# List of Boston College Eagles head football coaches

The Boston College Eagles college football team represents Boston College in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Eagles compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 40 head coaches, and two interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1893 season. Since February 2024, Bill O'Brien has served as head coach at Boston College.
Ten coaches have led Boston College in postseason bowl games: Frank Leahy, Denny Myers, Jack Bicknell, Tom Coughlin, Dan Henning, Tom O'Brien, Jeff Jagodzinski, Frank Spaziani, Steve Addazio, and Rich Gunnell. O'Brien also won one conference championship as a member of the Big East Conference.
Joe Yukica, Bicknell, and O'Brien are the leaders in seasons coached 10 years each as head coach. O'Brien has the most all-time wins with 75 and Leahy has the highest winning percentage at 0.909. Arthur White and Joseph Courtney has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 40 different head coaches who have led the Eagles, Frank Cavanaugh, Gil Dobie, Leahy, and Mike Holovak have 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 | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | Joseph Drum | 1893 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | William Nagle | 1894 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Joseph Lawless | 1895 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.375 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Frank Carney | 1896 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | John Dunlop | 1897–1899 1901 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Arthur White | 1902 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Joe Kenney Joe Reilly | 1908 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.375 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Thomas H. Maguire | 1909 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.438 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Hub Hart | 1910 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Joseph Courtney | 1911 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | William Joy | 1912–1913 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0.467 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Stephen Mahoney | 1914–1915 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Charles Brickley | 1916–1917 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Frank Morrissey | 1918 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Frank Cavanaugh$^†$ | 1919–1926 | 67 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 0.754 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | D. Leo Daley | 1927 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Joe McKenney | 1928–1934 | 65 | 44 | 18 | 3 | 0.700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Dinny McNamara | 1935 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Int. | Harry Downes | 1935 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Gil Dobie$^†$ | 1936–1938 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0.685 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Frank Leahy$^†$ | 1939–1940 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0.909 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 25 27 | Denny Myers | 1941–1942 1946–1950 | 66 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 0.561 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 26 | Moody Sarno | 1943–1945 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0.605 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 28 | Mike Holovak$^†$ | 1951–1959 | 81 | 49 | 29 | 3 | 0.625 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 29 | Ernie Hefferle | 1960–1961 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0.375 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 30 | Jim Miller | 1962–1967 | 58 | 34 | 24 | 0 | 0.586 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 31 | Joe Yukica | 1968–1977 | 105 | 68 | 37 | 0 | 0.648 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 32 | Ed Chlebek | 1978–1980 | 33 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0.364 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 33 | Jack Bicknell | 1981–1990 | 115 | 59 | 55 | 1 | 0.517 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 34 | Tom Coughlin | 1991–1993 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0.614 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0.559 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 35 | Dan Henning | 1994–1996 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0.614 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0.452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 36 | Tom O'Brien | 1997–2006 | 120 | 75 | 45 | — | 0.625 | 37 | 34 | — | 0.521 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 37 | Jeff Jagodzinski | 2007–2008 | 28 | 20 | 8 | — | 0.714 | 11 | 5 | — | 0.688 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 38 | Frank Spaziani | 2006 2009–2012 | 51 | 22 | 29 | — | 0.431 | 13 | 19 | — | 0.406 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 39 | Steve Addazio | 2013–2019 | 88 | 44 | 44 | — | 0.500 | 22 | 34 | — | 0.393 | 1 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Int. | Rich Gunnell | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 40 | Jeff Hafley | 2020–2023 | 48 | 22 | 26 | — | 0.458 | 12 | 22 | — | 0.353 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 41 | Bill O'Brien | 2024–Present | 13 | 7 | 6 | — | 0.538 | 4 | 4 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |