List of Toledo Rockets head football coaches

Head shot of Gary Pinkel wearing a visor talking in a microphone.
Gary Pinkel has won the most games as head coach of the Rockets.

The Toledo Rockets college football team represents the University of Toledo in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Rockets compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 27 head coaches since it began play during the 1917 season. Since December 2015, Jason Candle has served as head coach at Toledo.[1]

Eleven coaches have led Toledo in postseason bowl games: Bill Orwig, Skip Stahley, Frank Lauterbur, Jack Murphy, Chuck Stobart, Dan Simrell, Gary Pinkel, Tom Amstutz, Tim Beckman, Matt Campbell, and Candle. Ten of those coaches also won conference championships: Pat Dwyer captured one and Boni Petcoff two as a member of the Northwest Ohio League; Murphy, Stobart, Simrell, Nick Saban, and Pinkel each captured one; Amstutz and Candle two; and Lauterbur three as a member of the Mid-American Conference.

Pinkel is the leader in seasons coached with 10 years as head coach and games won with 73. Nick Saban has the highest winning percentage at 0.818. John Brandeberry has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 27 different head coaches who have led the Rockets only Pinkel has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Season(s)
[A 6] 		GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards
1 John Brandeberry 1917 3 0 3 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
2 James Baxter 1918 2 1 1 0 0.500 — — — — — — — — — —
3 Watt Hobt 1919–1920 9 2 7 0 0.222 — — — — — — — — — —
4 Joseph Dwyer 1921–1922 15 5 7 3 0.433 0 0 0 – — — — 0 — —
5 Pat Dwyer 1923–1925 27 12 15 0 0.444 4 0 0 1.000 — — — 1 — —
6 Boni Petcoff 1926–1929 29 13 15 1 0.466 8 5 1 0.607 — — — 2 — —
7 Jim Nicholson 1930
1932–1935 		40 20 16 4 0.550 14 7 2 0.652 — — — 0 — —
8 Clarence Spears 1936–1942 66 38 26 2 0.591 7 2 2 0.727 — — — 0 — —
9 Bill Orwig 1946–1947 21 15 4 2 0.762 7 1 0 0.875 2 0 0 0 — —
10 Skip Stahley 1948–1949 21 11 10 0 0.524 — — — — 1 1 0 — — —
11 Bob Snyder 1950 9 4 5 0 0.444 — — — — 0 0 0 — — —
12 Don Greenwood 1951 7 4 3 0 0.571 — — — — 0 0 0 — — —
13 Claire Dunn 1951–1953 21 9 12 0 0.429 3 7 0 0.300 0 0 0 0 — —
14 Forrest England 1954–1955 18 9 7 2 0.556 5 6 0 0.455 0 0 0 0 — —
15 Jack Morton 1956 9 1 7 1 0.167 1 5 0 0.167 0 0 0 0 — —
16 Harry Larche 1957–1959 27 11 15 1 0.426 4 12 0 0.250 0 0 0 0 — —
17 Clive Rush 1960–1962 28 8 20 0 0.426 3 15 0 0.167 0 0 0 0 — —
18 Frank Lauterbur 1963–1970 82 48 32 2 0.598 24 22 1 0.521 2 0 0 2 — —
19 Jack Murphy 1971–1976 67 35 32 0 0.522 17 19 0 0.472 1 0 0 1 — —
20 Chuck Stobart 1977–1981 56 25 30 1 0.455 22 22 1 0.500 1 0 0 1 — —
21 Dan Simrell 1982–1989 89 49 38 2 0.562 40 26 2 0.603 0 1 0 1 — —
22 Nick Saban 1990 11 9 2 0 0.818 7 1 0 0.875 0 0 0 1 — —
23 Gary Pinkel† 1991–2000 113 73 37 3 0.659 53 23 3 0.690 1 0 0 1 — —
24 Tom Amstutz 2001–2008 99 58 41 — 0.586 39 24 — 0.619 2 2 — 2 — —
25 Tim Beckman 2009–2011 37 21 16 — 0.568 17 7 — 0.708 1 0 — 0 — —
26 Matt Campbell 2011–2015 50 35 15 — 0.700 24 8 — 0.750 2 1 — 0 — —
27 Jason Candle 2015–present 100 65 35 — 0.650 43 19 — 0.694 2 5 — 2 — —

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.[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 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. ^ Toledo did not field a team for the 1931 and 1943–1945 seasons.

References

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  1. ^ Rittenberg, Adam (December 2, 2015). "Jason Candle new coach at Toledo". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 27, 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.
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