# List of Florida Gators head football coaches

The Florida Gators football program is a college football team that represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football. The Florida Gators compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Twenty-nine men have served as the Gators' head coach since the university first fielded a team in 1906, including five who served as interim coach for a portion of a season. Of these, Charlie Bachman, Ray Graves, Doug Dickey, and Steve Spurrier have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Florida's head coach has been named as the SEC's coach of the year on eight occasions.
Two Gators coaches have led the team to SEC championships: Steve Spurrier won six conference titles while Urban Meyer won two. They also led the Gators to their three national championships; one under Spurrier (in 1996) and two under Meyer (2006 and 2008). Spurrier is Florida's all-time leader in seasons coached (12), conference wins (87), overall wins (122), and winning percentage for coaches serving for two or more seasons (.817).
Since 2022, Florida's head coach has been Billy Napier.

## Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Notes / Awards |
| 1 | Jack Forsythe | 1906–1908 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0.682 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | George E. Pyle | 1909–1913 | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0.764 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | C. J. McCoy | 1914–1916 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0.474 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Alfred L. Buser | 1917–1919 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0.467 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | William G. Kline | 1920–1922 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0.690 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | James Van Fleet | 1923–1924 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0.737 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Harold Sebring | 1925–1927 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0.600 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0.559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Charlie Bachman$^†$ | 1928–1932 | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 0.594 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0.569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Dennis K. Stanley | 1933–1935 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0.517 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0.324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Josh Cody | 1936–1939 | 43 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 0.419 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0.318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Tom Lieb | 1940–1942 1944–1945 | 47 | 20 | 26 | 1 | 0.436 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0.262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Raymond Wolf | 1946–1949 | 39 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0.359 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Bob Woodruff | 1950–1959 | 101 | 53 | 42 | 6 | 0.554 | 29 | 32 | 4 | 0.477 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Ray Graves$^†$ | 1960–1969 | 105 | 70 | 31 | 4 | 0.686 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 0.658 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (1960) |
| 15 | Doug Dickey$^†$ | 1970–1978 | 103 | 58 | 43 | 2 | 0.573 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Charley Pell | 1979–1984 | 62 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 0.556 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0.468 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (1980) |
| 17 | Galen Hall | 1984–1989 | 59 | 40 | 18 | 1 | 0.686 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0.636 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (1984) |
| 18 | Gary Darnell | 1989 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | interim |
| 19 | Steve Spurrier$^†$ | 1990–2001 | 150 | 122 | 27 | 1 | 0.817 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 0.879 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 – 1996 | SEC Coach of the Year (1990, 1995, 1996) |
| 20 | Ron Zook | 2002–2004 | 37 | 23 | 14 | — | 0.622 | 16 | 8 | — | 0.667 | 0 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Charlie Strong | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | .000 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | interim |
| 22 | Urban Meyer | 2005–2010 | 80 | 65 | 15 | — | 0.813 | 36 | 13 | — | 0.735 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 – 2006, 2008 | National Coach of the Decade (2009) |
| 23 | Will Muschamp | 2011–2014 | 49 | 28 | 21 | — | 0.571 | 17 | 15 | — | 0.531 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (2012) |
| 24 | D. J. Durkin | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | — | | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | interim |
| 25 | Jim McElwain | 2015–2017 | 34 | 22 | 12 | — | 0.647 | 16 | 6 | — | 0.727 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (2015) |
| 26 | Randy Shannon | 2017 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 2 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | interim |
| 27 | Dan Mullen | 2018–2021 | 49 | 34 | 15 | — | 0.694 | 21 | 13 | — | 0.618 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Greg Knox | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | interim |
| 29 | Billy Napier | 2022–present | 38 | 19 | 19 | — | 0.500 | 10 | 14 | — | .417 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### 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 | | | | |