List of Clemson Tigers head football coaches
Coaches

List of Clemson Tigers head football coaches

Section Title: Coaches
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No.	Name	Term(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	DCs	CCs	NCs	Awards

1	Walter Riggs	1896, 1899	9	6	3	0	.667	3	2	0	.600	—	—	—	0	0	—

2	William M. Williams	1897	4	2	2	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—

3	John Penton	1898	4	3	1	0	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—

4	John Heisman	1900–1903	24	19	3	2	.833	16	0	2	.944	—	—	—	3	0	—

5	Shack Shealy	1904	7	3	3	1	.500	3	3	1	.500	—	—	—	0	0	—

6	Eddie Cochems	1905	6	3	2	1	.583	3	2	1	.583	—	—	—	0	0	—

7	Bob Williams	1906, 1909, 1913–1915, 1926	46	21	19	6	.522	10	10	5	.500	0	0	—	0	0	—

8	Frank Shaughnessy	1907	8	4	4	0	.500	1	3	0	.250	—	—	—	0	0	—

9	John N. Stone	1908	7	1	6	0	.143	0	4	0	.000	—	—	—	0	0	—

10	Frank Dobson	1910–1912	24	11	12	1	.479	7	12	1	.375	—	—	—	0	0	—

11	Wayne Hart	1916	9	3	6	0	.333	2	4	0	.333	0	0	—	0	0	—

12	Edward Donahue	1917–1920	36	21	12	3	.625	13	10	2	.560	0	0	—	0	0	—

13	E. J. Stewart	1921–1922	18	6	10	2	.389	2	9	2	.231	0	0	—	0	0	—

14	Bud Saunders	1923–1926	28	10	17	1	.375	2	9	1	.208	0	0	—	0	0	—

15	Josh Cody	1927–1930	41	29	11	1	.720	12	9	0	.571	0	0	—	0	0	—

16	Jess Neely	1931–1939	85	43	35	7	.547	18	13	2	.576	1	0	—	0	0	—

17	Frank Howard	1940–1969	295	165	118	12	.580	100	48	5	.670	3	3	—	8	0	ACC Coach of the Year (1958) ACC Coach of the Year (1966)

18	Hootie Ingram	1970–1972	33	12	21	0	.364	8	10	0	.444	0	0	—	0	0	—

19	Red Parker	1973–1976	44	17	25	2	.409	10	11	1	.477	0	0	—	0	0	ACC Coach of the Year (1974)

20	Charley Pell	1977–1978	23	18	4	1	.804	10	1	1	.875	0	1	—	1	0	ACC Coach of the Year (1977) ACC Coach of the Year (1978)

21	Danny Ford	1978–1989	129	96	29	4	.760	56	16	1	.774	6	2	—	5	1 – 1981	ACC Coach of the Year (1981) FWAA Coach of the Year (1981) Woody Hayes Trophy (1981) AFCA Coach of the Year (1981)

22	Ken Hatfield	1990–1993	46	32	13	1	.707	19	10	1	.650	1	1	—	1	0	—

23	Tommy West	1993–1998	59	31	28	0	.525	21	19	0	.525	1	3	—	0	0	—

24	Tommy Bowden	1999–2008	117	72	45	—	.615	43	32	—	.573	3	5	0	0	0	ACC Coach of the Year (1999) ACC Coach of the Year (2003)

25	Dabo Swinney	2008–present	146	116	30	—	.795	69	16	—	.812	9	5	6	5	2 - (2016) (2018)	Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (2011) AP Coach of the Year Award (2015) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (2015) ACC Coach of the Year Award (2015)

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Heisman had the highest winning percentage, with .833 in his four years at Clemson.

final_sentence: Heisman had the highest winning percentage, with .833 in his four years at Clemson.