# List of Lafayette Leopards head football coaches
## 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 | | | | |

## Head coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2024 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | Student coaches | 1882–1890 | 69 | 35 | 29 | 4 | .544 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Wallace Moyle | 1891–1892 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 4 | .333 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Pearl T. Haskell & H. H. Vincent | 1893 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | Hugh Janeway & H. H. Vincent | 1894 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Parke H. Davis | 1895–1897 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 2 | .690 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 5 | Samuel B. Newton | 1898–1901 1911 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 0 | .810 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Dave Fultz | 1902 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Alfred E. Bull | 1903–1907 | 50 | 37 | 10 | 3 | .770 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | George Barclay | 1908 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .700 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Bob Folwell | 1909–1911 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .886 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | George McCaa | 1912–1913 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | .450 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Wilmer G. Crowell | 1914–1916 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 2 | .552 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Robert Berryman | 1917 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | |
| 13 | Lewis A. Cobbett | 1918 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | Jock Sutherland$^†$ | 1919–1923 | 43 | 38 | 8 | 2 | .813 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 15 | Herb McCracken$^†$ | 1924–1935 | 105 | 59 | 40 | 6 | .590 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 16 | Ernie Nevers$^†$ | 1938 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | Edward Mylin$^†$ | 1937–1942 1946 | 61 | 36 | 24 | 1 | .598 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | Ben Wolfson | 1943–1946 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .548 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | Ivy Williamson | 1947–1948 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith | 1949–1951 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 0 | .160 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Steve Hokuf | 1952–1957 | 52 | 25 | 27 | 0 | .481 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | James McConlogue | 1958–1962 | 45 | 20 | 23 | 2 | .467 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Kenneth Bunn | 1963–1966 | 37 | 7 | 28 | 2 | .216 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | |
| 24 | Harry Gamble | 1967–1970 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 0 | .525 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | Neil Putnam | 1971–1980 | 102 | 44 | 55 | 3 | .446 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 26 | Bill Russo | 1981–1999 | 205 | 103 | 98 | 4 | .512 | 41 | 29 | 1 | .585 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 27 | Frank Tavani | 2000–2016 | 191 | 84 | 107 | 0 | .440 | 48 | 55 | 0 | .466 | 0 | 4 | — | — | |
| 28 | John Garrett | 2017–2021 | 48 | 15 | 33 | 0 | .313 | 13 | 14 | 0 | .481 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 29 | John Troxell | 2022– | 35 | 19 | 16 | 0 | .543 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | |