# List of Central Oklahoma Bronchos head football coaches

The Central Oklahoma Bronchos football program is a college football team that represents the University of Central Oklahoma. The team has had 13head coaches since organized football began in 1902. The Bronchos have played in more than 1,000games in its 110seasons. In those seasons, threecoaches have led the Bronchos to postseason bowl games: Al Blevins, Gary Howard and, Chuck Langston. Sevencoaches have won conference championships with the Bronchos: Charles W. Wantland, Claude Reeds, Dale E. Hamilton, Gene Smith, Blevins, Phil Ball, and Howard. Blevins, and Howard have also won national championships with the Bronchos. Howard is the all-time leader in games coached, years coached, and wins, while Blevins is the all-time leader in winning percentage. Tracy Holland is, in terms of winning percentage, the least successful coach the Bronchos have had as he has a .341 winning percentage.
Of the 14 Bronchos coaches, Reeds is the only person who has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, albeit from his time as a player for the Oklahoma Sooners. The current coach is Adam Dorrel.

## 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 II football season
| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | National awards |
| - | No coach | 1902 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Boyd Hill | 1904 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Fenis Bently | 1905–1911 | 53 | 19 | 30 | 4 | .396 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Charles W. Wantland | 1912–1919, 1921–1930 | 160 | 101 | 43 | 16 | .681 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — |
| 4 | Ralph Myers | 1920 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Claude Reeds† | 1931–1940 | 93 | 57 | 28 | 8 | .656 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — |
| 6 | Dale E. Hamilton | 1941–1942 1946–1949 1952–1957 | 101 | 73 | 25 | 3 | .738 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — |
| 7 | Gene Smith | 1950–1951 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 8 | Al Blevins | 1958–1963 | 58 | 43 | 14 | 1 | .750 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 – 1962 | — |
| 9 | Phil Ball | 1964–1976 | 134 | 82 | 46 | 6 | .651 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 10 | Gary Howard | 1977–2002 | 273 | 162 | 105 | 6 | .604 | 55 | 51 | 1 | .519 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 – 1982 | — |
| 11 | Chuck Langston | 2003–2007 | 53 | 29 | 24 | 0 | .527 | 24 | 22 | 0 | .521 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Tracy Holland | 2008–2011 | 43 | 15 | 29 | 0 | .341 | 12 | 16 | 0 | .429 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Nick Bobeck | 2012–2021 | 101 | 47 | 54 | 0 | .465 | 44 | 53 | 0 | .454 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Adam Dorrel | 2022–present | 35 | 22 | 13 | — | .629 | 18 | 12 | — | .600 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |