List of Ohio State Buckeyes head football coaches explained

The Ohio State Buckeyes college football team represents the Ohio State University in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 25 coaches since it began play during the 1890 season.[1] The Buckeyes have played over 1,200 games over 125 seasons. In those seasons, nine head coaches have led the Buckeyes to postseason bowl games: John Wilce, Wes Fesler, Woody Hayes, Earle Bruce, John Cooper, Jim Tressel, Luke Fickell, Urban Meyer, and Ryan Day. 13 coaches have won conference championships with the Buckeyes: Albert Herrnstein, John Richards, Wilce, Francis Schmidt, Paul Brown, Carroll Widdoes, Fesler, Hayes, Bruce, Cooper, Tressel, Meyer, and Day. Four coaches led Buckeyes to national championships: Brown, Hayes, Tressel, and Meyer. Hayes is the all-time leader in games coached and years coached with the Buckeyes, while also leading all coaches in victories (205). Meyer currently holds the highest winning percentage of all Buckeye coaches (.902), with a record of 83–9 through seven seasons. David Edwards holds the lowest winning percentage of any Buckeye head coach (.167), going 1–7–1 in the only season that he coached. Of the 24 Buckeye head coaches, Howard Jones, Wilce, Schmidt, Fesler, Hayes, Bruce, Cooper, and Tressel have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The previous head coach of the Buckeyes was Urban Meyer who was hired in November 2011[2] and then announced December 4, 2018, he would retire following the Rose Bowl. Ryan Day then became the new coach of the Buckeyes.[3]

Key

General
Number of coaches
DCsDivisional championships
CCsConference championships
NCsNational championships
bgcolor=#FFE6BD align="center" Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame
Overall
GCGames coached
OWWins
OLLosses
OTTies
O%Winning percentage
Conference
CWWins
CLLosses
CTTies
C%Winning percentage
Postseason
PWWins
PLLosses
PTTies

Coaches

NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsDCsNCsNational awards
11890–1891835
21892–1895, 18984622221
3189611551
418979171
51899–1901292243
61902–1903211452520
71904–1905231472411
81906–1909392810117611
9191010613512
10191110532412
11191296305001
121913–19281207833937304013
131929–193341261051484
141934–1940563916130912
151941–194327188196111 – 1942
161944–194518162011201
1719469432231
181947–1950372113313102101
191951–1978276205611015237756135 – 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970

201979–19871088126157170534

Woody Hayes Trophy (1979)[4]
211988–200015811143470304383
222001–2010128942259145461 – 2002


Woody Hayes Trophy (2002)
Int201113673501
232012–201892839.902544.93152371 – 2014Woody Hayes Trophy (2012)
242019–present 645683932323

References

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Specific

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ohio State Buckeyes Coaching Records . Ohio State Buckeyes . 2012-06-11 .
  2. Web site: Ohio State football: Meyer signs contract . Columbus Dispatch . 2012-06-11 .
  3. Web site: Urban Meyer Announces Retirement Following Rose Bowl, Ryan Day To Take Over As Ohio State's Next Head Coach . Eleven Warriors . December 4, 2018 .
  4. Web site: Past Touchdown Club Trophies :: Touchdown Club of Columbus. www.tdccolumbus.com. 2017-12-05.