Michigan State Spartans football
Head coaches

Michigan State Spartans football

Section Title: Head coaches
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Coach	Years	Seasons	Record	Pct.	Conf. Record	Pct.	Div. Titles	Conf. Titles	Bowl Games	National Titles	Conference

No Coach	1896	1	1–2–1	.375	0–1–0	.000	0	0	0	0	MIAA

Henry Keep	1897–1898	2	8–5–1	.607	5–2–1	.688	0	0	0	0	MIAA

Charles Bemies	1899–1900	2	3–7–1	.318	1–3–0	.250	0	0	0	0	MIAA

George Denman	1901–1902	2	7–9–1	.441	5–4–1	.550	0	0	0	0	MIAA

Chester Brewer	1903–1910, 1917, 1919	10	58–23–7	.699	19–2–2	.833	0	2	0	0	Left MIAA in 1907

John Macklin	1911–1915	5	29–5–0	.853	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	Independent

Dutch Sommers	1916	1	4–2–1	.643	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	Independent

George Gauthier	1918	1	4–3–0	.571	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	Independent

George Clark	1920	1	4–6	.400	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	Independent

Albert Barron	1921–1922	2	6–10–2	.389	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	Independent

Ralph H. Young	1923–1927	5	18–22–1	.451	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	Independent

Harry Kipke	1928	1	3–4–1	.438	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	Independent

Jim Crowley	1929–1932	4	22–8–3	.712	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	Independent

Charlie Bachman	1933–1942, 1944–1946	13	70–34–10	.658	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	0	Independent

Clarence Munn	1947–1953	7	54–9–2	.846	5–1	.833	n/a	1	1	2	Joined Big Ten in 1953

Duffy Daugherty	1954–1972	19	109–69–5	.609	72–50–3	.588	n/a	2	2	4	Big Ten

Denny Stolz	1973–1975	3	19–13–1	.591	14–9–1	.604	n/a	0	0	0	Big Ten

Darryl Rogers	1976–1979	4	24–18–2	.568	19–12–1	.609	n/a	1	0	0	Big Ten

Muddy Waters	1980–1982	3	10–23–0	.303	8–18–0	.308	n/a	0	0	0	Big Ten

George Perles	1983–1994	12	68–67–4	.504	53–42–2	.557	n/a	2	7	0	Big Ten

Nick Saban	1995–1999	5	34–24–1	.592	23–16–1	.589	n/a	0	3	0	Big Ten

Bobby Williams	2000–2002	> 2	16–17	.469	6–15	.286	n/a	0	2	0	Big Ten

Morris Watts	2002	< 1	1–2	.333	1–2	.333	n/a	0	0	0	Big Ten

John L. Smith	2003–2006	4	22–26	.458	12–20	.375	n/a	0	1	0	Big Ten

Mark Dantonio	2007–present	11	100–45	.682	53–28	.654	3*	3	11	0	Big Ten

Totals	1896–present	120	686–450–44	.599	296–225–13	.566	3	11	26	6

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In the Michigan State Spartans football, Munn leads coaches with a .846 percentage.

final_sentence: In the Michigan State Spartans football, Munn leads coaches with a .846 percentage.