List of Utah Utes head football coaches

The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that represents the University of Utah. The team has had 23 head coaches since organized football began in 1892. Harvey Holmes was the first paid head coach, and the Utes have had 17 paid, professional head coaches. The Utes have played in more than 1,000 games during its 116 seasons. In those seasons, 5 coaches have led the Utes to postseason bowl games: Ike Armstrong, Ray Nagel, Ron McBride, Urban Meyer, and Kyle Whittingham. 7 coaches have won conference championships with the Utes: Thomas Fitzpatrick, Armstrong, Jack "Cactus Jack" Curtice, Nagel, McBride, Meyer, and Whittingham. Armstrong is the all-time leader in number of games coached with 211, years coached with 25, and total wins with 141. Meyer is the all-time leader in winning percentage with a percentage of .917 in his two seasons at Utah. Tom Lovat is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Utes have had with a percentage of .152 during his three seasons as head coach (with the exception of Walter Shoup who only coached one game in 1895.)

Of the 23 Utes head coaches, Ike Armstrong has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Kyle Whittingham is the current head coach and has received National Coach of the Year honors from multiple organizations. He was hired in December 2004.

Coaches

Key

General # Number of coaches[A 1] CCs Conference championships[A 2] † Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

Overall GC Games coached OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties[A 3] O% Winning percentage[A 4]

Conference CW Wins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage

Post-season PW Wins PL Losses PT Ties P% Winning percentage

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	P%	CCs	National awards
1	Robert Harkness	1894	3	1	2	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Walter Shoup	1895	1	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	C.B. Ferris	1896	5	3	2	0	.600	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Byron Cummings	1897	6	1	5	0	.166	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Benjamin Wilson	1898	3	2	1	0	.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Charles Gatehouse	1899	3	2	1	0	.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Holmes, HarveyHarvey Holmes	1900–1903	23	13	9	1	.587	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Maddock, JoeJoe Maddock	1904–1909	38	28	9	1	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Bennion, FredFred Bennion	1910–1913	27	16	8	3	.648	10	6	1	.618	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Norgren, NelsonNelson Norgren	1914–1917	24	13	11	0	.542	10	10	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Fitzpatrick, ThomasThomas Fitzpatrick	1919–1924	43	23	17	3	.570	17	10	3	.617	—	—	—	—	1	—
12	Armstrong, IkeIke Armstrong[3]†	1925–1949	211	141	55	15	.704	108	24	8	.800	1	1 [A 5]	0	.500	13	—
13	Curtice, JackJack Curtice	1950–1957	81	45	32	4	.580	32	9	2	.767	—	—	—	—	4	—
14	Nagel, RayRay Nagel	1958–1965	82	42	39	1	.518	21	17	1	.551	1	0	0	1.000	1	—
15	Giddings, MikeMike Giddings	1966–1967	21	9	12	0	.429	5	5	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Meek, BillBill Meek	1968–1973	64	33	31	0	.516	23	14	0	.622	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Lovat, TomTom Lovat	1974–1976	33	5	28	0	.152	5	12	0	.294	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Howard, WayneWayne Howard	1977–1981	56	30	24	2	.554	17	13	2	.563	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Stobart, ChuckChuck Stobart	1982–1984	34	16	17	1	.485	10	11	1	.477	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Fassel, JimJim Fassel	1985–1989	58	25	33	0	.431	14	26	0	.350	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	McBride, RonRon McBride	1990–2002	151	88	63	0	.583	58	42	0	.580	3	3	0	.500	2	—
22	Meyer, UrbanUrban Meyer	2003–2004	24	22	2	0	.917	13	1	0	.929	2	0	0	1.000	2	The Sporting News National Coach of the Year (2003)[6] Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2004)[7]
23	Whittingham, KyleKyle Whittingham	2005–present	91	66	25	0	.725	39	18	0	.684	7 [A 6]	1	0	.875	1	Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2008)[9] AFCA National Coach of the Year Award (2008)[10]

Notes

1. A running total of the number of coaches of the Utes. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
2. Utah did not join a conference until 1910.
3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[1]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[2]
5. The Pineapple Bowl, which was Armstrong's only loss in a bowl game, was not an NCAA certified bowl game and counts a regular season loss in official NCAA records.^[4][5]
6. Kyle Whittingham and Urban Meyer were listed as "Co-head Coaches" for the 2005 Fiesta Bowl; both coaches are credited with the win in official NCAA records.^[8]

References

General

• "Utah Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-08-14.

Specific

1. Whiteside, Kelly (2006-08-25). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
2. Finder, Chuck (1987-09-06). "BIG PLAYS HELP PATERNO TO 200TH". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
3. "Hall of Fame Inductee Search: Ike Armstrong". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
4. Joe Drape (2001-12-20). "ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Fish to FedEx: Bowl Name Game". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
5. "Utah Bowl Games". College Football Trivia. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
6. "Utah's Meyer named coach of the year". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
7. "Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award". Football Writers Association of America. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
8. "All-Time Coaching Records: Urban Meyer & Kyle Whittingham Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
9. "Whittingham wins Bryant Award". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
10. "Whittingham earns AFCA award". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-08-14.