The Pittsburgh Panthers football program is a college football team that represents the University of Pittsburgh in the Atlantic Coast Conference, a part of the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The team has had 36 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1893.[1][2]
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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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] |
Statistics correct as of January 1, 2024.
No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | DCs | Awards |
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0 | No coach | 1890–1892, 1894 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
1 | Anson Harrold | 1893 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
2 | J. P. Linn | 1895 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
3 | George W. Hoskins | 1896 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
4 | Thomas Trenchard | 1897 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
5 | Fred A. Robison | 1898–1899 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .654 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
6 | Roy Jackson | 1900 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
7 | Wilbur Hockensmith | 1901 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
8 | Fred Crolius | 1902 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .458 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
9 | Arthur Mosse | 1903–1905 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | .641 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
10 | Edgar Wingard | 1906 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
11 | John A. Moorhead | 1907 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
12 | Joseph H. Thompson† | 1908–1912 | 46 | 30 | 14 | 2 | .674 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
13 | Joseph M. Duff, Jr. | 1913–1914 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .806 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
14 | Pop Warner† | 1915–1923 | 76 | 60 | 12 | 4 | .816 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | ||
15 | Jock Sutherland† | 1924–1938 | 143 | 111 | 20 | 12 | .818 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | — | ||
16 | Charley Bowser | 1939–1942 | 35 | 14 | 20 | 1 | .414 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ||
17 | Clark Shaughnessy† | 1943–1945 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0 | .370 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ||
18 | Wes Fesler† | 1946 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ||
19 | Mike Milligan | 1947–1949 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0 | .481 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ||
20 | Len Casanova† | 1950 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ||
21 | Tom Hamilton† | 1951, 1954 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ||
22 | Red Dawson | 1952–1954 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ||
23 | John Michelosen | 1955–1965 | 112 | 56 | 49 | 7 | .531 | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | — | ||
24 | Dave Hart | 1966–1968 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 0 | .100 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ||
25 | Carl DePasqua | 1969–1972 | 42 | 13 | 29 | 0 | .310 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ||
26 | Johnny Majors† | 1973–1976 | 47 | 33 | 13 | 1 | .713 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | ||
27 | Jackie Sherrill | 1977–1981 | 60 | 50 | 9 | 1 | .842 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | — | ||
28 | Foge Fazio | 1982–1985 | 46 | 25 | 18 | 3 | .576 | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | — | ||
29 | Mike Gottfried | 1986–1989 | 45 | 27 | 16 | 2 | .622 | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | ||
30 | Paul Hackett | 1989–1992 | 34 | 13 | 20 | 1 | .397 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
Int | Sal Sunseri | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
31 | Johnny Majors† | 1993–1996 | 44 | 12 | 32 | 0 | .273 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
32 | Walt Harris | 1997–2004 | 96 | 52 | 44 | 0 | .542 | 28 | 27 | 0 | .509 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | |
33 | Dave Wannstedt | 2005–2010 | 73 | 42 | 31 | 0 | .575 | 24 | 18 | 0 | .571 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | |
Int | Michael Haywood | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
Int | Phil Bennett | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
34 | Todd Graham | 2011 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
Int | Keith Patterson | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | |
35 | Paul Chryst | 2012–2014 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 0 | .500 | 10 | 13 | 0 | .400 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Int | Joe Rudolph | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | Pat Narduzzi | 2015–present | 115 | 65 | 50 | 0 | .565 | 43 | 31 | 0 | .581 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |