List of Ole Miss Rebels head football coaches
The Ole Miss Rebels college football team represents the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Rebels compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 36 head coaches since it began play during the 1893 season.[1] Since December 2011, Hugh Freeze has served as Ole Miss' head coach.[2]
The team has played more than 1,130 games over 119 seasons.[1] In that time, seven coaches have led the Rebels in postseason bowl games: Ed Walker, Johnny Vaught, Billy Brewer, Tommy Tuberville, David Cutcliffe, Houston Nutt and Freeze.[1] Vaught won six conference championships as a member of the SEC and three national championships with the Rebels.[3][4]
Vaught is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 190 victories during his 25 years with the program.[1] C. D. Clark has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .857.[1] Z. N. Estes and Frank Mason have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000.[1] Of the 35 different head coaches who have led the Rebels, Vaught[5] is the only one to have been inducted as a head coach into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.
Contents
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | 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 | ||
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Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| # | Name | Term [A 6] |
GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC [A 7] |
CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander H. Bondurant | 1893 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | C.D. Clark | 1894 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.857 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | H. L. Fairbanks | 1895 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | John W. Hollister | 1896 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | T. G. Scarbrough | 1898 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | W. H. Lyon | 1899 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Z. N. Estes | 1900 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | William Shibley | 1901 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Daniel S. Martin | 1902 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | M. S. Harvey | 1903–1904 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0.591 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.438 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Thomas S. Hammond | 1906 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Frank A. Mason | 1907 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Frank Kyle | 1908 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Nathan Stauffer | 1909–1911 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0.692 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Leo DeTray | 1912 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | William L. Driver | 1913–1914 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0.600 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Fred Robbins | 1915–1916 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0.294 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Dudy Noble | 1917–1918 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.250 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | R. L. Sullivan | 1919–1921 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0.458 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Roland Cowell | 1922–1923 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0.425 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Chester S. Barnard | 1924 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Homer Hazel | 1925–1929 | 46 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 0.489 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0.360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Ed Walker | 1930–1937 | 84 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 0.500 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 0.313 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Harry Mehre | 1938–1942, 1944–1945 |
66 | 39 | 26 | 1 | 0.598 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0.470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Harold Drew | 1946 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Johnny Vaught [A 8] |
1947–1970 1973 |
263 | 190 | 61 | 12 | 0.745 | 106 | 39 | 10 | 0.716 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 6 | - 1959, 1960, 1962 | ||
| 27 | Billy Kinard [A 8] |
1971–1973 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0.640 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Ken Cooper | 1974–1977 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 0.477 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Steve Sloan | 1978–1982 | 55 | 20 | 34 | 1 | 0.373 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0.266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Billy Brewer | 1983–1993 | 126 | 68 | 55 | 3 | 0.552 | 33 | 41 | 0 | 0.456 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Joe Lee Dunn | 1994 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.364 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Tommy Tuberville [A 9] |
1995–1998 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0.556 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0.375 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | David Cutcliffe [A 9] |
1998–2004 | 73 | 44 | 29 | — | 0.603 | 25 | 23 | — | 0.521 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Ed Orgeron | 2005–2007 | 35 | 10 | 25 | — | 0.286 | 3 | 21 | — | 0.125 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Houston Nutt | 2008–2011 | 50 | 24 | 26 | — | 0.480 | 10 | 22 | — | 0.313 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Hugh Freeze | 2012–present | 39 | 24 | 15 | — | 0.615 | 11 | 13 | — | 0.458 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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