# List of Iowa Hawkeyes head football coaches

The Iowa Hawkeyes football program is a college football team that represents the University of Iowa in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The program has had 25 head coaches since organized football began in 1889. Iowa has played in over 1,200 games during its 127 seasons.

## 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 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DCs | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | E. A. Dalton | 1892 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .583 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Ben "Sport" Donnelly | 1893 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Roger Sherman | 1894 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Alfred E. Bull | 1896 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .833 | — | — | — | — | 1 – 1896$^1$ | 0 | — |
| 5 | Otto Wagonhurst | 1897 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | Alden Knipe | 1899–1902 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 4 | .705 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 – 1900 | 0 | — |
| 7 | John Chalmers | 1903–1905 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 0 | .750 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Mark Catlin | 1906–1908 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .412 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 – 1907$^2$ | 0 | — |
| 9 | John Griffith | 1909 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .357 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Jesse Hawley | 1910–1915 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 0 | .571 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Howard Jones$^†$ | 1916–1923 | 60 | 42 | 17 | 1 | .708 | 21 | 12 | 0 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 – 1921 1922 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Burt Ingwersen | 1924–1931 | 64 | 33 | 27 | 4 | .547 | 11 | 20 | 4 | .371 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Oscar "Ossie" Solem | 1932–1936 | 40 | 15 | 21 | 4 | .425 | 5 | 16 | 4 | .280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Irl Tubbs | 1937–1938 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | .156 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Eddie Anderson$^†$ | 1939–1942, 1946–1949 | 70 | 35 | 33 | 2 | .514 | 21 | 24 | 2 | .468 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | AFCA Coach of the Year (1939) |
| 16 | Edward "Slip" Madigan$^†$ | 1943–1944 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | .156 | 0 | 10 | 1 | .045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Clem Crowe | 1945 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Leonard Raffensperger | 1950–1951 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | .361 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Forest Evashevski$^†$ | 1952–1960 | 83 | 52 | 27 | 4 | .651 | 33 | 21 | 2 | .607 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 – 1956 1958 1960 | 1 – 1958 | — |
| 20 | Jerry Burns | 1961–1965 | 45 | 16 | 27 | 2 | .378 | 8 | 15 | 1 | .354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Ray Nagel | 1966–1970 | 49 | 16 | 32 | 1 | .337 | 11 | 22 | 2 | .343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Frank Lauterbur | 1971–1973 | 33 | 4 | 28 | 1 | .136 | 3 | 22 | 1 | .135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Bob Commings | 1974–1978 | 55 | 18 | 37 | 0 | .327 | 13 | 27 | 0 | .325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Hayden Fry$^†$ | 1979–1998 | 238 | 143 | 89 | 6 | .613 | 96 | 61 | 5 | .608 | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | 3 – 1981 1985 1990 | 0 | Sporting News Coach of the Year (1981) Big Ten Coach of the Year (1981) Big Ten Coach of the Year (1990) Big Ten Coach of the Year (1991) |
| 25 | Kirk Ferentz | 1999–present | 328 | 204 | 124 | — | .622 | 128 | 88 | — | .593 | 10 | 11 | — | 3 – 2015 2021 2023 | 2 – 2002 2004 | 0 | AP Coach of the Year (2002) Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2002) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2002) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2004) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2009) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2015) |
* Iowa won the Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA) conference championship in 1896.
* Iowa won the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) conference championship in 1907.