List of Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches
Coaches
Iowa State football coaching records accurate as of January 04, 2019.

List of Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches

Section Title: Coaches
Table Section Text: Iowa State football coaching records accurate as of January 04, 2019.

#	Name	Term	GC	Ws	Ls	Ts	W%	CWs	CLs	CTs	CW%	PWs	PLs	PTs	CCs	Awards

1	Ira C. Brownlie	1892	2	1	0	1	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

2	W. P. Finney	1893	3	0	3	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

3	Bert German	1894	6	5	1	0	.833	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

4	Pop Warner†	1895–1899	26	18	8	0	.692	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

5	Joe Meyers	1899	9	4	4	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

6	C. E. Woodruff	1900	8	2	5	1	.313	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

7	Edgar M. Clinton	1901	10	2	6	2	.300	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

8	A. W. Ristine	1902–1906	47	36	10	1	.777	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

9	Clyde Williams	1907–1912	49	33	14	2	.694	8	5	2	.600	—	—	—	2; 1911, 1912	—

10	Homer C. Hubbard	1913–1914	15	8	7	0	.533	4	3	1	.563	—	—	—	—	—

11	Charles Mayser	1915–1919	34	21	11	2	.647	10	4	2	.688	—	—	—	—	—

12	Norman C. Paine	1920	8	4	4	0	.500	3	2	0	.600	—	—	—	—	—

13	Maury Kent	1921	8	4	4	0	.500	3	4	0	.429	—	—	—	—	—

14	Sam Willaman	1922–1925	32	14	15	3	.484	11	10	2	.522	—	—	—	—	—

15	C. Noel Workman	1926–1930	41	11	27	3	.305	8	17	2	.333	—	—	—	—	—

16	George F. Veenker	1931–1936	51	21	22	8	.490	7	18	4	.310	—	—	—	—	—

17	James J. Yeager	1937–1940	36	16	19	1	.458	7	12	1	.375	—	—	—	—	—

18	Ray Donels	1941–1942	12	3	8	1	.292	1	4	1	.250	—	—	—	—	—

19	Mike Michalske	1942–1946	39	18	18	3	.500	8	9	2	.474	—	—	—	—	—

20	Abe Stuber	1947–1953	65	24	38	3	.392	12	28	1	.305	—	—	—	—	—

21	Vince DiFrancesca	1954–1956	28	6	21	1	.232	2	15	1	.139	—	—	—	—	—

22	Jim Myers	1957	10	4	5	1	.450	2	4	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—

23	Clay Stapleton	1958–1967	99	42	53	4	.444	22	43	2	.343	—	—	—	—	—

24	Johnny Majors	1968–1972	55	24	30	1	.445	9	25	1	.271	0	2	0	—	Big Eight Coach of the Year (1971)

25	Earle Bruce†	1973–1978	68	36	32	0	.529	18	24	0	.429	0	2	0	—	Big Eight Coach of the Year (1976, 1977)

26	Donnie Duncan	1979–1982	44	18	24	2	.432	7	19	2	.286	—	—	—	—	—

27	Jim Criner	1983–1986	42	16	24	2	.405	8	16	2	.346	—	—	—	—	—

28	Chuck Banker	1986	2	1	1	0	.500	1	1	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—

29	Jim Walden	1987–1994	88	28	57	3	.335	16	37	3	.313	—	—	—	—	—

30	Dan McCarney	1995–2006	141	56	85	0	.397	27	68	0	.284	2	3	0	—	Big 12 Coach of the Year (2004)

31	Gene Chizik	2007–2008	24	5	19	0	.208	2	14	0	.125	—	—	—	—	—

32	Paul Rhoads	2009–2015	87	32	55	0	.368	16	45	0	.262	1	2	0	—	—

33	Matt Campbell	2016–present	38	19	19	0	.500	13	14	0	.481	1	1	0	—	Big 12 Coach of the Year (2017,2018)

Sentence(s)

McCarney games coached (141), years coached (11) and wins (56), while Bert German is the all-time leader in winning percentage (.833).

final_sentence: McCarney games coached (141), years coached (11) and wins (56), while Bert German is the all-time leader in winning percentage (.833).