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The Iowa Hawkeyes football program is a college football team that represents the University of Iowa in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The program has had 25 head coaches since organized football began in 1889. Iowa has played in over 1,200 games during its 127 seasons.

Key

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Key to symbols in coaches list
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

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Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DCs CCs NCs Awards
1 E. A. Dalton 1892 6 3 2 1 .583 0 2 1 .167 — — — — 0 0 —
2 Ben "Sport" Donnelly 1893 7 3 4 0 .429 1 2 0 .333 — — — — 0 0 —
3 Roger Sherman 1894 9 4 4 1 .500 1 2 0 .333 — — — — 0 0 —
4 Alfred E. Bull 1896 9 7 1 1 .833 2 0 1 .833 — — — — 1 –
18961 		0 —
5 Otto Wagonhurst 1897 8 4 4 0 .500 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — 0 —
6 Alden Knipe 1899–1902 44 29 11 4 .705 2 6 1 .278 0 0 0 — 1 –
1900 		0 —
7 John Chalmers 1903–1905 32 24 8 0 .750 1 6 0 .143 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
8 Mark Catlin 1906–1908 17 7 10 0 .412 1 3 0 .250 0 0 0 — 1 –
19072 		0 —
9 John Griffith 1909 7 2 4 1 .357 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
10 Jesse Hawley 1910–1915 42 24 18 0 .571 8 11 0 .421 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
11 Howard Jones† 1916–1923 60 42 17 1 .708 21 12 0 .636 0 0 0 — 2 –
1921
1922 		0 —
12 Burt Ingwersen 1924–1931 64 33 27 4 .547 11 20 4 .371 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
13 Oscar "Ossie" Solem 1932–1936 40 15 21 4 .425 5 16 4 .280 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
14 Irl Tubbs 1937–1938 16 2 13 1 .156 1 8 1 .150 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
15 Eddie Anderson† 1939–1942, 1946–1949 70 35 33 2 .514 21 24 2 .468 0 0 0 — 0 0 AFCA Coach of the Year (1939)
16 Edward "Slip" Madigan† 1943–1944 16 2 13 1 .156 0 10 1 .045 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
17 Clem Crowe 1945 9 2 7 0 .222 1 5 0 .167 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
18 Leonard Raffensperger 1950–1951 18 5 10 3 .361 2 9 1 .208 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
19 Forest Evashevski† 1952–1960 83 52 27 4 .651 33 21 2 .607 2 0 0 — 3 –
1956
1958
1960 		1 –
1958 		—
20 Jerry Burns 1961–1965 45 16 27 2 .378 8 15 1 .354 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
21 Ray Nagel 1966–1970 49 16 32 1 .337 11 22 2 .343 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
22 Frank Lauterbur 1971–1973 33 4 28 1 .136 3 22 1 .135 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
23 Bob Commings 1974–1978 55 18 37 0 .327 13 27 0 .325 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
24 Hayden Fry† 1979–1998 238 143 89 6 .613 96 61 5 .608 6 7 1 — 3 –
1981
1985
1990 		0 Sporting News Coach of the Year (1981)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (1981)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (1990)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (1991)
25 Kirk Ferentz 1999–present 315 196 119 — .622 122 85 — .589 10 10 — 3 –
2015
2021
2023 		2 –
2002
2004 		0 AP Coach of the Year (2002)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2002)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (2002)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (2004)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (2009)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (2015)

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  1. Iowa won the Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA) conference championship in 1896.
  2. Iowa won the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) conference championship in 1907.

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.[1]
  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.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[2]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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