# List of Arkansas Razorbacks head football coaches

The Arkansas Razorbacks college football team represents the University of Arkansas in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Razorbacks compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 33head coaches, and 3interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1894 season. The Razorbacks' current head coach is Sam Pittman, who has held the position since the start of the 2020 season.
As of the conclusion of the 2024 regular season, the team has played 1,323 games over 131 seasons. In that time, 12 coaches have led the Razorbacks in postseason bowl games: Fred Thomsen, John Barnhill, Bowden Wyatt, Frank Broyles, Lou Holtz, Ken Hatfield, Jack Crowe, Danny Ford, Houston Nutt, Reggie Herring, Bobby Petrino, and Bret Bielema. 5 coaches won conference championships: Thomsen, Wyatt, Broyles, Holtz and Hatfield won a combined ten as a member of the Southwest Conference. Frank Broyles won the Razorbacks' lone national championship in 1964.
Broyles is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 144 victories during his 19 years with the program. Hatfield has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than 1 game, with .760. Chad Morris has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than 1 game, with .182. Of the 31 different head coaches who have led the Razorbacks, Hugo Bezdek, Francis Schmidt, Wyatt, Broyles, and Holtz have been inducted as head coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia.

## 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 | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | John C. Futrall | 1894–1896 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | B. N. Wilson | 1897–1898 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Colbert Searles | 1899–1900 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Charles Thomas | 1901–1902 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0.529 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | D. A. McDaniel | 1903 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | A. D. Brown | 1904–1905 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0.353 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | Frank Longman | 1906–1907 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0.441 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | Hugo Bezdek$^†$ | 1908–1912 | 43 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0.686 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Earle T. Pickering | 1913–1914 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0.556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 10 | T. T. McConnell | 1915–1916 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0.567 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Norman C. Paine | 1917–1918 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0.708 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | James B. Craig | 1919 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | George McLaren$^†$ | 1920–1921 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.594 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Francis Schmidt$^†$ | 1922–1928 | 65 | 41 | 21 | 3 | 0.654 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0.518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Fred Thomsen | 1929–1941 | 127 | 56 | 61 | 10 | 0.480 | 26 | 42 | 3 | 0.387 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 16 | George Cole | 1942 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | John Tomlin | 1943 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Glen Rose | 1944–1945 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0.405 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | John Barnhill | 1946–1949 | 42 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 0.560 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0.438 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Otis Douglas | 1950–1952 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0.300 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Bowden Wyatt$^†$ | 1953–1954 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0.524 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.583 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Jack Mitchell | 1955–1957 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0.583 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0.472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Frank Broyles$^†$ | 1958–1976 | 207 | 144 | 58 | 5 | 0.708 | 91 | 36 | 5 | 0.708 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 – 1964 | AFCA Coach of the Year (1964) |
| 24 | Lou Holtz$^†$ | 1977–1983 | 83 | 60 | 21 | 2 | 0.735 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 0.670 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | College Football Coach of the Year (1977) FWAA Coach of the Year (1977) Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (1977) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1977) |
| 25 | Ken Hatfield | 1984–1989 | 73 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 0.760 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0.783 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Jack Crowe | 1990–1992 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0.375 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0.375 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Joe Kines | 1992 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.350 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Danny Ford | 1993–1997 | 57 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 0.465 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0.413 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Houston Nutt | 1998–2007 | 123 | 75 | 48 | — | 0.610 | 42 | 38 | — | 0.525 | 2 | 5 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | AP SEC Coach of the Year (2001, 2006) SEC Coach of the Year (2001, 2006) |
| Int | Reggie Herring | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | .000 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Bobby Petrino | 2008–2011 | 51 | 34 | 17 | — | 0.667 | 17 | 15 | — | 0.531 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 | John L. Smith | 2012 | 12 | 4 | 8 | — | 0.333 | 2 | 6 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Bret Bielema | 2013–2017 | 62 | 29 | 33 | — | 0.468 | 11 | 29 | — | 0.275 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Int | Paul Rhoads | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Chad Morris | 2017–2019 | 22 | 4 | 18 | — | 0.182 | 0 | 14 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Barry Lunney Jr. | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -- | .000 | 0 | 2 | -- | .000 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 33 | Sam Pittman | 2020–present | 61 | 30 | 31 | — | 0.492 | 14 | 28 | — | 0.333 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |