# List of Washington Huskies head football coaches

The Washington Huskies college football team represents the University of Washington in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Huskies compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 31 head coaches since it began play during the 1889 season. Jedd Fisch is the current head coach.
The Huskies have played more than 1,100 games over 122 seasons. In that time, eleven coaches have led the Huskies in postseason bowl games: Enoch Bagshaw, James Phelan, Ralph Welch, Jim Owens, Don James, Jim Lambright, Rick Neuheisel, Steve Sarkisian, Marques Tuiasosopo, Chris Petersen, and Kalen DeBoer. Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Gil Dobie, Claude J. Hunt, Phelan and Bradshaw captured a combined four as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference and Owens, James, Lambright, and Neuheisel won a combined 11 as a member of the Pac-10. Don James won a national championship with the Huskies in 1991.
James is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 153 victories during his 18 years with the program. Dobie, who was undefeated during his nine seasons with Washington, has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game at .975. Stub Allison has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than three games, with .167. Of the 30 different head coaches who have led the Huskies, Dobie, Phelan, Darrell Royal, Owens, and James have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.

## 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 | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| 0 | No coach | 1889–1890 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 1 | W. B. Goodwin | 1892–1893 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.357 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Charles Cobb | 1894 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Ralph Nichols | 1895–1896 1898 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0.625 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Carl L. Clemans | 1897 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | A. S. Jeffs | 1899 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | J. S. Dodge | 1900 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | Jack Wright | 1901 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | James Knight | 1902–1904 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0.775 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Oliver Cutts | 1905 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 10 | Victor M. Place | 1906–1907 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0.579 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 11 | Gil Dobie$^†$ | 1908–1916 | 61 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 0.975 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Claude J. Hunt | 1917 1919 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Tony Savage | 1918 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Stub Allison | 1920 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Enoch Bagshaw | 1921–1929 | 91 | 63 | 22 | 6 | 0.725 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 0.625 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 16 | James Phelan$^†$ | 1930–1941 | 110 | 65 | 37 | 8 | 0.627 | 51 | 31 | 8 | 0.611 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Ralph Welch | 1942–1947 | 50 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 0.570 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0.514 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Howard Odell | 1948–1952 | 50 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 0.480 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0.486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | John Cherberg | 1953–1955 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0.367 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Darrell Royal$^†$ | 1956 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Jim Owens$^†$ | 1957–1974 | 187 | 99 | 82 | 6 | 0.545 | 60 | 58 | 2 | 0.508 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 – 1960 | UPI Pacific Coast Coach of the Year (1959, 1960) |
| 22 | Don James$^†$ | 1975–1992 | 212 | 153 | 57 | 2 | 0.726 | 98 | 37 | 2 | 0.723 | 10 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 – 1991 | AFCA Coach of the Year (1977) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1991) FWAA Coach of the Year (1991) George Munger Award (1991) Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (1991) Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1980, 1990, 1991) |
| 23 | Jim Lambright | 1993–1998 | 70 | 44 | 25 | 1 | 0.636 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 0.656 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Rick Neuheisel | 1999–2002 | 49 | 33 | 16 | — | 0.673 | 23 | 9 | — | 0.719 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Keith Gilbertson | 2003–2004 | 23 | 7 | 16 | — | 0.304 | 4 | 12 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Tyrone Willingham | 2005–2008 | 48 | 11 | 37 | — | 0.229 | 6 | 29 | — | 0.171 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Steve Sarkisian | 2009–2013 | 63 | 34 | 29 | — | 0.540 | 24 | 21 | — | 0.533 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Marques Tuiasosopo | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Chris Petersen | 2014–2019 | 81 | 55 | 26 | — | 0.679 | 34 | 20 | — | 0.630 | 2 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Jimmy Lake | 2020–2021 | 13 | 7 | 6 | — | 0.538 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.600 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Int | Bob Gregory | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | .000 | 0 | 3 | — | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Kalen DeBoer | 2022–2023 | 28 | 25 | 3 | — | 0.893 | 16 | 2 | — | 0.889 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | AFCA Coach of the Year (2023) AP Coach of the Year (2023) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2023) George Munger Award (2023) Home Depot Coach of the Year (2023) Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (2023) Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2022, 2023) |
| 31 | Jedd Fisch | 2024–present | 13 | 6 | 7 | — | 0.462 | 4 | 5 | — | 0.444 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |