Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Head coaches
The following are the head coaches of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. † Interim

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football

Section Title: Head coaches
Table Section Text: The following are the head coaches of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. † Interim

Coach	Tenure	Record	Pct.

M. A. Leiper & Roy C. Manchester	1913	1–0	1.000

J. L. Arthur	1914–1916	5–8–2	.400

No team	1917–1919

L. T. Smith	1920–1921	2–5–1	.313

Edgar Diddle	1922–1928	38–24–2	.609

Carl Anderson	1929	7–3	.700

James Elam	1930–1931	16–5–1	.750

Ernie Miller	1932	8–1	.889

Jesse Thomas	1933	6–2	.750

Carl Anderson	1934–1937	24–9–3	.708

Gander Terry	1938–1941	25–9–3	.716

Arnold Winkenhofer	1942	3–4–1	.438

No team	1943–1945

Jesse Thomas	1946–1947	5–10–2	.353

Jack Clayton	1948–1956	50–33–2	.607

Nick Denes	1957–1967	57–39–7	.587

Jimmy Feix	1968–1983	106–56–6	.649

Dave Roberts	1984–1988	26–30–1	.465

Jack Harbaugh	1989–2002	91–68	.572

David Elson	2003–2009	39–44	.470

Willie Taggart	2010–2012	16–20	.444

Lance Guidry †	2012	0–1	.000

Bobby Petrino	2013	8–4	.667

Jeff Brohm	2014–2016	30–10	.750

Nick Holt †	2016	1–0	1.000

Mike Sanford Jr.	2017–2018	9-16	.360

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on the Hill, Denes compiled a 57–39–7 record for a .587 percentage.

final_sentence: on the Hill, Denes compiled a 57–39–7 record for a .587 percentage.