List of Army Black Knights head football coaches
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The Army Black Knights college football team represents the United States Military Academy (Army) in the American Athletic Conference (AAC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 36 head coaches and one interim head coach since it began play during the 1890 season. Since December 2013, Jeff Monken has served as head coach at Army.[1]
Four coaches have led Army in postseason bowl games: Jim Young, Bob Sutton, Rich Ellerson, and Monken. Although no coach has led the Black Knights to a conference championship, Charles Dudley Daly won two (1914 and 1916) and Earl Blaik won three (1944, 1945, 1946) national championships.
Blaik is the leader in seasons coached, with 18 years as head coach and in games coached (164) and won (121). Geoffrey Keyes has the highest winning percentage of those who have coaced more than one game at .875. John Mumford has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000. Of the 36 different head coaches who have led the Black Knights, Henry L. Williams, Daly, John McEwan, Biff Jones, Blaik, and Young have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Key
[edit]| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | 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 | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
[edit]| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Michie | 1890 1892 |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.583 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 2 | Henry L. Williams† | 1891 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.786 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 3 | Laurie Bliss | 1893 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 4 | Harmon S. Graves | 1894–1895 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.714 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 5 | George P. Dyer | 1896 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.583 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 6 | Herman Koehler | 1897–1900 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0.621 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 7 | Leon Kromer | 1901 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0.750 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 8 | Dennis E. Nolan | 1902 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.813 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 9 | Edward Leonard King | 1903 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.722 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 10 | Robert Boyers | 1904–1905 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0.639 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 11 | Ernest Graves Sr. | 1906 1912 |
16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0.469 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 12 | Henry Smither [A 6] |
1906–1907 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 13 | Harry Nelly | 1908–1910 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0.727 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 14 | Joseph Beacham | 1911 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.813 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 15 | Charles Dudley Daly† | 1913–1916 1919–1922 |
69 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0.804 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 – 1914 1916 |
– |
| 16 | Geoffrey Keyes | 1917 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.875 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 17 | Hugh Mitchell | 1918 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 18 | John McEwan† | 1923–1925 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0.750 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 19 | Biff Jones† | 1926–1929 | 40 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0.775 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 20 | Ralph Sasse | 1930–1932 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0.813 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 21 | Garrison H. Davidson | 1933–1937 | 47 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0.755 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 22 | William H. Wood | 1938–1940 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0.482 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 23 | Earl Blaik† | 1941–1958 | 164 | 121 | 33 | 10 | 0.768 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 – 1944 1945 1946 |
– |
| 24 | Dale Hall | 1959–1961 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0.586 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 25 | Paul Dietzel | 1962–1965 | 40 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 0.538 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 26 | Tom Cahill | 1966–1973 | 81 | 40 | 39 | 2 | 0.506 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | AFCA Coach of the Year (1966) FWAA Coach of the Year (1966) |
| 27 | Homer Smith | 1974–1978 | 55 | 21 | 33 | 1 | 0.391 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 28 | Lou Saban | 1979 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0.227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 29 | Ed Cavanaugh | 1980–1982 | 33 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 30 | Jim Young† | 1983–1990 | 91 | 51 | 39 | 1 | 0.566 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | – |
| 31 | Bob Sutton | 1991–1999 | 100 | 44 | 55 | 1 | 0.445 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32 | Todd Berry | 2000–2003 | 40 | 5 | 35 | – | 0.125 | 4 | 22 | – | 0.154 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – |
| Int | John Mumford [A 7] |
2003 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – | .000 | 0 | 4 | – | .000 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33 | Bobby Ross | 2004–2006 | 34 | 9 | 25 | – | 0.265 | 2 | 6 | – | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34 | Stan Brock | 2007–2008 | 24 | 6 | 18 | – | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 35 | Rich Ellerson | 2009–2013 | 61 | 20 | 41 | – | 0.328 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 36 | Jeff Monken | 2014–present | 125 | 70 | 55 | – | 0.560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
- ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
- ^ Smither was relieved from duty following a 12–0 victory over Tufts in the season opener. Ernest Graves Sr. served as head coach for the remaining eight games of the season, and led Army to a record of 2–5–1.[5]
- ^ Berry was fired after the first six games of the 2003 season. John Mumford served as interim head coach for the remaining seven games of the season. Army finished the year with an overall record of 0–13 and a mark of 0–8 in conference play.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Army introduces coach Jeff Monken". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 30, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "2020 Army West Point Football Media Guide" (PDF). United States Military Academy. p. 117. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "2011 Army Football Media Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. August 4, 2011. p. 196. Retrieved August 11, 2011.