# List of Franklin & Marshall Diplomats head football coaches

The Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football program is a college football team that represents Franklin & Marshall College in the Centennial Conference, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 39 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1887. The current coach is Tom Blumenauer who first took the position for the 2022 season.
Among the coaches for the program include Hall of Fame coach John H. Outland, namesake of the Outland Trophy.

## 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

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2024 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs |
| 1 | Miles O. Noll | 1887 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | 1888 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | William Mann Irvine | 1889–1990 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .794 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Bruce Griffith | 1891–1892 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Eugene P. Skyles | 1893 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | George W. Hartman | 1894 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Ward W. Reese | 1895 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Alfred E. Bull | 1896–1897 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | .368 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | M. Delmar Ritchie | 1898 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Harry Shindle Wingert | 1899 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | John H. Outland$^†$ | 1900 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | John C. Hedges | 1901 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | John Chalmers | 1902 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | D. R. Brown | 1903 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | William Penn Bates | 1904–1905 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Samuel L. Moyer | 1906 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Vere Triechler | 1907 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jack Hollenback | 1908–1909 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .643 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Frank Mount Pleasant | 1910 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .556 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Dexter W. Draper | 1911–1912 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .474 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Charles Mayser | 1913–1914, 1924–1925, 1944–1945 | 49 | 25 | 21 | 3 | .541 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | John M. Reed | 1915 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | O. Webster Saylor | 1916 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Arthur S. Herman | 1917 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Harry D. Weller | 1918 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Byron W. Dickson | 1919 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .375 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | John B. Price | 1920–1923 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 5 | .643 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Ken Shroyer | 1926–1927 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 2 | .111 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Jonathan K. Miller | 1928–1930 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | .574 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Alan M. Holman | 1931–1941 | 93 | 63 | 25 | 5 | .704 | — | — | — | | — | — | 2 | — |
| 30 | Dick Barker | 1942–1943 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .625 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Charles R. Soleau | 1946–1947 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | S. Woodrow Sponaugle | 1948–1962 | 123 | 59 | 58 | 6 | .504 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | George H. Storck | 1963–1967 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | .538 | 18 | 13 | 2 | .576 | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | David Pooley | 1968–1970 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .417 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Bob Curtis | 1971–1974 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .938 | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Tom Gilburg | 1975–2002 | 274 | 160 | 112 | 2 | .588 | 126 | 76 | 1 | .623 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — |
| 37 | Shawn Halloran | 2003–2005 | 32 | 17 | 15 | — | .531 | 11 | 7 | — | .611 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 38 | John Troxell | 2006–2021 | 159 | 92 | 67 | — | .579 | 74 | 55 | — | .574 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 39 | Tom Blumenauer | 2022–present | 32 | 21 | 11 | — | .656 | 11 | 10 | — | .524 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |