Northwestern Wildcats football
Head coaches
There have been 29 head coaches since the inaugural team in 1882, with Pat Fitzgerald being the current head coach.

Northwestern Wildcats football

Section Title: Head coaches
Table Section Text: There have been 29 head coaches since the inaugural team in 1882, with Pat Fitzgerald being the current head coach.

No.	Years	Coach	Record	Pct

1882–1890	No coach	9–6–1	.594

1	1891–1892	Knowlton Ames	7–5–5	.559

2	1893	Paul Noyes	2–5–3	.350

3	1894	A. A. Ewing	4–5	.444

4	1895–1896	Alvin H. Culver	12–6–2	.650

5	1897	Jesse Van Doozer	5–3	.625

6	1898	W. H. Bannard	9–4–1	.679

7	1899–1902	Charles M. Hollister	27–16–4	.617

8	1903–1905	Walter McCornack	26–5–4	.800

9	1908	Alton Johnson	2–2	.500

10	1909	Bill Horr	1–3–1	.300

11	1910–1912	Charles Hammett	6–10–2	.389

12	1913	Dennis Grady	1–6	.143

13	1914–1918	Fred J. Murphy	16–16–1	.500

14	1919	Charlie Bachman	2–5	.286

15	1920–1921	Elmer McDevitt	4–10	.286

16	1922–1926	Glenn Thistlethwaite	21–17–1	.551

17	1927–1934	Dick Hanley	36–26–4	.576

18	1935–1946	Pappy Waldorf	49–45–7	.520

19	1947–1954	Bob Voigts	33–39–1	.459

20	1955	Lou Saban	0–8–1	.056

21	1956–1963	Ara Parseghian	36–35–1	.507

22	1964–1972	Alex Agase	32–58–1	.357

23	1973–1977	John Pont	12–43	.218

24	1978–1980	Rick Venturi	1–31–1	.045

25	1981–1985	Dennis Green	10–45	.182

26	1986–1991	Francis Peay	13–51–2	.212

27	1992–1998	Gary Barnett	35–45–1	.438

28	1999–2005	Randy Walker	37–46	.446

29	2006–	Pat Fitzgerald	87–65	.572

Sentence(s)

In Lou Saban's only year as head coach in 1955, the Wildcats had a winless season with a 0–8–1 record.

final_sentence: In Lou Saban's only year as head coach in 1955, the Wildcats had a winless season with a 0–8–1 record.