# List of Marshall Thundering Herd head football coaches

[[WP:NFCC]] violation: [[File:Cam_Henderson.jpg|thumb|alt=Coach Cam Henderson led Marshall to its first bowl game in 1947.|Coach Cam Henderson led Marshall to its first bowl game in 1947.]] The Marshall Thundering Herd college football team represents Marshall University in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. The Thundering Herd competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 31head coaches since it began play during the 1895 season. Since December 2024, Tony Gibson has served as Marshall's head coach.

## 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

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs |
| 1 | George Ford | 1903–1904 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alfred McCray | 1905 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Pearl Rardin | 1906 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | William G. Vinal | 1908 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Boyd Chambers | 1909–1916 | 63 | 32 | 27 | 4 | .540 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Burton Shipley | 1917 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Arch Reilly | 1919 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Herbert Cramer | 1920 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Skeeter Shelton | 1921–1922 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .639 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Harrison Briggs | 1923 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Russ Meredith | 1924 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Charles Tallman | 1925–1928 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | .671 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .842 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| 13 | John Maulbetsch | 1929–1930 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .833 | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 14 | Tom Dandelet | 1931–1934 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | .528 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .469 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 15 | Cam Henderson | 1935–1949 | 119 | 68 | 46 | 5 | .592 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .583 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 16 | Pete Pederson | 1950–1952 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 3 | .339 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 17 | Herb Royer | 1953–1958 | 54 | 21 | 31 | 2 | .407 | 10 | 21 | 0 | .323 | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 18 | Charlie Snyder | 1959–1967 | 89 | 28 | 58 | 3 | .331 | 13 | 36 | 1 | .270 | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 19 | Perry Moss | 1968 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .050 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 20 | Rick Tolley | 1969–1970 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .316 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Jack Lengyel | 1971–1974 | 42 | 9 | 33 | 0 | .214 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Frank Ellwood | 1975–1978 | 44 | 10 | 34 | 0 | .227 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | 0 | — |
| 23 | Sonny Randle | 1979–1983 | 55 | 12 | 42 | 1 | .227 | 5 | 26 | 1 | .172 | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 24 | Stan Parrish | 1984–1985 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .614 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .423 | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 25 | George Chaump | 1986–1989 | 55 | 33 | 16 | 1 | .670 | 17 | 8 | 0 | .680 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 26 | Jim Donnan$^†$ | 1990–1995 | 85 | 64 | 21 | 0 | .753 | 34 | 11 | 0 | .756 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Bob Pruett | 1996–2004 | 117 | 94 | 23 | — | .803 | 62 | 10 | — | .861 | 9 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 |
| 28 | Mark Snyder | 2005–2009 | 59 | 22 | 37 | — | .373 | 17 | 23 | — | .425 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Int | Rick Minter | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 29 | Doc Holliday | 2010–2020 | 139 | 85 | 54 | — | .612 | 55 | 30 | — | .647 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 30 | Charles Huff | 2021–2024 | 52 | 32 | 20 | — | .615 | 20 | 12 | — | .625 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 31 | Tony Gibson | 2025– | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |