# List of Oregon Ducks head football coaches

The Oregon Ducks football program is a college football team representing the University of Oregon that is a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team has had 35 head coaches since its founding in 1894. The Ducks have played in more than 1,100 games in 113 seasons. In those seasons, ten coaches have led Oregon to bowl games: Hugo Bezdek, Shy Huntington, Jim Aiken, Len Casanova, Rich Brooks, Mike Bellotti, Chip Kelly, Mark Helfrich, Mario Cristobal, and Dan Lanning. Conference championships have been won by Huntington, Prink Callison, Jim Aiken, Casanova, Brooks, Bellotti, Kelly, Lanning and Mark Helfrich. Brooks is the all-time leader in games coached; Mike Bellotti holds the record for most victories, while Chip Kelly is the leader in win percentage for coaches with more than one season of service.
Of the 35 Oregon head coaches, three, Bellotti, Bezdek, and Casanova, are in the College Football Hall of Fame as coaches. John McEwan and Clarence Spears are also in the Hall of Fame, but as players at Army and Dartmouth. Brooks and Kelly have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. Mark Helfrich (2013–2016), was promoted to head coach in 2013 following Chip Kelly's departure to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Dan Lanning is the current head coach of Oregon, having held the position since 2022.

## 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 | Cal Young | 1894 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | J. A. Church | 1894 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Percy Benson | 1895 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 4 | J. F. Frick | 1896 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Joe Smith | 1897 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Frank W. Simpson | 1898–1899 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Lawrence Kaarsberg | 1900 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 10 | Warren W. Smith | 1901 1903 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0.533 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Marion Dolph | 1902 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0.643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 21 | Richard Shore Smith | 1904 1925 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0.433 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 12 | Bruce Shorts | 1905 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.625 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 18 | Hugo Bezdek$^†$ | 1906 1913–1917 | 44 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0.727 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0.639 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 14 | Gordon B. Frost | 1907 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Robert Forbes | 1908–1909 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Bill Warner$^†$ | 1910–1911 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Louis Pinkham | 1912 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 19 | Charles A. Huntington | 1918–1923 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 0.659 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0.633 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 20 | Joe Maddock | 1924 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.556 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 22 | John McEwan$^†$ | 1926–1929 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 0.600 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0.452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | Clarence Spears$^†$ | 1930–1931 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0.737 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Prink Callison | 1932–1937 | 58 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 0.586 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0.486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 25 27 | Tex Oliver | 1938–1941 1945–1946 | 54 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 0.454 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 0.448 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 26 | John A. Warren | 1942 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 28 | Jim Aiken | 1947–1950 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0.512 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0.519 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 29 | Len Casanova$^†$ | 1951–1966 | 163 | 82 | 73 | 8 | 0.528 | 29 | 41 | 4 | 0.419 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 30 | Jerry Frei | 1967–1971 | 53 | 22 | 29 | 2 | 0.434 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0.367 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 31 | Dick Enright | 1972–1973 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0.273 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 32 | Don Read | 1974–1976 | 33 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0.273 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 33 | Rich Brooks | 1977–1994 | 204 | 91 | 109 | 4 | 0.456 | 56 | 79 | 2 | 0.416 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | Eddie Robinson COY (1994) Home Depot COY (1994) Sporting News College Football COY (1994) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1994) |
| 34 | Mike Bellotti$^†$ | 1995–2008 | 171 | 116 | 55 | — | 0.678 | 72 | 43 | — | 0.629 | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 35 | Chip Kelly | 2009–2012 | 53 | 46 | 7 | — | 0.868 | 33 | 3 | — | 0.917 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | — | AP College Football COY (2010) Eddie Robinson COY (2010) Walter Camp COY (2010) Sporting News COY (2010) AFCA COY (2010) |
| 36 | Mark Helfrich | 2013–2016 | 53 | 37 | 16 | — | 0.698 | 24 | 12 | — | 0.667 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 37 | Willie Taggart | 2017 | 12 | 7 | 5 | — | 0.583 | 4 | 5 | — | 0.444 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 38 | Mario Cristobal | 2017–2021 | 48 | 35 | 13 | — | 0.729 | 23 | 9 | — | 0.719 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Int. | Bryan McClendon | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 39 | Dan Lanning | 2022–present | 41 | 35 | 6 | — | 0.854 | 15 | 4 | — | 0.889 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |

## Gallery

* Frank W. Simpson
* Bruce Shorts
* Bill Warner
* Joe Maddock
* Len Casanova
* Chip Kelly
* Mark Helfrich
* Willie Taggart