# List of Colorado State Rams head football coaches

The Colorado State Rams college football team represents Colorado State University in the Mountain West Conference (MWC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 22 head coaches, and 2 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1892 season. Since December 2021, Jay Norvell has served as Colorado State's head coach.
Seven coaches have led Colorado State in postseason bowl games: Bob Davis, Earle Bruce, Sonny Lubick, Steve Fairchild, Jim McElwain, Dave Baldwin, and Mike Bobo. Three coaches also won conference championships: Harry W. Hughes captured eight as a member of the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference; Davis captured one as a member of Skyline Conference; Lubick captured three as a member of the Western Athletic Conference and three as a member of the Mountain West Conference.
Hughes is the leader in seasons coached, with 32 years as head coach and games coached (240) and won (126). Matt Rothwell has the highest all-time winning percentage at .833. George Cassidy has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000. Of the 22 different head coaches who have led the Rams, Bruce has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

## 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 |
| 1 | W. J. Forbes | 1899 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.167 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | George Toomey | 1900 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | C. J. Griffith | 1901–1902 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.333 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0.083 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Matt Rothwell | 1903 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | John H. McIntosh | 1904–1905 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0.346 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Claude Rothgeb | 1906–1909 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0.233 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0.125 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | George Cassidy | 1910 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Harry W. Hughes | 1911–1941 1946 | 240 | 126 | 96 | 18 | 0.563 | 114 | 77 | 17 | 0.589 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Julius Wagner | 1942 1945–1946 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0.425 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Bob Davis | 1947–1955 | 89 | 54 | 33 | 2 | 0.618 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 0.625 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Don Mullison | 1956–1961 | 60 | 19 | 40 | 1 | 0.325 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 0.354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Mike Lude | 1962–1969 | 81 | 29 | 51 | 1 | 0.364 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Jerry Wampfler | 1970–1972 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0.242 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Sark Arslanian | 1973–1981 | 96 | 45 | 47 | 4 | 0.490 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 0.481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Chester Caddas | 1981 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Leon Fuller | 1982–1988 | 80 | 25 | 55 | 0 | 0.313 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 0.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Earle Bruce$^†$ | 1989–1992 | 47 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 0.479 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Sonny Lubick | 1993–2007 | 182 | 108 | 74 | 0 | 0.593 | 80 | 40 | 0 | 0.667 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Steve Fairchild | 2008–2011 | 49 | 16 | 33 | — | 0.327 | 7 | 24 | — | 0.226 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Jim McElwain | 2012–2014 | 38 | 22 | 16 | — | 0.579 | 14 | 10 | — | 0.583 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Dave Baldwin | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Mike Bobo | 2015–2019 | 63 | 28 | 35 | — | 0.444 | 20 | 20 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Steve Addazio | 2020–2021 | 16 | 4 | 12 | — | 0.250 | 3 | 9 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Jay Norvell | 2022–present | 37 | 16 | 21 | — | 0.432 | 12 | 12 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |