# List of Henderson State Reddies head football coaches

The Henderson State Reddies college football team represents Henderson State University in the Great American Conference (GAC). The Reddies compete in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The program has had 19 head coaches since it began play in 1905.
The team has played 1,028 games in 116 seasons of Reddie football. In that time, Scott Maxfield led the Reddies to four postseason bowl games. Seven coaches have won conference championships: Bo Rowland, Bo Sherman, Duke Wells, Jim Mack Sawyer, Clyde Berry, Sporty Carpenter, and Scott Maxfield. Jimmy Haygood also claimed four Arkansas state championships.
Scott Maxfield is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 134 victories during his 19 years at Henderson. J.H. Lassiter has the highest winning percentage with .833. Patrick Nix has the lowest winning percentage with .136.
The current head coach is Greg Holsworth, who was hired in 2024.

## 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 and Statistics :
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | J.B. Webster | 1905 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | J.H. Lassiter | 1906 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.883 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Jimmy R. Haygood | 1907–1918 1920–1924 | 110 | 49 | 52 | 9 | 0.486 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Bill Watson | 1919 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Bo Rowland | 1925–1930 | 53 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 0.774 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Bo Sherman | 1931–1934 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0.750 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Solon B. Sudduth | 1935–1938 | 32 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0.281 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Lloyd Grow | 1939 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Tom Murphy | 1940 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Duke Wells | 1941–1961 | 162 | 73 | 78 | 11 | 0.484 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Jim Mac Sawyer | 1962–1966 | 48 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 0.427 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Clyde Berry | 1967–1970 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0.650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Sporty Carpenter | 1971–1989 | 200 | 119 | 76 | 5 | 0.608 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Ken Turner | 1990–1993 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 0.451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Ronnie Kerr | 1994–1998 | 54 | 19 | 34 | 1 | 0.361 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Patrick Nix | 1999–2000 | 22 | 3 | 19 | — | 0.136 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Jesse Branch | 2001–2004 | 43 | 12 | 31 | — | 0.279 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Scott Maxfield | 2005–2023 | 199 | 134 | 65 | — | 0.673 | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 19 | Greg Holsworth | 2024–present | 11 | 8 | 3 | — | 0.727 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |

### Notes

* ↑ 2010 Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year 2012 & 2013 Liberty Mutual AFCA/National Coach of the Year Finalist 2012 & 2013 Great American Conference Coach of the Year 2013 AFCA Super Region 3 Coach of the Year