List of Oklahoma Sooners head football coaches

The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma. The team has had 22 head coaches since organized football began in 1895. The Sooners have played in more than 1,200 games in its 121 seasons. In those seasons, nine coaches have led the Sooners to postseason bowl games: Thomas E. Stidham, Jim Tatum, Bud Wilkinson, Gomer Jones, Chuck Fairbanks, Barry Switzer, Gary Gibbs, Bob Stoops and Lincoln Riley. Nine coaches have won conference championships with the Sooners: Bennie Owen, Stidham, Dewey Luster, Tatum, Wilkinson, Fairbanks, Switzer, Stoops and Riley. Wilkinson, Switzer and Stoops have also won national championships with the Sooners. Stoops is the all-time leader in games coached and won, Owen is the all-time leader in years coached, while Switzer is the all-time leader in winning percentage. John Harts is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Sooners have had as he lost the only game he coached. John Blake has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game with .353 in his 34 games.

Bob Stoops, head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners from 1999 to 2016.

Of the 22 Sooner coaches, Owen, Lawrence Jones, Tatum, Wilkinson and Switzer have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Wilkinson, Switzer, and Stoops have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. The current coach is Lincoln Riley, who replaced Bob Stoops when he stepped down on June 7, 2017.[1]

Key

Coaches
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season
# Picture Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs NCs National awards
1 John A. Harts 1895 1 0 1 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
2 Vernon Parrington 1897–1900 12 9 2 1 .792 — — — — — — — — — —
3 Fred Roberts 1901 5 3 2 0 .600 — — — — — — — — — —
4 Mark McMahon 1902–1903 21 11 7 3 .595 — — — — — — — — — —
5 Fred Ewing 1904 8 4 3 1 .593 — — — — — — — — — —
6 Bennie Owen[5]† 1905–1926 192 122 54 16 .677 28 20 7 .573 — — — 3 — —
7 Adrian Lindsey 1927–1931 44 19 19 6 .500 11 12 2 .480 — — — — — —
8 Lewie Hardage 1932–1934 27 11 12 4 .481 8 6 1 .567 — — — — — —
9 Biff Jones[6]† 1935–1936 18 9 6 3 .583 4 4 2 .500 — — — — — —
10 Thomas E. Stidham 1937–1940 38 27 8 3 .750 15 4 1 .775 0 1 0 1 — —
11 Dewey Luster 1941–1945 48 27 18 3 .594 19 4 2 .800 — — — 2 — —
12 Jim Tatum[7]† 1946 11 8 3 0 .727 4 1 0 .800 1 0 0 1 — —
13
Bud Wilkinson[8]† 1947–1963 178 145 29 4 .826 93 9 3 .900 6 2 0 14 3 – 1950, 1955, 1956

AFCA Coach of the Year (1949)[9]
AP Coach of the Year (1950)[10]

14 Gomer Jones 1964–1965 21 9 11 1 .452 8 5 1 .607 0 1 0 — — —
15 Jim Mackenzie 1966 10 6 4 0 .600 4 3 0 .571 — — — — — —
16 Chuck Fairbanks 1967–1972 68 49 18 1 .728 34 8 0 .809 3 1 1 3 — —
17 Barry Switzer[11]† 1973–1988 190 157 29 4 .837 100 11 1 .897 8 5 0 12 3 – 1974, 1975, 1985

Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1974)[12]

18 Gary Gibbs 1989–1994 69 44 23 2 .652 26 14 2 .643 2 1 0 — — —
19 Howard Schnellenberger 1995 11 5 5 1 .500 2 5 0 .286 — — — — — —
20 John Blake 1996–1998 34 12 22 — .353 8 16 — .333 — — — — — —
21
Bob Stoops 1999–2016 238 190 48 — .798 121 29 — .807 9 9 — 10 1 – 2000

AFCA Coach of the Year (2000)[9] Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2000)[13]
Home Depot Coach of the Year Award (2000)[13]
AP Coach of the Year (2000)[13][14]
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2000)[13]
Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (2003)[15][16]
Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2000, 2003)[12][13][17]

22
Lincoln Riley 2017–Present 53 45 8 — .849 30 5 — .857 1 3 — 4 — —

Notes
  1. A running total of the number of coaches of the Sooners. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
  2. Oklahoma did not join a conference until 1915.[2]
  3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]

References
General
  • "Football Coaches". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  • "OU Football Tradition: Head Coaches". SoonerSports.com. 2009-09-19. Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  • "Oklahoma Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  • Dozier, Ray (2006). The Oklahoma Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing L.L.C. ISBN 1-58261-699-X. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
Specific
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  4. Finder, Chuck (1987-09-06). "Big Plays Help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  5. "Bennie Owen". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  6. "Lawrence "Biff" Jones". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  7. "Jim "Big Jim" Tatum". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  8. "Bud Wilkinson". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  9. "AFCA Coach of the Year Award – Past Winners". American Football Coaches Association. 2008-01-15. Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  10. Carter, Bob (2006-10-18). "Oklahoma makes turtle soup". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  11. "Barry Switzer". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  12. "Walter Camp Football Foundation Awards". Walter Camp Football Foundation, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  13. "Bob Stoops". SoonerSports.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  14. "Stoops Named AP National Coach Of The Year". SoonerSports.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  15. "Stoops Presented With Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award". SoonerSports.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  16. "Past Winners". Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  17. "Stoops Named Walter Camp's 2003 Coach Of The Year". SoonerSports.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

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