	.679	4

Joe Paterno	1966–2011	45	409–136–3	.749	95–54–0	.638	3	37	2

Tom Bradley	2011	<1	1–3	.250	1–2	.333	1

Bill O'Brien	2012–2013	2	15–9	.625	10–6	.625

James Franklin	2014– present	5th season	45–21	.682	27–16	.628	1	5

Totals	1887–present	129	887–391–42	.688	137–79–0	.634	5	49	2

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