List of North Carolina Tar Heels head football coaches
The North Carolina Tar Heels college football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Tar Heels compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 34 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1888 season.[1][2] Since January 2012, Larry Fedora has served as North Carolina's head coach.[3]
Playing as the Tar Heels, the team has played more than 1,100 games over 122 seasons.[2] In that time, 10 coaches have led the Tar Heels in postseason bowl games: Carl Snavely, Jim Hickey, Bill Dooley, Dick Crum, Mack Brown, Carl Torbush, John Bunting, Butch Davis, Everett Withers, and Larry Fedora.[1] Four of those coaches also won conference championships: Snavely captured three as a member of the Southern Conference and Hickey, Dooley, and Crum won a combined five as a member of the ACC.[1]
Crum is the leader in games won (72) during his 10 years with the program.[4] Branch Bocock has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .812.[4] Gene McEver has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .067.[4] Of the 33 different head coaches who have led the Tar Heels, Jim Tatum and Snavely have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.[5][6]
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 | Season(s) [A 6] |
GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC [A 7] |
CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hector Cowan | 1888 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| — | No Coach | 1889, 1892–1893 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | William P. Graves | 1891 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Vernon K. Irvine | 1894 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.666 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Thomas Trenchard | 1895, 1913–1915 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0.729 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Gordon Johnston | 1896 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.437 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | William A. Reynolds | 1897–1900 | 38 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0.763 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Charles O. Jenkins | 1901 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.777 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Herman Olcott | 1902–1903 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0.694 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | R. R. Brown | 1904 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.666 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | William Warner | 1905 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.562 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Willis Kienholz | 1906 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.285 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Otis Lamson | 1907 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Edward L. Greene | 1908 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Arthur Brides | 1909–1910 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Branch Bocock | 1911 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.812 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | C. W. Martin | 1912 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.437 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Thomas J. Campbell | 1916–1919 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0.558 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Myron Fuller | 1920 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Bob Fetzer & Bill Fetzer | 1921–1925 | 46 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 0.695 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Chuck Collins | 1926–1933 | 78 | 38 | 31 | 9 | 0.544 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 0.518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Carl Snavely |
1934–1935, 1945–1952 | 99 | 59 | 35 | 5 | 0.621 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 0.733 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Raymond Wolf | 1936–1941 | 58 | 38 | 17 | 3 | 0.681 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0.712 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Jim Tatum |
1942, 1956–1958 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 0.525 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0.560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Tom Young | 1943 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.666 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Gene McEver | 1944 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0.166 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | George T. Barclay | 1953–1955 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0.383 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Jim Hickey | 1959–1966 | 81 | 36 | 45 | 0 | 0.444 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 0.528 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ACC Coach of the Year (1963)[11][A 8] |
| 28 | Bill Dooley | 1967–1977 | 124 | 69 | 53 | 2 | 0.560 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 0.629 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ACC Coach of the Year (1971)[11] |
| 29 | Dick Crum | 1978–1987 | 116 | 72 | 41 | 3 | 0.633 | 38 | 23 | 1 | 0.620 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ACC Coach of the Year (1980)[11] |
| 30 | Mack Brown | 1988–1997 | 116 | 69 | 46 | 1 | 0.599 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 0.532 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ACC Coach of the Year (1996)[11] |
| 31 | Carl Torbush | 1997–2000 | 35 | 17 | 18 | — | 0.485 | 9 | 15 | — | 0.375 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | John Bunting | 2001–2006 | 72 | 27 | 45 | — | 0.375 | 18 | 30 | — | 0.375 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Butch Davis [A 9] |
2007–2010 | 35 | 12 | 23 | — | 0.342 | 7 | 17 | — | 0.291 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Everett Withers[A 10] | 2011 | 13 | 7 | 6 | — | 0.538 | 3 | 5 | — | 0.375 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Larry Fedora | 2012–present | 52 | 32 | 20 | — | 0.615 | 21 | 11 | — | 0.656 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
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