# List of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens head football coaches

The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens college football team represents the University of Delaware in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Fightin' Blue Hens compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 23head coaches (and one interim head coach) since it began play during the 1889 season, with Ryan Carty hired as the 24th head coach.
The team has played more than 1,159 games over 123 seasons. Harold "Tubby" Raymond is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 300 victories during his 36 years with the program. William D. Murray has the highest winning percentage, with .747. Ira L. Pierce has the lowest winning percentage, as his team lost all six of their games in 1896.
Of the 23 different head coaches who have led the Blue Hens, Murray, David M. Nelson, and Raymond have been inducted as head coaches 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 | C% | PW | PL | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| — | No Coach | 1889–1895 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0.516 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 1 | Ira Pierce | 1896 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Herbert Rice | 1897–1901 | 41 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 0.450 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Clarence A. Short | 1902, 1906 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Nathan Mannakee | 1903–1905 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0.392 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | E. Pratt King | 1907 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0.084 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | William McAvoy | 1908–1916, 1922–1924 | 98 | 42 | 43 | 13 | 0.494 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | Stan Baumgartner | 1917 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | Milton Aronowitz | 1918 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.400 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Burton Shipley | 1919–1920 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0.353 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 10 | Sylvester Derby | 1921 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 11 | R. M. Forstburg | 1925–1926 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0.437 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 12 | Joseph J. Rothrock | 1927–1928 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0.281 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 13 | Gus Ziegler | 1929–1930 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0.389 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 14 | Charles Rogers | 1931–1933 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0.560 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 15 | Skip Stahley | 1934 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.563 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 16 | Lyal Clark | 1935–1937 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0.230 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 17 | Stephen Grenda | 1938–1939 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.250 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 18 | William D. Murray$^†$ | 1940–1950 | 67 | 49 | 16 | 2 | 0.747 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 19 | David M. Nelson$^†$ | 1951–1965 | 128 | 84 | 42 | 2 | 0.664 | 26 | 15 | 0.634 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| 20 | Tubby Raymond$^†$ | 1966–2001 | 422 | 300 | 119 | 3 | 0.714 | 108 | 41 | 0.725 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 3 | AFCA College Division Coach of the Year (1971–1972) |
| 21 | K. C. Keeler | 2002–2012 | 138 | 86 | 52 | — | 0.623 | 49 | 41 | 0.544 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | AFCA Coach of the Year (2010) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2010) |
| 22 | Dave Brock | 2013−2016 | 41 | 19 | 22 | — | 0.463 | 11 | 16 | 0.407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| int | Dennis Dottin-Carter | 2016 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 0.400 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Danny Rocco | 2017–2021 | 54 | 31 | 23 | — | 0.574 | 20 | 16 | 0.556 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Ryan Carty | 2022–present | 37 | 26 | 11 | — | 0.703 | 16 | 8 | 0.667 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |