# List of Montana Grizzlies head football coaches

The Montana Grizzlies college football team represents the University of Montana in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 36 head coaches since it began play during the 1897 season. Since November 2017, Bobby Hauck has served as Montana's head coach.
Nine coaches have led Montana in the postseason: Jack Swarthout, Larry Donovan, Don Read, Mick Dennehy, Joe Glenn, Robin Pflugrad, Mick Delaney, Bob Stitt, and Hauck. Seven of those coaches also won conference championships: Hauck captured eight; Dennehy and Glenn captured three; Read and Swarthout captured two; and, Donovan and Pflugrad each captured one as a member of the Big Sky. Two have also captured national championships as head coach at Montana: Read (1995) and Glenn (2001).
Hauck is the leader in seasons coached, with 14 years as head coach and games coached (165) and won (129). Glenn has the highest winning percentage at 0.867. Dewitt Peck and Clyde Carpenter have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 36 different head coaches who have led the Grizzlies, Bernie Bierman has 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 | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | Fred D. Smith | 1897 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.417 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Benjamin F. Searight | 1898 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Guy Cleveland | 1899 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Frank Bean | 1900–1901 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | Dewitt Peck | 1902 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | Hiram Conibear | 1903–1904 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.417 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | Frederick Schule | 1905–1906 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.364 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | Albion Findlay | 1907 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Roy White | 1908–1909 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0.727 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 10 | Robert H. Cary | 1910–1911 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.611 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 11 | Wallace Philoon | 1912 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 12 | A. George Heilman | 1913–1914 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0.679 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 13 | Jerry Nissen | 1915–1917 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 14 | Bernie Bierman$^†$ | 1919–1921 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0.500 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.063 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 15 | John W. Stewart | 1922–1923 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0.467 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 16 | Earl Clark | 1924–1925 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0.469 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0.292 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Frank W. Milburn | 1926–1930 | 43 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 0.453 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0.068 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Bunny Oakes | 1931–1934 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0.274 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0.026 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Doug Fessenden | 1931–1934 1946–1948 | 90 | 46 | 40 | 4 | 0.533 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0.234 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Clyde Carpenter | 1942 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | George Dahlberg | 1945 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Ted Shipkey | 1949–1951 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0.429 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Ed Chinske | 1952–1954 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0.315 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.222 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Jerry Williams | 1955–1957 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0.207 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0.250 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Ray Jenkins | 1958–1963 | 57 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 0.246 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0.172 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Hugh Davidson | 1964–1966 | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0.286 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Jack Swarthout | 1967–1975 | 93 | 51 | 41 | 1 | 0.554 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 0.533 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Gene Carlson | 1976–1979 | 41 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 0.390 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Larry Donovan | 1980–1985 | 64 | 25 | 38 | 1 | 0.398 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0.381 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Don Read | 1986–1995 | 121 | 85 | 36 | 0 | 0.702 | 54 | 22 | 0 | 0.711 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 – 1995 | AFCA Division I-AA COY (1995) |
| 31 | Mick Dennehy | 1996–1999 | 51 | 39 | 12 | — | 0.765 | 27 | 5 | — | 0.844 | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Joe Glenn | 2000–2002 | 45 | 39 | 6 | — | 0.867 | 20 | 2 | — | 0.909 | 8 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 – 2001 | — |
| 33 | Bobby Hauck | 2003–2009 2018–present | 179 | 138 | 41 | — | 0.771 | 79 | 22 | — | 0.782 | 22 | 15 | — | 8 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Robin Pflugrad | 2010–2011 | 20 | 13 | 7 | — | 0.650 | 10 | 4 | — | 0.714 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Mick Delaney | 2012–2014 | 38 | 24 | 14 | — | 0.632 | 15 | 9 | — | 0.625 | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 36 | Bob Stitt | 2015–2017 | 35 | 21 | 14 | — | 0.600 | 14 | 11 | — | 0.560 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |