The Auburn Tigers college football team represents Auburn University in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Tigers compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 28 head coaches, and 3 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1892 season.[1] The Tigers current head coach is Hugh Freeze.[2]
The team has played more than 1,250 games over 119 seasons.[1] In that time, eight coaches have led the Tigers in postseason bowl games: Jack Meagher, Ralph Jordan, Pat Dye, Terry Bowden, Tommy Tuberville, Gene Chizik, Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin. Seven coaches won conference championships: Walter H. Watkins and Mike Donahue won a combined three as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Chet A. Wynne won one as a member of the Southern Conference; and Jordan, Dye, Tuberville, Chizik, and Malzahn won a combined eight as a member of the SEC.[3] During their tenures, Jordan and Chizik each won a national championship with the Tigers.[3] [4]
Jordan is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 176 victories during his 25 years with the program.[1] M. S. Harvey and Johnny Floyd have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000.[1] Of the 26 different head coaches who have led the Tigers, John Heisman, Donahue, Jordan and Dye have been inducted as head coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame.
| Name | Season(s) | Awards | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1892 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2 | 1893 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 3 | 1893 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 4 | 1894 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 5 | 1895–1899 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 1900–1901 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 1902 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 1902 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 1903 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 1904–1906 1908–1922 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1907 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 1923–1924 1927 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 1925–1927 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | 1928–1929 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 1929 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 1930–1933 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 1934–1942 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 1944–1947 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 1948–1950 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 1951–1975 | — | – 1957 | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | 1976–1980 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | 1981–1992 | |||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 1993–1998 | |||||||||||||||||
| Interim | 1998 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 24 | 1999–2008 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 2009–2012 | — | — | — | – 2010 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 2013–2020 | — | — | — | Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2013)[5] Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2013)[6] Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award (2013)[7] Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award (2013)[8] Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (2013) Home Depot Coach of the Year Award (2013)[9] SEC Coach of the Year (2013)[10] | |||||||||||||
| Interim | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 27 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Interim | [11] | 2022 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 28 | [12] | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
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