List of South Carolina Gamecocks head football coaches
The South Carolina Gamecocks college football team represents the University of South Carolina in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gamecocks compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The school has had 32 head coaches since it began play during the 1892 season. From November 2004 to October 12, 2015, Steve Spurrier served as South Carolina's head coach.[1]
The team has played more than 1,100 games over 118 seasons of South Carolina football.[2] Seven coaches have led the Gamecocks to postseason bowl games: John D. McMillan, Paul Dietzel, Jim Carlen, Joe Morrison, Brad Scott, Lou Holtz and Spurrier.[3] Paul Dietzel led South Carolina to the 1969 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship.[3] Steve Spurrier is the leader in games won with 77 victories and counting during his 10 years with the Gamecocks.[2] Of all coaches who coached more than one game, Douglas McKay has the highest winning percentage with 1.000, and W. P. Murphy has the lowest winning percentage with .000.[2] Only Lou Holtz has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.[4]
Contents
Key
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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# | 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 [A 6] |
Term [A 7] |
GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC [A 8] |
CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | W. H. Whaley | 1896 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
2 | W. P. Murphy | 1897 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
3 | Bill Wertenbaker | 1898 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
4 | I. O. Hunt | 1899–1900 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
5 | Byron W. Dickson | 1901 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
6 | C. R. Williams | 1902–1903 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0.824 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
7 | Christie Benet | 1904–1905 1908–1909 |
32 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0.453 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
8 | Douglas McKay | 1907 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
9 | John Neff | 1910–1911 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0.400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
10 | N. B. Edgerton | 1912–1915 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0.586 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
11 | Rice Warren | 1916 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
12 | Dixon Foster | 1917 1919 |
17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0.265 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
13 | Frank Dobson | 1918 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.625 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
14 | Sol Metzger | 1920–1924 | 46 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 0.587 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
15 | Branch Bocock | 1925–1926 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0.650 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
16 | Harry Lightsey | 1927 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
17 | Billy Laval | 1928–1934 | 72 | 39 | 26 | 7 | 0.590 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
18 | Don McCallister | 1935–1937 | 34 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0.397 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0.324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
19 | Rex Enright | 1938–1942 1946–1955 |
140 | 64 | 69 | 7 | 0.482 | 36 | 43 | 3 | 0.457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
20 | James P. Moran | 1943 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.714 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
21 | Williams Newton | 1944 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.444 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
22 | John D. McMillan | 1945 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.389 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
23 | Warren Giese | 1956–1960 | 50 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 0.570 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0.559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
24 | Marvin Bass | 1961–1965 | 50 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 0.380 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0.424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
25 | Paul Dietzel | 1966–1974 | 96 | 42 | 53 | 1 | 0.443 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0.638 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ACC Coach of the Year (1969)[9] |
26 | Jim Carlen | 1975–1981 | 82 | 45 | 36 | 1 | 0.555 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
27 | Richard Bell | 1982 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.364 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
28 | Joe Morrison | 1983–1988 | 69 | 39 | 28 | 2 | 0.580 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1984)[10] |
29 | Sparky Woods | 1989–1993 | 55 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 0.482 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
30 | Brad Scott | 1994–1998 | 56 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 0.420 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 0.338 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
31 | Lou Holtz![]() |
1999–2004 | 70 | 33 | 37 | — | 0.471 | 19 | 29 | — | 0.396 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (2000)[11] |
32 | Steve Spurrier | 2005–2015 | 135 | 86 | 49 | — | 0.637 | 44 | 40 | — | 0.524 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (2005, 2010)[11] AP SEC Coach of the Year (2005)[11] |
33 | Shawn Elliott | 2015–2015 | 6 | 1 | 5 | — | 0.167 | 1 | 3 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
34 | Will Muschamp[12] | 2015–Current | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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