# List of Miami Hurricanes head football coaches

The Miami Hurricanes college football team represents University of Miami in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 23 head coaches, and 3 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1927 season. Since December 2021, Mario Cristobal has served as Miami's head coach.
Sixteen coaches have led Miami in postseason bowl games: Tom McCann, Jack Harding, Andy Gustafson, Charlie Tate, Howard Schnellenberger, Jimmy Johnson, Dennis Erickson, Butch Davis, Larry Coker, Randy Shannon, Jeff Stoutland, Al Golden, Larry Scott, Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, and Cristobal. Three of those coaches also won conference championships: Erickson, Davis, and Coker each captured three as a member of the Big East Conference. Four have also captured national championships as head coach at Miami: Schnellenberger (1983), Johnson (1987), Erickson (1989 and 1991), and Coker (2001).
Gustafson is the leader in seasons coached, with 16 years as head coach and games coached (161) and won (93). Erickson has the highest winning percentage at 0.875. Walt Kichefski has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.222. Of the 23 different head coaches who have led the Hurricanes, Harding, Gustafson, Pete Elliott, Johnson, Erickson, and Richt have 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 | DCs | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | Cub Buck | 1927–1928 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0.421 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | J. Burton Rix | 1929 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Ernest E. Brett | 1930 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.438 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.417 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Tom McCann | 1931–1934 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 0.541 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Irl Tubbs | 1935–1936 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0.667 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Jack Harding$^†$ | 1937–1942 1945–1947 | 89 | 54 | 32 | 3 | 0.624 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.909 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Eddie Dunn | 1943–1944 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0.433 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | Andy Gustafson$^†$ | 1948–1963 | 161 | 93 | 65 | 3 | 0.587 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Charlie Tate | 1964–1970 | 64 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 0.555 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| Int. | Walt Kichefski | 1970 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 10 | Fran Curci | 1971–1972 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0.409 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 11 | Pete Elliott$^†$ | 1973–1974 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 12 | Carl Selmer | 1975–1976 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0.238 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 13 | Lou Saban | 1977–1978 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0.409 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 14 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1979–1983 | 57 | 41 | 16 | 0 | 0.719 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 – 1983 | Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award (1983) |
| 15 | Jimmy Johnson$^†$ | 1984–1988 | 61 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0.852 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 – 1987 | Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1986) |
| 16 | Dennis Erickson$^†$ | 1989–1994 | 72 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 0.875 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0.950 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 2 – 1989 1991 | Woody Hayes Award (1992) Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (1992) |
| 17 | Butch Davis | 1995–2000 | 71 | 51 | 20 | 0 | 0.718 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0.786 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Larry Coker | 2001–2006 | 75 | 60 | 15 | — | 0.800 | 34 | 11 | — | 0.756 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 3 | 1 – 2001 | AFCA Coach of the Year (2001) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2001) |
| 19 | Randy Shannon | 2007–2010 | 50 | 28 | 22 | — | 0.560 | 16 | 16 | — | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int. | Jeff Stoutland | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Al Golden | 2011–2015 | 57 | 32 | 25 | — | 0.561 | 17 | 18 | — | 0.486 | 0 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int. | Larry Scott | 2015 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.667 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.800 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Mark Richt$^†$ | 2016–2018 | 39 | 26 | 13 | — | 0.667 | 16 | 8 | — | 0.667 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (2017) |
| 22 | Manny Diaz | 2019–2021 | 36 | 21 | 15 | — | 0.583 | 16 | 9 | — | 0.640 | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Mario Cristobal | 2022–present | 38 | 22 | 16 | — | 0.579 | 12 | 12 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |