The men in charge

Every Michigan Head Coach

The men who have run the program, from the first sideline to the current one.

Coaches logged

National titles

Big Ten titles

A record of every head coach in Michigan football history — how long they stayed, what they won, and what the program looked like when they left it.

The modern era

2026–present3-2

Current

Kyle Whittingham

The current era

.600 winning percentage

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2023–202516-8

Sherrone Moore

From acting to permanent

.667 winning percentage · 1-0 in bowls

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2015–202386-25

1 national Notable

Jim Harbaugh

The return and the title

.775 winning percentage · 3 Big Ten titles · 3-6 in bowls

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2011–201431-20

Brady Hoke

The quick start

.608 winning percentage · 1-2 in bowls

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2008–201015-22

Rich Rodriguez

The spread experiment

.405 winning percentage · 0-1 in bowls

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Carr and Moeller

1995–2007122-40

1 national Notable

Lloyd Carr

1997

.753 winning percentage · 5 Big Ten titles · 6-7 in bowls

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1990–199444-13-3

Gary Moeller

The best record nobody mentions

.758 winning percentage · 3 Big Ten titles · 4-1 in bowls

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The Bo years

1969–1989194-48-5

Notable

Bo Schembechler

The Ten Year War

.796 winning percentage · 13 Big Ten titles · 5-12 in bowls

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Post-war

1959–196851-42-2

Bump Elliott

The lean years and one great one

.547 winning percentage · 1 Big Ten titles · 1-0 in bowls

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1948–195863-33-4

1 national

Bennie Oosterbaan

Champion in year one

.650 winning percentage · 3 Big Ten titles · 1-0 in bowls

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The early program

1938–194771-16-3

1 national Notable

Fritz Crisler

The winged helmet

.806 winning percentage · 2 Big Ten titles · 1-0 in bowls

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1929–193746-26-4

2 national

Harry Kipke

Four straight, then the fall

.632 winning percentage · 4 Big Ten titles

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1927–19289-6-1

Tad Wieman

After the legend

.594 winning percentage

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19246-2

George Little

The year in between

.750 winning percentage

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1901–1926165-29-10

6 national Notable

Fielding H. Yost

Point-a-Minute

.833 winning percentage · 10 Big Ten titles · 1-0 in bowls

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19007-2-1

Langdon Lea

One season, then Yost

.750 winning percentage

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1897–189924-3-1

Gustave Ferbert

The first title

.875 winning percentage · 1 Big Ten titles

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18969-1

William Ward

Into the conference

.900 winning percentage

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1894–189517-2-1

William McCauley

The first great record

.875 winning percentage

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1892–189314-8

Frank Barbour

Steadying the ship

.636 winning percentage

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18914-5

Frank Crawford and Mike Murphy

The first men in charge

.444 winning percentage

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1879–189023-10-1

The Coachless Era

Before there were coaches

.691 winning percentage

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Last updated October 10, 2026. This page is maintained and added to over time.