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List of Troy Trojans head football coaches

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A color photograph of Neal Brown in a suit and tie at a podium.
Neal Brown served as the head coach of the Troy Trojans from 2015 to 2018.

The Troy Trojans college football team represents Troy University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches, and two interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1909 season. Since December 2023, Gerad Parker has served as head coach at Troy.[1]

Key

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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

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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name
[A 6]
Season(s)
[A 7]
GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards
1 Virgil McKinley 1909 3 1 0 2 0.667 0
2 Dan Herren 1910 4 1 1 2 0.500 0
3 George Penton 1911–1912 9 7 1 7 0.833 0
4 J. W. Campbell 1921–1923 26 12 13 1 0.481 0
5 Ross V. Ford 1924 7 2 1 4 0.571 0
6 Otis Bynum 1925–1926 17 12 4 1 0.735 0
7 Gladwin Gaumer 1927–1928 14 7 7 0 0.500 0
8 Albert Elmore 1931–1936 53 31 20 2 0.604 0
9 Albert Choate 1937–1942, 1946 63 27 33 3 0.452 15 3 1 0.816 3 0
10 Fred McCollum 1947–1950 41 20 18 3 0.524 8 3 3 0.679 1 0
11 Jim Grantham 1951–1954 35 11 23 1 0.329 5 7 0 0.417 0 0
12 William Clipson 1955–1965 94 26 68 0 0.277 10 23 0 0.303 0 0
13 Billy Atkins 1966–1971 62 44 16 2 0.726 18 5 0 0.783 2 0 0 4 1 – 1968 NAIA Coach of the Year (1968)
14 Tom Jones 1972–1973 20 11 7 2 0.600 8 4 1 0.654 0 0 0 1 0
15 Byrd Whigham 1974–1975 20 12 8 0 0.600 9 7 0 0.563 0 0 0 0 0
16 Charlie Bradshaw 1976–1982 69 40 27 2 0.594 29 18 0 0.617 0 0 0 1 0
17 Chan Gailey 1983–1984 24 19 5 0 0.792 11 4 0 0.733 3 0 0 1 1 – 1984
18 Rick Rhoades 1985–1987 36 28 7 1 0.792 22 2 0 0.917 3 0 0 2 1 – 1987
19 Robert Maddox 1988–1990 30 13 17 0 0.433 10 14 0 0.417 0 0 0 0 0
20 Larry Blakeney 1991–2014 292 178 113 1 0.611 77 39 0 0.664 7 10 0 8 0
21 Neal Brown 2015–2018 51 35 16 0.686 23 9 0.719 3 0 1 0
22 Chip Lindsey 2019–2021 34 15 19 0.441 9 13 0.409 0 0 0 0
Int. Brandon Hall 2021 1 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0
23 Jon Sumrall 2022–2023 27 23 4 0.852 14 2 0.875 1 0 2 0
Int. Greg Gasparato 2023 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Gerad Parker 2024–present 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Notes

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  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.[2]
  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.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. ^ Troy did not have a head coach for their 1930 season.
  7. ^ Troy State did not field teams from 19131920, 1929, and 19431945.

References

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  1. ^ Stephenson, Creg (December 18, 2023). "Troy hires Notre Dame offensive coordinator Gerad Parker as head coach". AL.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  5. ^ "2022 Troy Trojans Football Media Guide" (PDF). Troy University. Retrieved November 19, 2022.