# List of Washington State Cougars head football coaches

The Washington State Cougars college football team represents the Washington State University in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Cougars compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 36 head coaches and one interim head coach since it began play during the 1894 season. Since December 2024, Jimmy Rogers has served as Washington State's head coach.

## 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 | William Goodyear | 1894 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Fred Waite | 1895 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | David A. Brodie | 1896 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Robert Gailey | 1897 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Frank Shively | 1898–1899 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 8 | William L. Allen | 1900 1902 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | William Namack | 1901 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | James N. Ashmore | 1903 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Everett Sweeley | 1904–1905 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 15 | John R. Bender | 1906–1907 1912–1914 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0.636 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0.357 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Walter Rheinschild | 1908 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.833 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Willis Kienholz | 1909 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.800 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 14 | Oscar Osthoff | 1910–1911 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.455 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | William Henry Dietz$^†$ | 1915–1917 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0.875 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.846 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 17 | Emory Alvord | 1918 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Gus Welch$^†$ | 1919–1922 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0.611 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0.548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 19 | Albert Exendine$^†$ | 1923–1925 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0.348 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0.350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 20 | Babe Hollingbery$^†$ | 1926–1942 | 160 | 93 | 53 | 14 | 0.625 | 64 | 42 | 10 | 0.595 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 21 | Phil Sarboe | 1945–1949 | 46 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0.402 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0.423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 22 | Forest Evashevski$^†$ | 1950–1951 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0.632 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | Al Kircher | 1952–1955 | 40 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0.350 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Jim Sutherland | 1956–1963 | 80 | 37 | 39 | 4 | 0.488 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0.554 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 25 | Bert Clark | 1964–1967 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 0.388 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0.324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 26 | Jim Sweeney | 1968–1975 | 86 | 26 | 59 | 1 | 0.308 | 12 | 41 | 1 | 0.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 27 | Jackie Sherrill | 1976 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 28 | Warren Powers | 1977 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.636 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 29 | Jim Walden | 1978–1986 | 100 | 44 | 52 | 4 | 0.460 | 28 | 39 | 3 | 0.421 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 30 | Dennis Erickson$^†$ | 1987–1988 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0.543 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0.433 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 31 | Mike Price | 1989–2002 | 160 | 82 | 78 | 0 | 0.513 | 49 | 63 | 0 | 0.438 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | Bobby Dodd COY (1997) Eddie Robinson COY (1997) Home Depot COY (1997) Sporting News College Football COY (1997) |
| 31 | Bill Doba | 2003–2007 | 59 | 30 | 29 | — | 0.508 | 17 | 25 | — | 0.405 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 32 | Paul Wulff | 2008–2011 | 49 | 9 | 40 | — | 0.184 | 4 | 32 | — | 0.111 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 33 | Mike Leach | 2012–2019 | 102 | 55 | 47 | — | 0.539 | 36 | 36 | — | 0.500 | 2 | 4 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 34 | Nick Rolovich | 2020–2021 | 11 | 5 | 6 | — | 0.455 | 4 | 5 | — | 0.444 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 35 | Jake Dickert | 2021–2024 | 43 | 23 | 20 | — | 0.535 | 9 | 14 | — | 0.391 | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Int. | Pete Kaligis | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 36 | Jimmy Rogers | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |