List of Illinois Fighting Illini head football coaches

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The following is a list of Illinois Fighting Illini men's football head coaches. The Illinois Fighting Illini football team has had 27 individuals that have maintained the title of head coach. The current coach is Lovie Smith.[1]

Coach Years Conference Record Winning Pct Overall Record Winning Pct Conference Titles Bowl Appearances National Championships
Scott Williams 1890 – – 1–2–0 .333 0 0 0
Robert Lackey 1891 – – 6–0–0 1.000 0 0 0
Edward K. Hall 1892–1893 – – 12–5–5 .706 0 0 0
Louis Vail 1894 – – 5–3–0 .625 0 0 0
George Huff 1895–1899 2–7–1 .222 21–16–3 .563 0 0 0
Fred L. Smith 1900 1–3–2 .500 7–3–2 .667 0 0 0
Edgar Holt 1901–1902 8–4–0 .667 18–4–1 .818 0 0 0
George W. Woodruff 1903 1–5–0 .143 8–6–0 .571 0 0 0
Clyde Matthews* 1904 3–1–1 .778 9–2–1 .818 0 0 0
Fred Lowenthal* 1904–1905 0–3–0 .000 5–4–0 .555 0 0 0
Justa Lindgren* 1904, 1906 1–3–0 .250 1–3–1 .250 0 0 0
Arthur R. Hall* 1904, 1907–1912 17–9–2 .666 27–10–3 .730 1 0 0
Robert Zuppke 1913–1941 76–66–8 .548 131–81–11 .618 7 0 4
Ray Eliot 1942–1959 54–55–7 .511 83–73–11 .532 3 2 1
Pete Elliott 1960–1966 22–26–1 .464 31–34–1 .477 1 1 0
Jim Valek 1967–1970 5-23–0 .178 8-32–0 .200 0 0 0
Bob Blackman 1971–1976 24–23–1 .516 29–36–1 .439 0 0 0
Gary Moeller 1977–1979 3-18–3 .200 6-24–3 .227 0 0 0
Mike White 1980–1987 40-26–2 .612 47-41–3 .533 1 3 0
John Mackovic 1988–1991 22-9–1 .714 30-16–1 .663 1 3 0
Lou Tepper 1991–1996 17-21–2 .461 25-31–2 .456 0 3 0
Ron Turner 1997–2004 20-44–0 .312 35-57–0 .380 1 2 0
Ron Zook 2005–2011** 18–38–0 .321 34-51–0 .400 0 2 0
Vic Koenning 2011** 0–0–0 – 1-0–0 1.000 0 1 0
Tim Beckman 2012–2014 4–20–0 .167 12–25–0 .324 0 1 0
Bill Cubit 2015*** 2–5–0 .286 5-6–0 .454 0 0 0
Lovie Smith 2016- 0–0–0 .000 0-0–0 .000 0 0 0
Totals 27 coaches 339-409-32 (.435) 597–565-51 (.492) 15 18 5

*Hall, Lindgren, Lowenthal and Matthews shared the title of "Head Coach" for the 1904 season.
**Zook was fired at the end of the regular season; defensive coordinator Vic Koenning was appointed as interim head coach and coached Illinois in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.
***Cubit served as interim coach for the entire 2015 regular season after Tim Beckman was terminated in August 2015.

Hall of fame

Illinois has had five coaches inducted into the College Football Foundation Hall of Fame. Edward K. Hall (1892-1893),[2] George Woodruff (1903),[3] Robert Zuppke (1913-1941),[4] Bob Blackman (1971-1976)[5] and Pete Elliott (1960-1966).[6]

References

  1. ↑ 2014 Illinois Football Record Book pg. 123
  2. ↑ Ed Hall at the College Football Hall of Fame
  3. ↑ George Washington Woodruff at the College Football Hall of Fame
  4. ↑ Robert Zuppke at the College Football Hall of Fame
  5. ↑ Bob Blackman at the College Football Hall of Fame
  6. ↑ Pete Elliott at the College Football Hall of Fame
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