List of Oregon Ducks head football coaches

List of head football coaches of the Oregon Ducks

Dan Lanning has served as head coach of the Ducks since December 2021.

The Oregon Ducks football program is a college football team representing the University of Oregon that is a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team has had 35 head coaches since its founding in 1894. The Ducks have played in more than 1,100 games in 113 seasons. In those seasons, ten coaches have led Oregon to bowl games: Hugo Bezdek, Shy Huntington, Jim Aiken, Len Casanova, Rich Brooks, Mike Bellotti, Chip Kelly, Mark Helfrich, Mario Cristobal, and Dan Lanning. Conference championships have been won by Huntington, Prink Callison, Jim Aiken, Casanova, Brooks, Bellotti, Kelly, and Mark Helfrich. Brooks is the all-time leader in games coached; Mike Bellotti holds the record for most victories, while Chip Kelly is the leader in win percentage for coaches with more than one season of service.

Of the 35 Oregon head coaches, three, Bellotti, Bezdek, and Casanova, are in the College Football Hall of Fame as coaches. John McEwan and Clarence Spears are also in the Hall of Fame, but as players at Army and Dartmouth. Brooks and Kelly have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. Mark Helfrich (2013–2016), was promoted to head coach in 2013 following Chip Kelly's departure to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Dan Lanning is the current head coach of Oregon, having held the position since 2022 after Mario Cristobal left to take the head coaching job at Miami.^[1]

Key

Coaches

Gallery

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  Frank W. Simpson
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  Bruce Shorts
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  Bill Warner
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  Joe Maddock
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  Len Casanova
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  Chip Kelly
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  Mark Helfrich
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  Willie Taggart

Notes

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.^[2]
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.^[3]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[4]
5. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
6. Oregon did not field teams in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.

References

General

• "Oregon Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
• McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. ISBN 0-9648244-7-7.
• Pacific Coast Conference Records Book 1916-1948. Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Coast Conference. 1949.

Specific

1. Uggetti, Paolo (December 11, 2021). "Oregon finalizes football coach search, hires Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning, 35". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.