List of Oklahoma State Cowboys head football coaches

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Current head coach Mike Gundy

The Oklahoma State Cowboys football program is a college football team that represents Oklahoma State University–Stillwater as part of the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 22 head coaches since organized football began in 1901 with the nickname Aggies. The team played without a head coach until 1906. The university, then known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, was renamed Oklahoma State University in 1957 and its nickname was changed to Cowboys. Oklahoma State was an original member of the Southwest Conference, joining in 1915. They later joined the Missouri Valley Conference in 1925 and the Big Eight Conference in 1960. The Cowboys became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996. The Cowboys have played in more than 1,000 games during their 108 seasons. In those seasons, eight coaches have led the Cowboys to postseason bowl games: Jim Lookabaugh, Cliff Speegle, Jim Stanley, Jimmy Johnson, Pat Jones, Bob Simmons, Les Miles and Mike Gundy. Six coaches have won conference championships with the Cowboys: John Maulbetsch, Lynn Waldorf, Lookabaugh, J. B. Whitworth, Stanley, and Gundy.

Gundy is the all-time leader in games coached (138) and wins (94) with Jones as the all time leader in years coached (11), while Waldorf is the all-time leader in winning percentage (.735). Theodore Cox finished his career with a .250 winning percentage, the worst in team history. Of the 22 Cowboy coaches, Waldorf and Johnson have been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame. Three coaches are also graduates of the university: Lookabaugh, Floyd Gass, and Gundy. The first coach was Boyd Hill in 1906, who left after his only season. The current coach, Mike Gundy, was hired in January 2005.

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Les Miles, head coach of the Cowboys from 2001 to 2004

Coaches

Statistics correct as of November 16, 2015

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CCs	Awards
1	Boyd Hill	1906	7	1	4	2	.286	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
2	Ed Parry	1907–1908	12	5	6	1	.458	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
3	Paul J. Davis	1909–1914	46	29	16	1	.641	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
4	John G. Griffith	1915–1916	18	8	9	1	.472	0	6	0	.000	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
5	Earl A. Pritchard	1917–1918	15	8	7	0	.533	1	4	0	0.200	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
6	Jim Pixlee	1919–1920	16	3	10	3	.281	0	5	0	.000	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
7	John Maulbetsch	1921–1928	71	28	37	6	.437	10	13	3	0.442	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	1	7002999000000000000♠—
8	Pappy Waldorf†	1929–1933	51	34	10	7	.735	9	1	0	0.900	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	3	7002999000000000000♠—
9	Albert Exendine	1934–1935	20	7	12	1	.375	1	4	0	0.200	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
10	Ted Cox	1936–1938	30	7	23	0	.233	3	8	0	0.273	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
11	Jim Lookabaugh	1939–1949	105	58	41	6	.581	19	10	1	0.650	2	1	0	3	7002999000000000000♠—
12	J. B. Whitworth	1950–1954	51	22	27	2	.451	11	9	1	0.548	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	1	7002999000000000000♠—
13	Cliff Speegle	1955–1962	81	36	42	3	.463	9	19	1	0.328	1	0	0	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
14	Phil Cutchin	1963–1968	59	19	38	2	.339	14	26	1	0.354	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
15	Floyd Gass	1969–1971	32	13	18	1	.422	7	14	0	0.333	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
16	Dave Smith	1972	11	7	4	0	.636	4	3	0	0.571	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
17	Jim Stanley	1973–1978	68	35	31	2	.529	19	21	2	0.476	1	1	0	1	7002999000000000000♠—
18	Jimmy Johnson†	1979–1983	57	29	25	3	.535	18	15	2	0.543	1	1	0	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
19	Pat Jones	1984–1994	125	62	60	3	.508	30	44	3	0.409	3	1	0	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
20	Bob Simmons	1995–2000	68	30	38	0	.441	16	31	0	0.340	0	1	0	7002999000000000000♠—	7000100000000000000♠Big 12 Coach of the Year (1997)
21	Les Miles	2001–2004	49	28	21	7002999000000000000♠—	.571	16	16	7002999000000000000♠—	0.500	1	2	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—	7002999000000000000♠—
22	Mike Gundy	2005–present	138	94	44	7002999000000000000♠—	.681	56	35	7002999000000000000♠—	0.615	6	3	7002999000000000000♠—	1	7002999000000000000♠2010 Big 12 Coach of the Year 2011 Paul (Bear) Bryant Award 2011 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year

Key

General

#	Number of coaches
CCs	Conference championships
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

Overall games

GC	Games coached
OW	Wins
OL	Losses
OT	Ties
O%	Winning percentage

Conference games

CW	Wins
CL	Losses
CT	Ties
C%	Winning percentage

Postseason games

PW	Wins
PL	Losses
PT	Ties

References

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