# List of Duke Blue Devils head football coaches

The Duke Blue Devils college football team represents Duke University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Blue Devils compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches since it began play during the 1889 season. Since December 7, 2023, Manny Diaz has served as head coach at Duke.
Seven coaches have led Duke in postseason bowl games: Wallace Wade, Eddie Cameron, William D. Murray, Steve Spurrier, Fred Goldsmith, David Cutcliffe, and Elko. Four of those coaches also won conference championships: Wade captured six, Cameron three, and Murray one as a member of the Southern Conference; Murray captured six and Spurrier one as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Wade is the leader in seasons coached with 16 years as head coach and games won with 110. Floyd J. Egan has the highest winning percentage at 0.900. Ted Roof has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.118. Of the 24 different head coaches who have led the Blue Devils, Jones, Wade, Murray, McGee, and Spurrier have 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 | John Franklin Crowell | 1889–1889 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Floyd J. Egan | 1920 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | James A. Baldwin | 1921 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0.778 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Herman G. Steiner | 1922 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | E. L. Alexander | 1923 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Howard Jones$^†$ | 1924 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | James P. Herron | 1925 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Jimmy DeHart | 1926–1930 | 49 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 0.510 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0.682 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 9 11 | Wallace Wade$^†$ | 1931–1941 1946–1950 | 153 | 110 | 36 | 7 | 0.742 | 68 | 18 | 3 | 0.781 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | — | — |
| 10 | Eddie Cameron | 1942–1945 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0.689 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0.912 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 12 | William D. Murray$^†$ | 1951–1965 | 153 | 93 | 51 | 9 | 0.637 | 63 | 17 | 2 | 0.780 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | — | — |
| 13 | Tom Harp | 1966–1970 | 51 | 22 | 28 | 1 | 0.441 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0.484 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 14 | Mike McGee$^†$ | 1971–1978 | 88 | 37 | 47 | 4 | 0.443 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 0.413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 15 | Shirley Wilson | 1979–1982 | 44 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0.375 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0.292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 16 | Steve Sloan | 1983–1986 | 44 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 0.295 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 17 | Steve Spurrier$^†$ | 1987–1989 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 0.603 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0.548 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 18 | Barry Wilson | 1990–1993 | 44 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 0.307 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 19 | Fred Goldsmith | 1994–1998 | 56 | 17 | 39 | 0 | 0.304 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Bobby Dodd COY (1994) |
| 20 | Carl Franks | 1999–2003 | 52 | 7 | 45 | — | 0.135 | 3 | 33 | — | 0.083 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 21 | Ted Roof | 2003–2007 | 51 | 6 | 45 | — | 0.118 | 3 | 33 | — | 0.083 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 22 | David Cutcliffe | 2008–2021 | 174 | 77 | 97 | — | 0.443 | 35 | 79 | — | 0.307 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | — | Walter Camp COY (2013) Sporting News Co-COY (2013) Bobby Dodd COY (2013) AFCA COY (2013) |
| 23 | Mike Elko | 2022–2023 | 25 | 16 | 9 | — | 0.640 | 9 | 7 | — | 0.563 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Manny Diaz | 2024–present | 13 | 9 | 4 | — | 0.692 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.625 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — |