List of Ohio State Buckeyes head football coaches
Coaches

List of Ohio State Buckeyes head football coaches

Section Title: Coaches
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#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	DCs	NCs	National awards

1	Alexander Lilley	1890–1891	8	3	5	0	.375	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

2	Frederick Ryder	1892–1895, 1898	46	22	22	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

3	Charles Hickey	1896	11	5	5	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

4	David Edwards	1897	9	1	7	1	.167	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

5	John Eckstorm	1899–1901	29	22	4	3	.810	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

6	Perry Hale	1902–1903	21	14	5	2	.714	5	2	0	.714	—	—	—	—	—	—

7	Edwin Sweetland	1904–1905	23	14	7	2	.652	4	1	1	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—

8	Albert Herrnstein	1906–1909	39	28	10	1	.731	17	6	1	.729	—	—	1	—	—	—

9	Howard Jones†	1910	10	6	1	3	.750	5	1	2	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—

10	Harry Vaughan	1911	10	5	3	2	.600	4	1	2	.714	—	—	—	—	—	—

11	John Richards	1912	9	6	3	0	.667	5	0	0	1.000	—	—	1	—	—	—

12	John Wilce†	1913–1928	120	78	33	9	.688	37	30	4	.549	0	1	3	—	—	—

13	Sam Willaman	1929–1933	41	26	10	5	.695	14	8	4	.615	—	—	—	—	—	—

14	Francis Schmidt†	1934–1940	56	39	16	1	.705	30	9	1	.763	—	—	2	—	—	—

15	Paul Brown	1941–1943	27	18	8	1	.685	9	6	1	.594	—	—	1	—	1 – 1942	—

16	Carroll Widdoes	1944–1945	18	16	2	0	.889	11	2	0	.846	—	—	1	—	—	AFCA Coach of the Year (1944)

17	Paul Bixler	1946	9	4	3	2	.556	2	3	1	.417	—	—	—	—	—	—

18	Wes Fesler†	1947–1950	37	21	13	3	.608	13	10	2	.560	1	0	1	—	—	—

19	Woody Hayes†	1951–1978	276	205	61	10	.761	152	37	7	.793	5	6	13	—	5 – 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970	AFCA Coach of the Year (1957) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1957, 1968, 1975) Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1968)

20	Earle Bruce†	1979–1987	108	81	26	1	.755	57	17	0	.770	5	3	4	—	—	AFCA Coach of the Year (1979) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1979) Woody Hayes Trophy (1979)

21	John Cooper†	1988–2000	158	111	43	4	.715	70	30	4	.692	3	8	3	—	—	—

22	Jim Tressel†	2001–2010	128	94	22	—	.810	59	14	—	.808	5	4	6	—	1 – 2002	AFCA Coach of the Year (2002) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2002) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2002) Woody Hayes Trophy (2002)

Int	Luke Fickell	2011	13	6	7	—	.462	3	5	—	.375	0	1	—	—	—	—

23	Urban Meyer	2012–2018	91	82	9	—	.901	54	4	—	.931	4	2	3	7	1 – 2014	Woody Hayes Trophy (2012)

24	Ryan Day	2018, 2019–	3	3	0	—	1.000	1	0	—	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	—

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David Edwards holds the lowest percentage of any Buckeye head coach (.167), going 1–7–1 in the only season that he coached.

final_sentence: David Edwards holds the lowest percentage of any Buckeye head coach (.167), going 1–7–1 in the only season that he coached.