# List of Oregon State Beavers head football coaches

The Oregon State Beavers college football team represents Oregon State University in the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Beavers compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 30 head coaches and two interim head coaches since it began play during the 1893 season. Since November 2023, Trent Bray has served as head coach at Oregon State.
Five coaches have led Oregon State in postseason bowl games: Lon Stiner, Tommy Prothro, Dennis Erickson, Mike Riley, and Jonathan Smith. Three of those coaches also won conference championships: Stiner captured one and Prothro two as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference; Prothro captured one as a member of the Athletic Association of Western Universities; and Erickson captured one as a member of the Pacific-10.
Stiner and Riley are tied as leader in seasons coached with 14 years as head coach of the program. Riley has the most all-time wins with 93 and Will Bloss has the highest winning percentage at 0.909. Cory Hall has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 29 different head coaches who have led the Beavers, Prothro and Erickson have 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 | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 5 | Will Bloss | 1893 1897 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.909 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Guy Kennedy | 1894 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Paul Downing | 1895 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Tommy Code | 1896 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Hiland Orlando Stickney | 1899 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Fred Herbold | 1902 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Thomas L. McFadden | 1903 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.357 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Allen Steckle | 1904–1905 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Fred Norcross | 1906–1908 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0.738 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Sol Metzger | 1909 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | George Schildmiller | 1910 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.583 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Sam Dolan | 1911–1912 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.571 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 14 | E. J. Stewart | 1913–1915 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0.700 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0.654 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 15 | Joseph Pipal | 1916–1917 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.531 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 16 | Homer Woodson Hargiss | 1918–1919 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0.433 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 17 | Dick Rutherford | 1920–1923 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 0.485 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0.395 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 18 | Paul J. Schissler | 1924–1932 | 80 | 48 | 30 | 2 | 0.613 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 0.450 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 19 | Lon Stiner | 1933–1942 1945–1948 | 140 | 74 | 49 | 17 | 0.589 | 49 | 42 | 13 | 0.534 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 20 | Kip Taylor | 1949–1954 | 56 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 0.357 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 21 | Tommy Prothro$^†$ | 1955–1964 | 102 | 63 | 37 | 2 | 0.627 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0.729 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 22 | Dee Andros | 1965–1975 | 116 | 51 | 64 | 1 | 0.444 | 30 | 37 | 1 | 0.449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | Craig Fertig | 1976–1979 | 45 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 0.233 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0.161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Joe Avezzano | 1980–1984 | 55 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 0.127 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 0.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 25 | Dave Kragthorpe | 1985–1990 | 67 | 17 | 48 | 2 | 0.269 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 0.244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1989) |
| 26 | Jerry Pettibone | 1991–1996 | 66 | 13 | 52 | 1 | 0.205 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 0.135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 27 29 | Mike Riley | 1997–1998 2003–2014 | 173 | 93 | 80 | — | 0.538 | 58 | 63 | — | 0.479 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | — | Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2008) |
| 28 | Dennis Erickson$^†$ | 1999–2002 | 48 | 31 | 17 | — | 0.646 | 18 | 14 | — | 0.563 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (2000) Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2000) |
| 30 | Gary Andersen | 2015–2017 | 30 | 7 | 23 | — | 0.233 | 3 | 18 | — | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Int. | Cory Hall | 2017 | 6 | 0 | 6 | — | .000 | 0 | 6 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 31 | Jonathan Smith | 2018–2023 | 69 | 34 | 35 | — | 0.493 | 23 | 29 | — | 0.442 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2022) |
| Int. | Kefense Hynson | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 32 | Trent Bray | 2024–present | 12 | 5 | 7 | — | 0.417 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |