List of Louisiana Tech Bulldogs head football coaches

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The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program is a college football team that represents Louisiana Tech University in Conference USA in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 33 head coaches and one interim head coach since it started playing organized football in 1901. The current head coach of the Bulldogs is Sonny Cumbie, who was hired on November 30, 2021. Cumbie previously served as the interim head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas Tech University.

Key[edit]

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] 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[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches[edit]

Statistics correct as of January 1, 2024.
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs NCs Awards
1 Edwin Barber 1901 2 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
2 Frank Singleton 1902 3 1 1 1 .500 — — — — — — — — — —
3 W. M. Robb 1903 2 1 1 0 .500 — — — — — — — — — —
4 E. G. Pierce 1904 4 1 3 0 .250 — — — — — — — — — —
5 J. U. Bragg 1905 1 0 1 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
6 Zack T. Young 1906 6 2 1 3 .583 — — — — — — — — — —
7 George L. Watkins 1907 10 9 1 0 .900 — — — — — — — — — —
8 A. L. Cornell 1908 8 4 3 1 .563 — — — — — — — — — —
9 Percy S. Prince 1909–1915, 1919 46 24 17 5 .576 1 1 1 .500 — — — 1 — —
10 A. Flack 1916 6 2 4 0 .333 1 1 0 .500 — — — — — —
11 Villis Stephen Pugh 1917 5 2 3 0 .400 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — —
12 R. Foster Clark 1920–1921 12 11 1 0 .917 3 1 0 .750 — — — 1 — —
13 William Henry Dietz† 1922–1923 15 11 3 1 .767 1 0 1 .750 — — — — —
14 Philip Arbuckle 1924 8 1 6 1 .188 0 1 0 .000 — — — — — —
15 Ralph C. Kenney 1925 9 1 6 2 .222 1 2 1 .375 — — — — — —
16 Hugh E. Wilson 1926–1927 17 8 7 2 .529 4 4 0 .500 — — — — — —
17 Tod Rockwell 1928–1929 19 6 11 2 .368 3 8 1 .292 — — — — — —
18 George Bohler 1930–1933 32 15 17 0 .469 12 11 0 .522 — — — — — —
19 Eddie McLane 1934–1938 50 27 19 4 .580 18 12 3 .591 — — — — — —
20 Ray E. Davis 1939 11 5 6 0 .455 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — —
21 Joe Aillet† 1940–1966 245 151 86 8 .633 81 33 5 .702 — — — 12 — 4-time Gulf States Conference Coach of the Year
Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1984)
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Holy Cross School Sports Hall of Fame (2018)
22 Maxie Lambright 1967–1978 133 95 36 2 .722 40 18 1 .686 8 3 0 7 3 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1984)
University of Southern Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (1974)
23 Larry Beightol 1979 10 2 8 0 .200 1 4 0 .200 — — — — — —
Int Pat Patterson 1979 1 1 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — — — —
24 Billy Brewer 1980–1982 35 19 15 1 .557 9 5 1 .633 1 1 0 1 — —
25 A. L. Williams 1983–1986 48 28 19 1 .594 14 9 0 .609 3 1 0 1 — 1984 Louisiana Coach of the Year
26 Carl Torbush 1987 11 3 8 0 .273 — — — — — — — — — —
27 Joe Raymond Peace 1988–1995 88 41 43 4 .489 5 13 0 .278 0 0 1 — — 1990 Louisiana Coach of the Year
28 Gary Crowton 1996–1998 34 21 13 — .618 — — — — — — — — — —
29 Jack Bicknell, Jr. 1999–2006 95 43 52 — .453 24 23 — .511 0 1 — 1 — 2001 WAC Coach of the Year
30 Derek Dooley 2007–2009 37 17 20 — .459 12 12 — .500 1 0 — — — 2008 Louisiana Coach of the Year
31 Sonny Dykes 2010–2012 37 22 15 — .595 14 7 — .667 0 1 — 1 — 2011 WAC Coach of the Year
32 Skip Holtz 2013–2021 118 65 53 — .551 43 27 — .614 6 1 — — — 2016 C-USA Coach of the Year
33 Sonny Cumbie 2022–present 24 6 18 — .250 4 12 — .250 0 0 — — — -

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[1]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[2]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  2. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  3. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  4. ^ "2021 Louisiana Tech Football Record Book". Ruston, Louisiana: Louisiana Tech University. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
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