# List of NYU Violets head football coaches

The NYU Violets football program was a college football team that represented New York University. The team was independent of any conference but was a part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team had 24 head coaches during its time of operations and had its first recorded football game in 1894. The final coach was Hugh Devore who first took the position for the 1950 season and concluded with the end of the 1952 season.

## 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

| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards |
| 1 | John A. Hartwell | 1894 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Frank H. Cann | 1898 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | James Ogilvie | 1899 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Nelson B. Hatch | 1900 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | W. H. Rorke | 1901–1902 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .658 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Robert P. Wilson | 1903 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Dave Fultz | 1904 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Marshall Mills | 1905 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Douglas Church | 1906 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Herman Olcott | 1907–1912 | 44 | 18 | 19 | 7 | .489 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Jake High | 1913 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Thomas T. Reilley | 1914–1915 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Richard E. Eustis | 1916 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Francis P. Wall | 1917 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Appleton A. Mason | 1918 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | John B. Longwell | 1919 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Frank Gargan | 1920–1921 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | .375 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Tom Thorp | 1922–1924 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | .577 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Chick Meehan | 1925–1931 | 68 | 49 | 15 | 4 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Howard Cann | 1932–1933 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Mal Stevens | 1934–1941 | 69 | 33 | 34 | 2 | .493 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | John J. Weinheimer | 1944–1946 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Edward Mylin | 1947–1949 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | .327 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Hugh Devore | 1950–1952 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | .217 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |