# List of Mercer Bears head football coaches

The Mercer college football team represents Mercer University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Bears competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 21head coaches, since it began play during the 1891 season. From 2019 to 2023, Drew Cronic was the head coach at Mercer.

## 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 | Dave Beggs | 1891 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | George Stallings | 1893 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | J. D. Winston | 1896 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Gordon Saussy | 1897 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | E. E. Tarr | 1906 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | H. R. Schenker | 1907 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Frank Blake | 1908–1909 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0.400 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Charles C. Stroud | 1910–1912 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0.571 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.417 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Lewie Hardage | 1913 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.313 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.100 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Fred A. Robins | 1914 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Jake Zellars | 1915–1916 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0.500 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | David Peacock | 1916 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Maxwell James | 1919 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Josh Cody | 1920–1922 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0.345 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.214 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Stanley L. Robinson | 1923–1925 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0.464 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0.633 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Bernie Moore$^†$ | 1926–1928 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0.500 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.571 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Lake Russell | 1929–1940 | 112 | 46 | 61 | 5 | 0.433 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Bobby Hooks | 1941 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Bobby Lamb | 2013–2019 | 80 | 41 | 39 | — | 0.513 | 24 | 30 | — | 0.444 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Drew Cronic | 2020–2023 | 45 | 28 | 17 | — | 0.622 | 22 | 10 | — | 0.688 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Mike Jacobs | 2024–present | 14 | 11 | 3 | — | 0.786 | 7 | 1 | — | 0.875 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — |