# List of Appalachian State Mountaineers head football coaches

This is a complete list of Appalachian State Mountaineers head football coaches. Fielding its first organized football team in 1928, the Appalachian State Mountaineers have had 22 coaches. Flucie Stewart and E. C. Duggins have each served twice as head coach of the Mountaineers. Jerry Moore is the only three-time winner of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Coach of the Year award. Moore also has the most Southern Conference Coach of the Year awards with seven. Scott Satterfield was named as Appalachian's 20th head coach on December 14, 2012. The current head coach of the Mountaineers is Dowell Loggains, who was hired in December 2024. As of the end of the 2024 season, Appalachian State has an all-time record of 669 wins, 360, losses, and 29 ties (.646 all-time winning percentage).

## 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 | DCs | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | Graydon Eggers | 1928 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | C. B. Johnston | 1929–1932 | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 0.702 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Eugene Garbee | 1933–1934 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0.618 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Kidd Brewer | 1935–1938 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0.829 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0.828 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Flucie Stewart | 1939 1946 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0.737 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 6 | R. W. "Red" Watkins | 1940–1941 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0.526 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Beattie Feathers$^†$ | 1942 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.688 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Francis Hoover | 1945 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | E. C. Duggins | 1947–1950 1952–1955 | 85 | 57 | 25 | 3 | 0.688 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 0.745 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Pres Mull | 1951 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.667 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Bob Broome | 1956–1958 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0.448 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Bob Breitenstein | 1959 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Jim Duncan | 1960–1964 | 48 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 0.667 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Carl Messere | 1965–1970 | 61 | 34 | 26 | 1 | 0.566 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Jim Brakefield | 1971–1979 | 99 | 47 | 48 | 4 | 0.495 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 0.488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Mike Working | 1980–1982 | 33 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0.424 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Mack Brown$^†$ | 1983 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.545 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Sparky Woods | 1984–1988 | 59 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 0.661 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0.729 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | Southern Conference Coach of the Year (1985, 1986, 1987) |
| 19 | Jerry Moore$^†$ | 1989–2012 | 302 | 215 | 87 | 0 | 0.712 | 146 | 40 | 0 | 0.785 | 22 | 15 | 0 | — | 10 | 3 – 2005 2006 2007 | Eddie Robinson Award(2006) AFCA Football Championship Subdivision Coach of the Year (2005, 2006, 2007) AFCA FCS Regional Coach of the Year (1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009) Southern Conference Coach of the Year (1991, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010) Southern Conference Hall of Fame (2014) |
| 20 | Scott Satterfield | 2013–2018 | 75 | 51 | 24 | — | 0.680 | 38 | 10 | — | 0.792 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 3 | 0 | Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year (2018) |
| Int. | Mark Ivey | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Eliah Drinkwitz | 2019 | 13 | 12 | 1 | — | 0.923 | 8 | 1 | — | 0.889 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Shawn Clark | 2019–2024 | 64 | 40 | 24 | — | 0.625 | 25 | 15 | — | 0.625 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Dowell Loggains | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |