Southeastern Conference Coaches

Known as: Southeastern Conference

Record*: 80 Years, 5740-3995-293, .587 W-L%
*W-L-T adjusted to 5708-4010-289 by NCAA.

Bowls: 386 Bowls, 213-164-9, .563 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 256 (Preseason), 298 (Final), 4220 (Total)

144 Coaches

W-L-T records at SEC schools

						Overall					Bowls
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	School(s)	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	William Alexander	1933	1944	12	Georgia Tech	123	64	54	5	.541	4	2	2	0	.500
2	Mike Archer	1987	1990	4	Louisiana State	46	27	18	1	.598	2	1	1	0	.500
3	Bill Arnsparger	1984	1986	3	Louisiana State	36	26	8	2	.750	3	0	3	0	.000
4	Doug Barfield	1976	1980	5	Auburn	55	27	27	1	.500	0	0	0	0		W-L-T adjusted to 29-25-1 by NCAA.
5	John Barnhill	1941	1945	4	Tennessee	39	32	5	2	.846	2	1	1	0	.500
6	Doby Bartling	1945	1945	1	Vanderbilt	9	3	6	0	.333	0	0	0	0
7	Bill Battle	1970	1976	7	Tennessee	83	59	22	2	.723	5	4	1	0	.800
8	Emory Bellard	1979	1985	7	Mississippi State	79	37	42	0	.468	2	1	1	0	.500
9	Terry Bowden	1993	1998	6	Auburn	65	47	17	1	.731	3	2	1	0	.667
10	Charley Bradshaw	1962	1968	7	Kentucky	70	25	41	4	.386	0	0	0	0
11	Billy Brewer	1983	1993	11	Mississippi	126	66	57	3	.536	5	3	2	0	.600	W-L-T adjusted to 68-55-3 by NCAA.
12	W.H. Britton	1935	1935	1	Tennessee	9	4	5	0	.444	0	0	0	0
13	Rich Brooks	2003	2009	7	Kentucky	86	39	47	0	.453	4	3	1	0	.750
14	Earl Brown	1948	1950	3	Auburn	29	3	22	4	.172	0	0	0	0
15	Watson Brown	1986	1990	5	Vanderbilt	55	10	45	0	.182	0	0	0	0
16	Bear Bryant	1946	1982	33	Kentucky, Alabama	375	292	69	14	.797	28	15	11	2	.571
17	Wallace Butts	1939	1960	22	Georgia	235	140	86	9	.615	8	5	2	1	.688
18	Robbie Caldwell	2010	2010	1	Vanderbilt	12	2	10	0	.167	0	0	0	0
19	Jim Chaney	2012	2012	1	Tennessee	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0
20	Gene Chizik	2009	2012	4	Auburn	52	33	19	0	.635	3	3	0	0	1.000
						Overall					Bowls
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	School(s)	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Jerry Claiborne	1982	1989	8	Kentucky	90	41	46	3	.472	2	1	1	0	.500
22	Heck Clark	1933	1939	7	Sewanee	60	13	46	1	.225	0	0	0	0
23	Josh Cody	1936	1939	4	Florida	43	17	24	2	.419	0	0	0	0
24	Blanton Collier	1954	1961	8	Kentucky	80	41	36	3	.531	0	0	0	0
25	Ken Cooper	1974	1977	4	Mississippi	44	19	25	0	.432	0	0	0	0		W-L-T adjusted to 21-23 by NCAA.
26	Ted Cox	1933	1935	3	Tulane	31	22	8	1	.726	1	1	0	0	1.000
27	Sylvester Croom	2004	2008	5	Mississippi State	59	21	38	0	.356	1	1	0	0	1.000
28	Jack Crowe	1992	1992	1	Arkansas	1	0	1	0	.000	0	0	0	0
29	Fran Curci	1973	1981	9	Kentucky	100	46	52	2	.470	1	1	0	0	1.000	W-L-T adjusted to 47-51-2 by NCAA.
30	Bill Curry	1987	1996	10	Alabama, Kentucky	114	52	62	0	.456	4	1	3	0	.250
31	David Cutcliffe	1998	2004	7	Mississippi	73	44	29	0	.603	5	4	1	0	.800
32	Gary Darnell	1989	1989	1	Florida	7	3	4	0	.429	1	0	1	0	.000
33	Paul Davis	1962	1966	5	Mississippi State	50	20	28	2	.420	1	1	0	0	1.000
