# List of Arizona State Sun Devils head football coaches

The Arizona State Sun Devils college football team represents Arizona State University in the Big 12 Conference. The Sun Devils compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches and two interim head coaches since it began play during the 1897 season. Since November 2022, Kenny Dillingham has served as head coach at Arizona State.
Ten coaches have led Arizona State in postseason bowl games: Dixie Howell, Ed Doherty, Frank Kush, Darryl Rogers, John Cooper, Bruce Snyder, Dirk Koetter, Dennis Erickson, Todd Graham, and Herm Edwards. Seven of those coaches also won conference championships: Ted Shipkey, Clyde B. Smith, and Dan Devine each captured one and Kush two as a member of the Border Conference; Kush captured seven as a member of the Western Athletic Conference; and Cooper and Snyder each captured one as a member of the Pacific-10.
Kush is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 176 victories during his 22 years with the program. Devine has the highest winning percentage at 0.887. George E. Cooper has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 24 different head coaches who have led the Sun Devils, Howell, Devine, Kush, Cooper, and Erickson 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 | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | Frederick M. Irish | 1897 1899–1900 1902–1906 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | George Schaeffer | 1914–1916 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0.467 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | George E. Cooper | 1919 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Ernest C. Wills | 1922 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Aaron McCreary | 1923–1929 | 46 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 0.587 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Ted Shipkey | 1930–1932 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0.560 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.611 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 7 | Rudy Lavik | 1933–1937 | 42 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 0.345 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0.333 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 8 | Dixie Howell$^†$ | 1938–1941 | 42 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 0.595 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 9 | Hilman Walker | 1942 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 10 | Steve Coutchie | 1946 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0.273 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 11 | Ed Doherty | 1947–1950 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0.595 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0.636 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 12 | Larry Siemering | 1951 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 13 | Clyde B. Smith | 1952–1954 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0.534 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 14 | Dan Devine$^†$ | 1955–1957 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0.887 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 15 | Frank Kush$^†$ | 1958–1979 | 231 | 176 | 54 | 1 | 0.764 | 92 | 25 | 0 | 0.786 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | — | AFCA Coach of the Year (1975) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1975) |
| Int. | Bob Owens | 1979 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 16 | Darryl Rogers | 1980–1984 | 56 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 0.670 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0.597 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 17 | John Cooper$^†$ | 1985–1987 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0.722 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0.667 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | Sporting News College Football COY (1986) |
| 18 | Larry Marmie | 1988–1991 | 44 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0.511 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0.431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 19 | Bruce Snyder | 1992–2000 | 103 | 58 | 45 | 0 | 0.563 | 40 | 32 | 0 | 0.556 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | AFCA Coach of the Year (1996) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1996) George Munger Award (1996) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1996) Sporting News College Football COY (1996) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1996) |
| 20 | Dirk Koetter | 2001–2006 | 74 | 40 | 34 | — | 0.541 | 21 | 28 | — | 0.429 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 21 | Dennis Erickson$^†$ | 2007–2011 | 62 | 31 | 31 | — | 0.500 | 21 | 24 | — | 0.467 | 0 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 22 | Todd Graham | 2012–2017 | 78 | 46 | 32 | — | 0.590 | 31 | 23 | — | 0.574 | 2 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | Herm Edwards | 2018–2022 | 46 | 26 | 20 | — | 0.565 | 17 | 14 | — | 0.548 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Int. | Shaun Aguano | 2022 | 9 | 2 | 7 | — | 0.222 | 2 | 7 | — | 0.222 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Kenny Dillingham | 2023–present | 26 | 14 | 12 | — | 0.538 | 9 | 9 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |