# List of Louisville Cardinals head football coaches

The Louisville Cardinals football team represents the University of Louisville in the sport of American football. The Cardinals compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are currently a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team's current head coach is newly introduced Jeff Brohm. Brohm was introduced on December 8, 2022. The previous head coach was Scott Satterfield.
The Louisville Cardinals have played in 962 games since their inaugural 1912 season. The Cardinals have appeared in 20 bowl games and have claimed 8 conference championships. Louisville competes against the University of Kentucky Wildcats in the annual "Governor's Cup" rivalry game. Six coaches have led the Cardinals to the postseason since 1912.

## 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 :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | Lester Larson | 1912–1913 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Bruce Baker | 1914 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Will Duffy | 1915–1916 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0.308 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Bill Duncan | 1921–1922 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0.321 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Fred Enke | 1923–1924 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0.500 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 6 | Tom King | 1925–1930 | 48 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 0.563 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0.368 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 7 | Jack McGrath | 1931 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 8 | C. V. Money | 1932 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 9 | Ben Cregor | 1933–1935 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0.196 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0.235 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 10 | Laurie Apitz | 1936–1942 | 54 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 0.435 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0.300 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 11 | Frank Camp | 1946–1968 | 215 | 118 | 95 | 2 | 0.553 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0.448 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 12 | Lee Corso | 1969–1972 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0.702 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0.684 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 13 | T. W. Alley | 1973–1974 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0.409 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 14 | Vince Gibson | 1975–1979 | 56 | 25 | 29 | 2 | 0.464 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Bob Weber | 1980–1984 | 55 | 20 | 35 | 0 | 0.364 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1985–1994 | 112 | 54 | 56 | 2 | 0.491 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Ron Cooper | 1995–1997 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0.394 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 18 | John L. Smith | 1998–2002 | 62 | 41 | 21 | — | 0.661 | 25 | 9 | — | 0.735 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 19 22 | Bobby Petrino | 2003–2006 2014–2018 | 112 | 77 | 35 | — | 0.688 | 45 | 24 | — | 0.652 | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 20 | Steve Kragthorpe | 2007–2009 | 36 | 15 | 21 | — | 0.417 | 5 | 16 | — | 0.238 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 21 | Charlie Strong | 2010–2013 | 52 | 37 | 15 | — | 0.712 | 20 | 9 | — | 0.690 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Int. | Lorenzo Ward | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | .000 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | Scott Satterfield | 2019–2022 | 49 | 25 | 24 | — | 0.510 | 15 | 18 | — | 0.455 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | ACC Coach of the Year (2019) |
| Int. | Deion Branch | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Jeff Brohm | 2023–present | 27 | 19 | 8 | — | 0.704 | 12 | 4 | — | 0.750 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |