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List of Washington State Cougars head football coaches

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The Washington State Cougars college football team represents the Washington State University in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Cougars compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 34 head coaches since it began play during the 1894 season. The current head coach is Jake Dickert.

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 Season(s)
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GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards
1 William Goodyear 1894 2 1 1 0 0.500
2 Fred Waite 1895 2 2 0 0 1.000
3 David A. Brodie 1896 3 2 0 1 0.833
4 Robert Gailey 1897 2 2 0 0 1.000
5 Frank Shively 1898–1899 3 1 1 1 0.500
6
8
William L. Allen 1900
1902
10 6 3 1 0.650
7 William Namack 1901 5 4 1 0 0.800
9 James N. Ashmore 1903 8 3 3 1 0.500
10 Everett Sweeley 1904–1905 12 6 6 0 0.500
11
15
John R. Bender 1906–1907
1912–1914
33 21 12 0 0.636
12 Walter Rheinschild 1908 6 4 0 2 0.833
13 Willis Kienholz 1909 5 4 1 0 0.800
14 Oscar Osthoff 1910–1911 11 5 6 0 0.455
16 William Henry Dietz 1915–1917 20 17 2 1 0.875 3 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 1
17 Emory Alvord 1918 2 1 1 0 0.500
18 Gus Welch 1919–1922 27 16 10 1 0.611 6 9 1 0.406 0 0 0 0
19 Albert Exendine 1923–1925 23 6 13 4 0.348 3 10 2 0.267 0 0 0 0
20 Babe Hollingbery 1926–1942 160 93 53 14 0.625 64 42 10 0.595 0 1 0 1
21 Phil Sarboe 1945–1949 46 17 26 3 0.402 15 21 3 0.423 0 0 0 0
22 Forest Evashevski 1950–1951 19 11 6 2 0.632 6 6 2 0.500 0 0 0 0
23 Al Kircher 1952–1955 40 13 25 2 0.350 10 17 1 0.375 0 0 0 0
24 Jim Sutherland 1956–1963 80 37 39 4 0.488 15 12 1 0.554 0 0 0 0
25 Bert Clark 1964–1967 40 15 24 1 0.388 5 11 1 0.324 0 0 0 0
26 Jim Sweeney 1968–1975 86 26 59 1 0.308 12 41 1 0.231 0 0 0 0
27 Jackie Sherrill 1976 11 3 8 0 0.273 2 5 0 0.286 0 0 0 0
28 Warren Powers 1977 11 7 4 0 0.636 3 4 0 0.429 0 0 0 0
29 Jim Walden 1978–1986 100 44 52 4 0.460 28 39 3 0.421 0 1 0 0
30 Dennis Erickson 1987–1988 23 12 10 1 0.543 6 8 1 0.433 1 0 0 0
31 Mike Price 1989–2002 160 82 78 0 0.513 49 63 0 0.438 3 2 0 2 Bobby Dodd COY (1997)
Eddie Robinson COY (1997)
Home Depot COY (1997)
Sporting News College Football COY (1997)
31 Bill Doba 2003–2007 59 30 29 0.508 17 25 0.405 1 0 0
32 Paul Wulff 2008–2011 49 9 40 0.184 4 32 0.111 0 0 0
33 Mike Leach 2012–2019 102 55 47 0.539 36 36 0.500 2 4 0
34 Nick Rolovich 2020–2021 11 5 6 0.455 4 5 0.444 0 0 0
35 Jake Dickert 2021–present 31 15 16 0.484 9 13 0.409 0 2 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.[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]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. ^ Washington State did not field teams in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records – FBS Individual Records" (PDF). ncaa.org. 2012. p. 65. Retrieved January 9, 2013.