# List of West Alabama Tigers head football coaches

The West Alabama Tigers college football team represents the University of West Alabama in the Gulf South Conference (GSC). The Tigers compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division II. The program has had 23head coaches since it began play during the 1938 season. In February 2025, Scott Cochran was named as head coach after Brett Gilliland resigned to serve as athletic director at West Alabama.
The team has played nearly 700 games over 71 seasons of West Alabama football. In that time, five coaches have led the Tigers to postseason appearances: Morris Higginbotham, Mickey Andrews, Jim King, Bobby Wallace and Hall. Hall led the Tigers to their first outright Gulf South championship in 2012. Andrews won West Alabama's lone national championship in 1971 as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Gilliland is the leader in seasons coached with 11 years with the program and the leader in games won with 71 and Andrews has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .750. Robert Cire has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .100. Will Hall led the Tigers to both of their GSC championships. Of the 22 cehead coaches who have led the Tigers, Vaughn Mancha 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 | Term | G | W | L | T | PCT | CW | CL | CT | PCT | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | Paul Tubb | 1938–1941 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0.519 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Fred McCollum | 1946 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | C. A. Douglas | 1947–1948 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0.206 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | George Darrow | 1949 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Vaughn Mancha$^†$ | 1949–1951 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 0.643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Bob Williams | 1952 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | T. Ray Richeson | 1953–1956 | 36 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 0.125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Robert Cire | 1957–1959 | 25 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0.100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Jim Garner | 1957–1959 | 64 | 22 | 39 | 3 | 0.367 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Morris Higginbotham | 1967–1969 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Mickey Andrews | 1970–1972 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0.750 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0.588 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 – 1971 (NAIA) | — |
| 12 | Jim King | 1973–1976 | 44 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0.670 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0.641 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Jack Crowe | 1977–1978 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0.250 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Frank North | 1979–1984 | 60 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 0.517 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0.415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Sam McCorkle | 1985–1990 2004–2005 | 88 | 24 | 62 | 2 | 0.284 | 13 | 51 | 2 | 0.212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Lloyd Sisco | 1991–1993 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0.450 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0.289 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Todd Stroud | 1994–1996 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0.194 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0.045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Bobby Johns | 1997–2000 | 42 | 11 | 31 | — | 0.262 | 6 | 28 | — | 0.176 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Randy Pippin | 2001–2003 | 33 | 8 | 25 | — | 0.242 | 4 | 23 | — | 0.148 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Bobby Wallace | 2006–2010 | 56 | 26 | 30 | — | 0.464 | 15 | 25 | — | 0.375 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Will Hall | 2011–2013 | 36 | 25 | 11 | — | 0.694 | 11 | 3 | — | 0.786 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Brett Gilliland | 2014–2024 | 114 | 71 | 43 | — | 0.623 | 42 | 32 | — | 0.568 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Scott Cochran | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |