List of UConn Huskies head football coaches
Coaches

List of UConn Huskies head football coaches

Section Title: Coaches
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Overall	Conference	Postseason

No.	Name	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC	CC	Awards

—	No coach	1896–97	15	10	5	0	.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1	E. S. Mansfield	1898	3	0	3	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

2	Thomas D. Knowles	1899–1901	26	18	7	1	.712	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

3	Edwin O. Smith	1902–05	28	14	13	1	.518	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

4	George H. Lamson	1906–07	13	4	9	0	.308	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

5	William F. Madden	1908	8	4	3	1	.563	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

6	S. Frank G. McLean	1909	8	3	5	0	.375	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

7	M. F. Claffey	1910	7	1	5	1	.214	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

8	Leo Hafford	1911	5	0	5	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

9	Abraham J. Sharadin	1912	6	3	3	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

10	P. T. Brady	1913	8	5	3	0	.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

11	Dave Warner	1914	3	3	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

12	John F. Donahue	1915–16	16	2	14	0	.125	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

X	No football played	1917–18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

13	Roy J. Guyer	1919	8	2	6	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—

14	Ross Swartz	1920	8	1	6	1	.188	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—

15	J. Wilder Tasker	1921–22	17	5	8	4	.412	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—

16	Sumner Dole	1923–33	89	36	39	14	.483	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—

17	J. Orlean Christian	1934–49	121	66	51	4	.562	5	3	0	.625	0	0	0	—	1	—

18	Arthur Valpey	1950–51	16	7	9	0	.438	2	4	0	.333	0	0	0	—	0	—

19	Robert Ingalls	1952–63	106	49	54	3	.476	29	16	3	.635	0	0	0	—	6	—

20	Rick Forzano	1964–65	18	7	10	1	.417	4	3	1	.563	0	0	0	—	0	—

21	John Toner	1966–70	47	20	24	3	.457	17	6	2	.720	0	0	0	—	2	Husky of Honor (as athletic director)

22	Robert Casciola	1971–72	18	9	8	1	.528	8	2	1	.773	0	0	0	—	1	—

23	Larry Naviaux	1973–76	43	18	24	1	.430	13	8	1	.614	0	0	0	—	1	—

24	Walt Nadzak	1977–82	65	24	39	2	.385	14	15	1	.483	0	0	0	—	1	—

25	Tom Jackson	1983–93	119	62	57	0	.521	42	35	0	.545	0	0	0	0	2	Yankee Conference Coach of the Year (1986) UPI New England Coach of the Year (1986)

26	Skip Holtz	1994–98	57	34	23	0	.596	22	18	0	.550	1	1	0	1	0	—

27	Randy Edsall	1999–2010, 2017–present	144	74	70	—	.514	25	31	—	.446	3	2	—	0	2	Big East Coach of the Year (2010)

28	Paul Pasqualoni	2011–13	28	10	18	—	.357	5	9	—	.357	0	0	—	—	0	—

Int.	T. J. Weist	2013	8	3	5	—	.375	3	5	—	.375	0	0	—	—	0	—

29	Bob Diaco	2014–16	37	11	26	—	.297	6	18	—	.250	0	1	—	0	0	—

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Edsall is Connecticut's all-time leader in games coached (144) and coaching wins (74).

final_sentence: Edsall is Connecticut's all-time leader in games coached (144) and coaching wins (74).