34	Red Dawson	1936	1941	6	Tulane	59	36	19	4	.644	1	0	1	0	.000
35	Doug Dickey	1964	1978	15	Tennessee, Florida	168	104	58	6	.637	9	2	7	0	.222
36	Paul Dietzel	1955	1961	7	Louisiana State	73	46	24	3	.651	3	2	1	0	.667
37	Gerry DiNardo	1991	1999	9	Vanderbilt, Louisiana State	102	51	50	1	.505	3	3	0	0	1.000	W-L-T adjusted to 52-49-1 by NCAA.
38	Bobby Dodd	1945	1963	19	Georgia Tech	205	142	56	7	.710	11	8	3	0	.727
39	Jim Donnan	1996	2000	5	Georgia	59	40	19	0	.678	4	4	0	0	1.000
40	Derek Dooley	2010	2012	3	Tennessee	36	15	21	0	.417	1	0	1	0	.000
						Overall					Bowls
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	School(s)	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Vince Dooley	1964	1988	25	Georgia	288	201	77	10	.715	20	8	10	2	.450
42	Ron Dowhower	1995	1996	2	Vanderbilt	22	4	18	0	.182	0	0	0	0
43	Red Drew	1946	1954	9	Mississippi, Alabama	98	56	35	7	.607	3	1	2	0	.333
44	Mike DuBose	1997	2000	4	Alabama	47	24	23	0	.511	2	0	2	0	.000
45	Joe Lee Dunn	1994	1994	1	Mississippi	11	4	7	0	.364	0	0	0	0
46	Pat Dye	1981	1992	12	Auburn	142	99	39	4	.711	9	6	2	1	.722
47	Bill Edwards	1949	1952	4	Vanderbilt	42	21	19	2	.524	0	0	0	0
48	Rockey Felker	1986	1990	5	Mississippi State	55	21	34	0	.382	0	0	0	0
49	Danny Ford	1993	1997	5	Arkansas	57	25	31	1	.447	1	0	1	0	.000	W-L-T adjusted to 26-30-1 by NCAA.
50	Dennis Franchione	2001	2002	2	Alabama	25	17	8	0	.680	1	1	0	0	1.000
51	James Franklin	2011	2012	2	Vanderbilt	26	15	11	0	.577	2	1	1	0	.500
52	Hugh Freeze	2012	2012	1	Mississippi	13	7	6	0	.538	1	1	0	0	1.000
53	Henry Frnka	1946	1951	6	Tulane	58	31	23	4	.569	0	0	0	0
54	Phillip Fulmer	1992	2008	17	Tennessee	204	151	52	1	.743	15	8	7	0	.533	W-L-T adjusted to 152-52 by NCAA.
55	Harry Gamage	1933	1933	1	Kentucky	10	5	5	0	.500	0	0	0	0
56	Ray Goff	1989	1995	7	Georgia	81	46	34	1	.574	4	2	2	0	.500
57	Ray Graves	1960	1969	10	Florida	105	70	31	4	.686	5	4	1	0	.800
58	Jack Green	1963	1966	4	Vanderbilt	40	7	29	4	.225	0	0	0	0
59	Johnny Griffith	1961	1963	3	Georgia	30	10	16	4	.400	0	0	0	0
60	Arthur Guepe	1953	1962	10	Vanderbilt	100	39	54	7	.425	1	1	0	0	1.000
						Overall					Bowls
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	School(s)	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	Galen Hall	1984	1989	6	Florida	59	40	18	1	.686	2	1	1	0	.500
62	Curley Hallman	1991	1994	4	Louisiana State	44	16	28	0	.364	0	0	0	0
63	Reggie Herring	2007	2007	1	Arkansas	1	0	1	0	.000	1	0	1	0	.000
64	Lou Holtz	1999	2004	6	South Carolina	70	33	37	0	.471	2	2	0	0	1.000
65	Joel Hunt	1938	1938	1	Georgia	10	5	4	1	.550	0	0	0	0
66	Bobby Johnson	2002	2009	8	Vanderbilt	95	29	66	0	.305	1	1	0	0	1.000
67	Biff Jones	1933	1934	2	Louisiana State	21	14	2	5	.786	0	0	0	0
68	Ralph Jordan	1951	1975	25	Auburn	265	175	83	7	.674	12	5	7	0	.417	W-L-T adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA.
69	Lane Kiffin	2009	2009	1	Tennessee	13	7	6	0	.538	1	0	1	0	.000
70	Billy Kinard	1971	1973	3	Mississippi	25	16	9	0	.640	1	1	0	0	1.000
71	Joe Kines	1992	2006	2	Arkansas, Alabama	11	3	7	1	.318	1	0	1	0	.000
72	A.D. Kirwan	1938	1944	6	Kentucky	56	24	28	4	.464	0	0	0	0
73	Tom Lieb	1940	1945	5	Florida	47	20	26	1	.436	0	0	0	0
74	George MacIntyre	1979	1985	7	Vanderbilt	78	25	52	1	.327	1	0	1	0	.000
75	Johnny Majors	1977	1992	16	Tennessee	186	116	62	8	.645	11	7	4	0	.636
76	Charles McClendon	1962	1979	18	Louisiana State	203	135	61	7	.682	13	7	6	0	.538	W-L-T adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA.
77	Jim McDonald	1963	1963	1	Tennessee	10	5	5	0	.500	0	0	0	0
78	Dan McGugin	1933	1934	2	Vanderbilt	19	10	6	3	.605	0	0	0	0
79	Ross McKechnie	1933	1934	2	Mississippi State	20	7	12	1	.375	0	0	0	0
80	Allyn McKeen	1939	1948	9	Mississippi State	87	65	19	3	.764	1	1	0	0	1.000
						Overall					Bowls
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	School(s)	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
81	Jack Meagher	1934	1942	9	Auburn	95	48	37	10	.558	2	1	0	1	.750
82	Harry Mehre	1933	1945	12	Georgia, Mississippi	117	71	42	4	.624	0	0	0	0
83	Urban Meyer	2005	2010	6	Florida	80	65	15	0	.813	6	5	1	0	.833
84	Les Miles	2005	2012	8	Louisiana State	106	85	21	0	.802	8	5	3	0	.625
85	Bernie Moore	1935	1947	13	Louisiana State	128	83	39	6	.672	5	1	3	1	.300
86	Ray Morrison	1935	1939	5	Vanderbilt	47	25	20	2	.553	0	0	0	0
87	Guy Morriss	2001	2002	2	Kentucky	23	9	14	0	.391	0	0	0	0
88	Slick Morton	1949	1951	3	Mississippi State	27	8	18	1	.315	0	0	0	0
89	Dan Mullen	2009	2012	4	Mississippi State	51	29	22	0	.569	3	2	1	0	.667
90	Hal Mumme	1997	2000	4	Kentucky	46	20	26	0	.435	2	0	2	0	.000
91	Will Muschamp	2011	2012	2	Florida	26	18	8	0	.692	2	1	1	0	.500
92	Spike Nelson	1938	1938	1	Mississippi State	10	4	6	0	.400	0	0	0	0
93	Bob Neyland	1933	1952	14	Tennessee	148	112	29	7	.780	7	2	5	0	.286
94	Houston Nutt	1998	2011	14	Arkansas, Mississippi	173	99	74	0	.572	9	4	5	0	.444
95	Tommy O'Boyle	1962	1965	4	Tulane	40	6	33	1	.163	0	0	0	0
96	Bill Oliver	1998	1998	1	Auburn	5	2	3	0	.400	0	0	0	0
97	Ed Orgeron	2005	2007	3	Mississippi	35	10	25	0	.286	0	0	0	0
98	Bill Pace	1967	1972	6	Vanderbilt	63	22	38	3	.373	0	0	0	0
99	Fred Pancoast	1975	1978	4	Vanderbilt	44	13	31	0	.295	0	0	0	0
100	Charley Pell	1979	1984	6	Florida	62	33	26	3	.556	4	2	2	0	.500
						Overall					Bowls
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	School(s)	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
101	Ray Perkins	1983	1986	4	Alabama	48	32	15	1	.677	3	3	0	0	1.000
102	Bobby Petrino	2008	2011	4	Arkansas	51	34	17	0	.667	3	2	1	0	.667
103	Joker Phillips	2010	2012	3	Kentucky	37	13	24	0	.351	1	0	1	0	.000
104	Andy Pilney	1954	1961	8	Tulane	80	25	49	6	.350	0	0	0	0
105	Gary Pinkel	2012	2012	1	Missouri	12	5	7	0	.417	0	0	0	0
106	John Ray	1969	1972	4	Kentucky	43	10	33	0	.233	0	0	0	0
107	Mark Richt	2001	2012	12	Georgia	158	118	40	0	.747	12	8	4	0	.667
108	Harvey Robinson	1953	1954	2	Tennessee	21	10	10	1	.500	0	0	0	0
109	Darrell Royal	1954	1955	2	Mississippi State	20	12	8	0	.600	0	0	0	0
110	Nick Saban	2000	2012	11	Louisiana State, Alabama	145	116	29	0	.800	11	8	3	0	.727	W-L-T adjusted to 111-29 by NCAA.
111	Red Sanders	1940	1948	6	Vanderbilt	60	36	22	2	.617	0	0	0	0
112	Ralph Sasse	1935	1937	3	Mississippi State	32	20	10	2	.656	1	0	1	0	.000
113	Brad Scott	1994	1998	5	South Carolina	56	23	32	1	.420	1	1	0	0	1.000
114	Jackie Sherrill	1991	2003	13	Mississippi State	152	74	76	2	.493	6	2	4	0	.333	W-L-T adjusted to 75-75-2 by NCAA.
115	Charles Shira	1967	1972	6	Mississippi State	63	16	45	2	.270	0	0	0	0
116	Bernie Shively	1945	1945	1	Kentucky	10	2	8	0	.200	0	0	0	0
117	Mike Shula	2003	2006	4	Alabama	49	26	23	0	.531	2	1	1	0	.500	W-L-T adjusted to 10-23 by NCAA.
118	Claude Simons	1942	1945	4	Tulane	31	13	17	1	.435	0	0	0	0
119	Steve Sloan	1973	1982	7	Vanderbilt, Mississippi	78	32	43	3	.429	1	0	0	1	.500
120	John Smith	2012	2012	1	Arkansas	12	4	8	0	.333	0	0	0	0
						Overall					Bowls
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	School(s)	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
121	Steve Spurrier	1990	2012	20	Florida, South Carolina	253	188	64	1	.745	18	9	9	0	.500
122	Gene Stallings	1990	1996	7	Alabama	87	70	16	1	.810	6	5	1	0	.833	W-L-T adjusted to 62-25 by NCAA.
123	Dutch Stanley	1933	1935	3	Florida	29	14	13	2	.517	0	0	0	0
124	Jerry Stovall	1980	1983	4	Louisiana State	45	22	21	2	.511	1	0	1	0	.000
125	Charlie Strong	2004	2004	1	Florida	1	0	1	0	.000	1	0	1	0	.000
126	Kevin Sumlin	2012	2012	1	Texas A&M	13	11	2	0	.846	1	1	0	0	1.000
127	Frank Thomas	1933	1946	13	Alabama	126	98	21	7	.806	6	4	2	0	.667
128	Gaynell Tinsley	1948	1954	7	Louisiana State	75	35	34	6	.507	1	0	1	0	.000
129	Tommy Tuberville	1995	2008	14	Mississippi, Auburn	170	110	60	0	.647	9	6	3	0	.667
130	Bob Tyler	1973	1978	6	Mississippi State	67	39	25	3	.604	1	1	0	0	1.000	W-L-T adjusted to 21-44-2 by NCAA.
131	John Vaught	1947	1973	25	Mississippi	263	190	61	12	.745	18	10	8	0	.556
132	Carl Voyles	1944	1947	4	Auburn	37	15	22	0	.405	0	0	0	0
133	Ed Walker	1933	1937	5	Mississippi	55	28	21	6	.564	1	0	1	0	.000
134	Wade Walker	1956	1961	6	Mississippi State	56	22	32	2	.411	0	0	0	0
135	Murray Warmath	1952	1953	2	Mississippi State	19	10	6	3	.605	0	0	0	0
136	Jennings Whitworth	1955	1957	3	Alabama	30	4	24	2	.167	0	0	0	0
137	Woody Widenhofer	1997	2001	5	Vanderbilt	55	15	40	0	.273	0	0	0	0
138	Raymond Wolf	1946	1953	6	Florida, Tulane	59	19	37	3	.347	0	0	0	0
139	Bob Woodruff	1950	1959	10	Florida	101	53	42	6	.554	2	1	1	0	.500
140	Sparky Woods	1992	1993	2	South Carolina	22	9	13	0	.409	0	0	0	0		W-L-T adjusted to 10-12 by NCAA.
						Overall					Bowls
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	School(s)	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
141	Bowden Wyatt	1955	1962	8	Tennessee	82	49	29	4	.622	2	1	1	0	.500
142	C.A. Wynne	1934	1937	4	Kentucky	39	20	19	0	.513	0	0	0	0
143	Chet Wynne	1933	1933	1	Auburn	10	5	5	0	.500	0	0	0	0
144	Ron Zook	2002	2004	3	Florida	37	23	14	0	.622	2	0	2	0	.000

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