# List of Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders head football coaches

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders college football team represents Middle Tennessee State University in Conference USA (C-USA), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 16 head coaches since it began play during the 1911 season. Since December 2023, Derek Mason has served as head coach at Middle Tennessee.
Three coaches have led Middle Tennessee in postseason playoff or bowl games: Charles M. Murphy, Boots Donnelly, and Rick Stockstill. Five coaches have won conference championships: Johnny Floyd won two as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Charles M. Murphy won nine as a member of the Volunteer State Athletic Conference; Murphy won seven and Boots Donnelly won four as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference; and Andy McCollum and Stockstill each won one as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
Murphy is the leader in seasons coached, with 22 years as head coach and in games coached (226) and won (155). Johnny Floyd has the highest winning percentage at 0.782. Donald E. Fuoss has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.100. Of the 16 different head coaches who have led the Blue Raiders, Donnelly has 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 | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | L. T. "Mutt" Weber | 1911–1912 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Alfred B. Miles | 1913–1916 1919–1923 | 54 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 0.704 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Johnny Floyd | 1917 1935–1938 | 39 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0.782 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0.658 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Guy Stephenson | 1924–1925 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0.294 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | Frank Faulkinberry | 1926–1932 | 63 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 0.556 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | E. M. Waller | 1933–1934 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0.194 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Ernest Alley | 1939 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0.188 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.214 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Elwin W. Midgett | 1940–1942 1946 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0.609 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0.375 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Charles M. Murphy | 1947–1968 | 226 | 155 | 63 | 8 | 0.704 | 90 | 19 | 1 | 0.823 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | OVC Coach of the Year (1965) |
| 10 | Donald E. Fuoss | 1969 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Bill Peck | 1970–1974 | 54 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 0.519 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0.514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Ben Hurt | 1975–1978 | 44 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 0.284 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0.296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Boots Donnelly$^†$ | 1979–1998 | 214 | 133 | 80 | 1 | 0.624 | 93 | 48 | 0 | 0.660 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | OVC Coach of the Year (1977, 1983, 1985, 1989) |
| 14 | Andy McCollum | 1999–2005 | 79 | 34 | 45 | — | 0.430 | 17 | 16 | — | 0.515 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Rick Stockstill | 2006–2023 | 224 | 113 | 111 | — | 0.504 | 82 | 58 | — | 0.586 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2006, 2009) C-USA Coach of the Year (2018) |
| 16 | Derek Mason | 2024–present | 12 | 3 | 9 | — | 0.250 | 2 | 6 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |