List of Kansas Jayhawks head football coaches
Coaches

List of Kansas Jayhawks head football coaches

Section Title: Coaches
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#	Name	Term	GC	W	L	T	%	CW	CL	CT	C%	BW	BL	CC	Awards and other notes

1	Edwin Mortimer Hopkins	1891	8	7	0	1	.938	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

2	A. W. Shepard	1892–1893	15	9	6	0	.600	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

3	Hector Cowan†	1894–1896	23	15	7	1	.674	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

4	Wylie G. Woodruff	1897–1898	18	15	3	0	.833	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

5	Fielding H. Yost†	1899	10	10	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

6	Larry Boynton	1900	9	2	5	2	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

7	John H. Outland†	1901	10	3	5	2	.400	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

8	Arthur Hale Curtis	1902	10	6	4	0	.600	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

9	Harrison Weeks	1903	9	6	3	0	.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Fired for having a sexual relationship with a KU freshman girl. He was 24 at the time.

10	A. R. Kennedy	1904–1910	65	52	9	4	.831	9	3	1	.731	—	—	1	Forced out by conference rule change requiring coaches to be full-time faculty members.

11	Ralph W. Sherwin	1911	8	4	2	2	.625	1	1	1	.500	—	—	0	—

12	Arthur Mosse	1912–1913	16	9	7	0	.563	4	4	0	.500	—	—	0	—

13	H. M. Wheaton	1914	8	5	2	1	.688	2	2	0	.500	—	—	0	—

14	Herman Olcott	1915–1917	24	16	7	1	.688	7	4	1	.625	—	—	0	—

15	Jay Bond	1918	4	2	2	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

16	Leon McCarty	1919	8	3	2	3	.563	1	1	1	.500	—	—	0	—

17	Phog Allen	1920	8	5	2	1	.688	3	2	0	.600	—	—	0	—

18	Potsy Clark	1921–1925	39	16	17	6	.487	11	15	6	.438	—	—	0	—

19	Frank Cappon	1926–1927	16	5	10	1	.344	4	8	1	.346	—	—	0	—

20	Bill Hargiss	1928–1932	42	22	18	2	.548	8	11	1	.425	—	—	1	—

21	Adrian Lindsey	1932–1938	61	23	30	8	.443	11	18	5	.397	—	—	0	—

22	Gwinn Henry	1939–1942	36	9	27	0	.250	4	16	0	.200	—	—	0	—

23	Henry Shenk	1943–1945	30	11	16	3	.417	4	10	1	.300	—	—	0	—

24	George Sauer	1946–1947	21	15	3	3	.786	8	1	1	.850	0	1	2	Accepted Navy job

25	Jules V. Sikes	1948–1953	60	35	25	0	.583	18	18	0	.500	—	—	0	—

26	Chuck Mather	1954–1957	40	11	26	3	.313	7	16	1	.313	—	—	0	—

27	Jack Mitchell	1958–1966	91	42	44	5	.489	29	28	4	.508	1	0	0	—

28	Pepper Rodgers	1967–1970	42	20	22	0	.476	13	15	0	.464	0	1	1	Accepted UCLA job

29	Don Fambrough	1971–1974, 1979–1982	90	37	48	5	.439	20	33	3	.384	0	1	0	—

30	Bud Moore	1975–1978	45	17	21	1	.449	8	19	1	.304	0	1	0	—

31	Mike Gottfried	1983–1985	34	15	18	1	.456	8	13	0	.381	—	—	0	Accepted Pittsburgh job

32	Bob Valesente	1986–1987	22	4	17	1	.205	0	13	1	.036	—	—	0	—

33	Glen Mason	1988–1996	102	47	54	1	.466	25	38	1	.398	2	0	0	Accepted Minnesota job

34	Terry Allen	1997–2001	53	20	33	0	.377	10	30	0	.250	—	—	0	Terminated after eight games of 2001 season.

Int	Tom Hayes	2001	3	1	2	0	.333	0	2	0	.000	—	—	0	—

35	Mark Mangino	2002–2009	98	50	48	0	.510	23	41	0	.359	3	1	0	Big 12 Coach of the Year (2007) Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2007) AP National Coach of the Year (2007) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2007) The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award (2007) Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (2007) Woody Hayes Trophy (2007) George Munger Award (2007) AFCA Coach of the Year (2007) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2007) Resigned following the launch of an investigation of his coaching practices.

36	Turner Gill	2010–2011	24	5	19	0	.208	1	16	0	.059	0	0	0	—

37	Charlie Weis	2012–2014	27	5	22	0	.185	1	18	0	.053	0	0	0	Fired 4 games into the 2014 season

Int	Clint Bowen	2014	8	1	7	0	.125	1	7	0	.125	0	0	0	Interim Head Coach after Charlie Weis was fired

38	David Beaty	2015–2018	37	3	34	0	.081	1	26	0	.037	0	0	0	Fired after the end of the 2018 season

39	Les Miles	2019–present	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	–	0	0	0

Sentence(s)

From coaches who served more than one season, Wylie G. Woodruff leads with a .833 winning percentage, edging out Kennedy's winning percentage of .831.

final_sentence: From coaches who served more than one season, Wylie G. Woodruff leads with a .833 winning percentage, edging out Kennedy's winning percentage of .831.