List of Indiana Hoosiers head football coaches

The Indiana Hoosiers football team represents Indiana University in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 29 different head coaches since it began play during the 1887 season.

The Hoosiers have played over 1,100 games over 122 seasons. Four different head coaches have led the Hoosiers to postseason bowl games: John Pont, Lee Corso, Bill Mallory and Bill Lynch. Indiana has a 3-6 record over 9 bowl games in which they have competed. The Hoosiers have been guided to the Big Ten Conference title twice: in 1945 by Bo McMillin and in 1967 by Pont. The 1967 season culminated in the Hoosiers first and only Rose Bowl appearance, a 14-3 loss to USC.

Pont spent the most seasons (14) as the Indiana head coach, but Bill Mallory has led the Hoosiers for the most games (149). Mallory took the program to six different bowl games, far more than any other coach in school history. The highest winning percentage by any coach is by Madison G. Gonterman, who lead the Hoosiers to a 12-3-1 record (.781) over two seasons in 1896-97. The lowest winning percentage for any coach in the modern era is by Bob Hicks, who went 1-8 (.111) in 1957, his only season at the helm.

In 2007, head coach Terry Hoeppner died of brain cancer. Offensive coordinator Bill Lynch took over as head coach and led the 2007 Hoosiers to a 7-6 season, which included a last-second win over rival Purdue in the Bucket Game and a trip to the Insight Bowl. The bowl berth was the first for the Hoosiers in 14 years.

The current head coach of the Hoosiers is Kevin Wilson, who was hired in December 2010. Indiana is the first head coaching job for Wilson, who previously held assistant and coordinator positions at Miami (OH), Northwestern and Oklahoma. As the Sooners’ offensive coordinator in 2008, Wilson coached Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Sam Bradford. Wilson was given the Broyles Award that season as the nation’s top assistant coach.

In Wilson's first season, the Hoosiers went 1-11. Despite a young roster and a number of injuries, including losing starting quarterback Tre Roberson in the second game to a season-ending broken leg, Wilson’s Hoosiers went 4-8 in 2012. The following season, his Hoosiers improved to 5-7.

Coaches

Head Coach	Years	Seasons	Record	Pct.	Conf. Record	Pct.	Conf. Titles	Bowl Games	vs Purdue
Arthur B. Woodford	1887–1888	2	0–1–1	.250
Evans Woollen	1889	1	0–1	.000
Billy Herod	1891	1	1–5	.167					0–1
None	1892–1893	2	3–6–1	.350					0–2
Ferbert & Huddleston	1894	1	0–4–1	.100					0–1
Dana Osgood & Wren	1895	1	4–3–1	.563
Madison G. Gonterman	1896–1897	2	12–3–1	.781					0–1
James H. Horne	1898–1904	7	33–21–5	.602	3–13–1	.206	0	0	3–3
James M. Sheldon	1905–1913	9	35–26–3	.570	7–25–2	.235	0	0	3–3–1
Clarence Childs	1914–1915	2	6–7–1	.464	2–7	.222	0	0	0–2
Ewald O. Stiehm	1916–1921	5	20–18–1	.526	5–10–1	.344	0	0	3–0–1
James P. Herron	1922	1	1–4–2	.286	0–2–1	.167	0	0	0–0–1
Bill Ingram	1923–1925	3	10–12–1	.457	3–8–1	.292	0	0	1–1–1
Harlan Page	1926–1930	5	14–23–3	.388	5–16–2	.261	0	0	1–4
Earle C. Hayes	1931–1933	3	8–14–4	.385	2–11–4	.235	0	0	0–3
Bo McMillin	1934–1947	14	63–48–11	.561	34–34–6	.500	1	0	9–4–1
Clyde Smith	1948–1951	4	8–27–1	.236	4–19	.174	0	0	0–4
Bernie Crimmins	1952–1956	5	13–32	.289	6–24	.200	0	0	0–5
Bob Hicks	1957	1	1–8	.111	0–6	.000	0	0	0–1
Phil Dickens	1958–1964	7	20–41–2	.333	8–27–2	.243	0	0	1–5–1
John Pont	1965–1972	8	31–51–1	.380	21–36–1	.371	1	1	2–7
Lee Corso	1973–1982	10	41–68–2	.378	28–52–2	.354	0	1	4–6
Sam Wyche	1983	1	3–8	.273	2–7	.222	0	0	0–1
Bill Mallory	1984–1996	13	69–77–3	.473	39–65–1	.376	0	6	7–6
Cam Cameron	1997–2001	5	18–37	.327	12–28	.300	0	0	1–4
Gerry DiNardo	2002–2004	3	8–27	.229	3–21	.125	0	0	0–3
Terry Hoeppner	2005–2006	2	9–14	.391	4–12	.250	0	0	0–2
Bill Lynch	2007–2010	4	19–30	.388	6–26	.188	0	1	2–2
Kevin Wilson	2011–present	5	18–38	.321	6–30	.167	0	0	3–1
Totals	1887–present	125	467–643–45	.424	200–477–24	.302	2	9	40–71–6