# List of Troy Trojans head football coaches

The Troy Trojans college football team represents Troy University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans competes 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 1909 season. Since December 2023, Gerad Parker has served as head coach at Troy.

## 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 | Virgil McKinley | 1909 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Dan Herren | 1910 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | George Penton | 1911–1912 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0.833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | J. W. Campbell | 1921–1923 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0.481 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | Ross V. Ford | 1924 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | Otis Bynum | 1925–1926 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0.735 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | Gladwin Gaumer | 1927–1928 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | Albert Elmore | 1931–1936 | 53 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 0.604 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Albert Choate | 1937–1942, 1946 | 63 | 27 | 33 | 3 | 0.452 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0.816 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Fred McCollum | 1947–1950 | 41 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 0.524 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0.679 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Jim Grantham | 1951–1954 | 35 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0.329 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.417 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | William Clipson | 1955–1965 | 94 | 26 | 68 | 0 | 0.277 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0.303 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Billy Atkins | 1966–1971 | 62 | 44 | 16 | 2 | 0.726 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0.783 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 – 1968 | NAIA Coach of the Year (1968) |
| 14 | Tom Jones | 1972–1973 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0.600 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0.654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Byrd Whigham | 1974–1975 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0.600 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Charlie Bradshaw | 1976–1982 | 69 | 40 | 27 | 2 | 0.594 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0.617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Chan Gailey | 1983–1984 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0.792 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 – 1984 | — |
| 18 | Rick Rhoades | 1985–1987 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0.792 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0.917 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 – 1987 | — |
| 19 | Robert Maddox | 1988–1990 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0.433 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Larry Blakeney | 1991–2014 | 292 | 178 | 113 | 1 | 0.611 | 77 | 39 | 0 | 0.664 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Neal Brown | 2015–2018 | 51 | 35 | 16 | — | 0.686 | 23 | 9 | — | 0.719 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Chip Lindsey | 2019–2021 | 34 | 15 | 19 | — | 0.441 | 9 | 13 | — | 0.409 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int. | Brandon Hall | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Jon Sumrall | 2022–2023 | 27 | 23 | 4 | — | 0.852 | 14 | 2 | — | 0.875 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| Int. | Greg Gasparato | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Gerad Parker | 2024–present | 12 | 4 | 8 | — | 0.333 | 3 | 5 | — | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |