# List of Louisiana Tech Bulldogs head football coaches

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program is a college football team that represents Louisiana Tech University in Conference USA in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 33 head coaches and one interim head coach since it started playing organized football in 1901. The current head coach of the Bulldogs is Sonny Cumbie, who was hired on November 30, 2021. Cumbie previously served as the interim head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas Tech University.

## 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 | Edwin Barber | 1901 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Frank Singleton | 1902 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | W. M. Robb | 1903 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | E. G. Pierce | 1904 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | J. U. Bragg | 1905 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | Zack T. Young | 1906 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.583 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | George L. Watkins | 1907 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | A. L. Cornell | 1908 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Percy S. Prince | 1909–1915, 1919 | 46 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 0.576 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 10 | A. Flack | 1916 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Villis Stephen Pugh | 1917 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | R. Foster Clark | 1920–1921 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | William Henry Dietz$^†$ | 1922–1923 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .767 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .750 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Philip Arbuckle | 1924 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .188 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Ralph C. Kenney | 1925 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .222 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .375 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Hugh E. Wilson | 1926–1927 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .529 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Tod Rockwell | 1928–1929 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | .368 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .292 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | George Bohler | 1930–1933 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 0 | .469 | 12 | 11 | 0 | .522 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Eddie McLane | 1934–1938 | 50 | 27 | 19 | 4 | .580 | 18 | 12 | 3 | .591 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Ray E. Davis | 1939 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Joe Aillet$^†$ | 1940–1966 | 245 | 151 | 86 | 8 | .633 | 81 | 33 | 5 | .702 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | 4-time Gulf States Conference Coach of the Year Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1984) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Holy Cross School Sports Hall of Fame (2018) |
| 22 | Maxie Lambright | 1967–1978 | 133 | 95 | 36 | 2 | .722 | 40 | 18 | 1 | .686 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1984) University of Southern Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (1974) |
| 23 | Larry Beightol | 1979 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Pat Patterson | 1979 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Billy Brewer | 1980–1982 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | .557 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .633 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 25 | A. L. Williams | 1983–1986 | 48 | 28 | 19 | 1 | .594 | 14 | 9 | 0 | .609 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1984 Louisiana Coach of the Year |
| 26 | Carl Torbush | 1987 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 27 | Joe Raymond Peace | 1988–1995 | 88 | 41 | 43 | 4 | .489 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1990 Louisiana Coach of the Year |
| 28 | Gary Crowton | 1996–1998 | 34 | 21 | 13 | — | .618 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 29 | Jack Bicknell, Jr. | 1999–2006 | 95 | 43 | 52 | — | .453 | 24 | 23 | — | .511 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 2001 WAC Coach of the Year |
| 30 | Derek Dooley | 2007–2009 | 37 | 17 | 20 | — | .459 | 12 | 12 | — | .500 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2008 Louisiana Coach of the Year |
| 31 | Sonny Dykes | 2010–2012 | 37 | 22 | 15 | — | .595 | 14 | 7 | — | .667 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 2011 WAC Coach of the Year |
| 32 | Skip Holtz | 2013–2021 | 118 | 65 | 53 | — | .551 | 43 | 27 | — | .614 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 2016 C-USA Coach of the Year |
| 33 | Sonny Cumbie | 2022–present | 37 | 11 | 26 | — | .297 | 8 | 16 | — | .333 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |