# List of Furman Paladins head football coaches

The Furman Paladins college football team represents the Furman University in the Southern Conference. The Paladins compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 23 head coaches since it began play during the 1889 season. Since December 2016, Clay Hendrix has served as head coach at Furman.
Six coaches have led Northwestern in postseason appearances: Dick Sheridan, Jimmy Satterfield, Bobby Johnson, Bobby Lamb, Bruce Fowler, and Hendrix. Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Billy Laval captured three and Dizzy McLeod captured one as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; and Sheridan captured six, Satterfield three, Johnson two, and Lamb and Fowler one each as a member of the Southern Conference.
Bob King is the leader in overall seasons coached with his 15 years as head coach. Laval has the most all time wins with 80 and H. C. Granger has the highest winning percentage at 1.000. William Beattie has the lowest winning percentage at 0.000. Of the 23 different head coaches who have led the Paladins, Dick Sheridan 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 | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | William Beattie | 1889 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | H. C. Granger | 1890 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | H. P. Young | 1891–1993 1895 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Frank Sims | 1896 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Frank Spencer | 1900 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Charles Roller | 1901–1902 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.500 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.375 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 7 | Cuppy Farmer | 1913 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | W. B. Bible | 1914–1916 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.429 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 9 | Billy Laval | 1915–1926 | 119 | 80 | 35 | 4 | 0.689 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 0.632 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| 10 | T. B. Amis | 1928–1931 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 0.605 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 11 | Dizzy McLeod | 1932–1942 | 100 | 56 | 37 | 7 | 0.595 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 0.627 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 12 | Bob Smith | 1946–1947 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.211 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 13 | Red Smith | 1948–1949 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0.306 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.417 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 14 | Bill Young | 1950–1954 | 50 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 0.490 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0.476 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 15 | Homer Hobbs | 1955–1957 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0.200 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 16 | Bob King | 1958–1972 | 152 | 60 | 88 | 4 | 0.408 | 25 | 45 | 0 | 0.357 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 17 | Art Baker | 1973–1977 | 55 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 0.527 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0.448 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 18 | Dick Sheridan$^†$ | 1978–1985 | 94 | 69 | 23 | 2 | 0.745 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0.798 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | — | AFCA Division I-AA COY (1985) |
| 19 | Jimmy Satterfield | 1986–1993 | 98 | 66 | 29 | 3 | 0.689 | 39 | 17 | 1 | 0.693 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 1988 | AFCA Division I-AA COY (1988) |
| 20 | Bobby Johnson | 1994–2001 | 96 | 60 | 36 | 0 | 0.625 | 41 | 23 | 0 | 0.641 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 21 | Bobby Lamb | 2002–2010 | 107 | 67 | 40 | — | 0.626 | 43 | 25 | — | 0.632 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 22 | Bruce Fowler | 2011–2016 | 70 | 27 | 43 | — | 0.386 | 20 | 26 | — | 0.435 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 23 | Clay Hendrix | 2017–present | 91 | 54 | 37 | — | 0.593 | 41 | 21 | — | 0.661 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — |