# List of West Virginia Tech Golden Bears head football coaches

The West Virginia Tech Golden Bears football program was a college football team that represented West Virginia University Institute of Technology in the Mid-South Conference, a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team had 25 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1907. The final coach was Scott Tinsley who first took the position for the 2008 season. The Golden Bears' program was discontinued following the 2011 season.

## Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

## Coaches

| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards |
| 0 | Unknown | 1907–1912 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Robert Fudge | 1920 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Red Weaver | 1921 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | R. C. Garrison | 1922 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Homer C. Martin | 1923–1926 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | .603 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | C. R. MacGillivray | 1927 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Ken Shroyer | 1928–1933 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 5 | .693 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Marshall L. Shearer | 1934 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Steve Harrick | 1935–1946 | 74 | 34 | 39 | 1 | .466 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Charles Hockenberry | 1947–1948 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Herb Royer | 1949–1950 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .789 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Don L. Phillips | 1951–1956 | 52 | 28 | 23 | 1 | .548 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Ray H. Watson | 1957–1959 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .654 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Charley Cobb | 1960–1975 | 136 | 44 | 83 | 9 | .357 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Roy Lucas | 1976–1982 | 65 | 26 | 35 | 4 | .431 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Jim Heal | 1983–1988 | 60 | 26 | 32 | 2 | .450 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Bob Gobel | 1989–1995 | 51 | 8 | 42 | 1 | .167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jim Marsh | 1990 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Kevin Bradley | 1991 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Paul Price | 1996–1998 | 33 | 1 | 32 | 0 | .030 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Mike Springston | 1999–2002 | 41 | 16 | 25 | 0 | .390 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Mauro Monz | 2003–2004 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .227 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Bill Briggs | 2005 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Shane Beatty | 2006–2007 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | .091 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Scott Tinsley | 2008–2011 | 43 | 6 | 37 | 0 | .140 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |