Location: Nashville, Tennessee ▪ Colors: Black & Gold
Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium (cap. 41,448)
Record*: 109 Years, 511-555-43, .480 W-L% (Major School)
*W-L-T adjusted to 512-554-43 by NCAA.
Conferences: SEC, Southern and Ind
Bowls: 6 Bowls, 3-2-1, .583 W-L% (Major Bowls)
Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 2 Times (Final), 30 Weeks (Total)
| Record | Bowls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Coach | From | To | Yrs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | Notes |
| 1 | Dan McGugin | 1904 | 1934 | 30 | 271 | 197 | 55 | 19 | .762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Arthur Guepe | 1953 | 1962 | 10 | 100 | 39 | 54 | 7 | .425 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 3 | Red Sanders | 1940 | 1948 | 6 | 60 | 36 | 22 | 2 | .617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Ray Morrison | 1918 | 1939 | 6 | 53 | 29 | 22 | 2 | .566 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Bobby Johnson | 2002 | 2009 | 8 | 95 | 29 | 66 | 0 | .305 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 6 | George MacIntyre | 1979 | 1985 | 7 | 78 | 25 | 52 | 1 | .327 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| 7 | Bill Pace | 1967 | 1972 | 6 | 63 | 22 | 38 | 3 | .373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Bill Edwards | 1949 | 1952 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 2 | .524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Gerry DiNardo | 1991 | 1994 | 4 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 0 | .409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | W-L-T adjusted to 19-25 by NCAA. | |
| 10 | James Franklin | 2011 | 2012 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0 | .577 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| 11 | Woody Widenhofer | 1997 | 2001 | 5 | 55 | 15 | 40 | 0 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Fred Pancoast | 1975 | 1978 | 4 | 44 | 13 | 31 | 0 | .295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Steve Sloan | 1973 | 1974 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .565 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | |
| 14 | Watson Brown | 1986 | 1990 | 5 | 55 | 10 | 45 | 0 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | W.H. Watkins | 1902 | 1902 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Jack Green | 1963 | 1966 | 4 | 40 | 7 | 29 | 4 | .225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | J.H. Henry | 1903 | 1903 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Ron Dowhower | 1995 | 1996 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Doby Bartling | 1945 | 1945 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Robbie Caldwell | 2010 | 2010 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||