The Purdue Boilermakers football program is a college football team that represents Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 36 head coaches and 2 interim coaches since it started playing organized football in 1887 and has been known by the nickname Boilermakers since 1891. Purdue is an original member of the Big Ten, joining in 1896 after spending six years in the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The Boilermakers have played in 1,187 games during their 126 seasons. Six coaches have led the Boilermakers to postseason bowl games: Jack Mollenkopf, Jim Young, Leon Burtnett, Joe Tiller, Danny Hope, and Jeff Brohm. Nine coaches have won conference championships with the Boilermakers: Snake Ames and D. M. Balliet in the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and A. G. Scanlon, James Phelan, Noble Kizer, Elmer Burnham, Stu Holcomb, Mollenkopf and Tiller in the Big Ten. No Purdue coach has led the Boilermakers to a national championship. As of the end of the 2017 season, Tiller is the all-time leader in games coached (149) and wins (87), while Mollenkopf is the all-time leader years coached (14). Ames leads the Boilermakers in winning percentage with a perfect 1.000 in his two seasons at Purdue. Among coaches with more than two seasons of tenure, Kizer has the highest winning percentage, .750, and Darrell Hazell has the lowest winning percentage, with a record of 9-33-0 (.214) in three and half seasons.
Of the 36 Boilermakers coaches, five have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Andy Smith, William Henry Dietz, Phelan, Mollenkopf and Young. None have received National Coach of the Year honors. On December 5, 2016, Purdue hired Jeff Brohm to become the new head coach.
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Coaches
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season
| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | National awards |
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| 1 | Albert Berg | 1887 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | G. A. Reisner | 1889 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Clinton L. Hare | 1890 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Knowlton Ames | 1891–1892 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 5 | D. M. Balliet | 1893–1895, 1901 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | .676 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 6 | Samuel M. Hammond | 1896 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | William W. Church | 1897 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Alpha Jamison | 1898–1900 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Charles M. Best | 1902 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Oliver Cutts | 1903–1904 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Albert E. Herrnstein | 1905 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .813 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Myron E. Witham | 1906 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Leigh C. Turner | 1907 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Frederick A. Speik | 1908–1909 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Bill Horr | 1910–1912 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .269 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Andy Smith† | 1913–1915 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | .643 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .538 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Cleo A. O'Donnell | 1916–1917 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .393 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .056 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | A. G. "Butch" Scanlon | 1918–1920 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .375 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 19 | William Henry Dietz† | 1921 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | James Phelan[3]† | 1922–1929 | 62 | 35 | 22 | 5 | .605 | 14 | 17 | 4 | .457 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 21 | Noble Kizer | 1930–1936 | 58 | 42 | 13 | 3 | .750 | 26 | 9 | 3 | .724 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 22 | Allen Elward | 1937–1941 | 40 | 16 | 18 | 6 | .475 | 9 | 11 | 4 | .458 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Elmer Burnham | 1942–1943 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 24 | Cecil Isbell | 1944–1946 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .417 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Stu Holcomb | 1947–1955 | 81 | 35 | 42 | 4 | .457 | 25 | 26 | 2 | .491 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 26 | Jack Mollenkopf[4]† | 1956–1969 | 132 | 84 | 39 | 9 | .670 | 57 | 32 | 5 | .633 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 27 | Bob DeMoss | 1970–1972 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 0 | .419 | 11 | 12 | 0 | .478 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Alex Agase | 1973–1976 | 44 | 18 | 25 | 1 | .420 | 15 | 17 | 0 | .469 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Jim Young[5]† | 1977–1981 | 58 | 38 | 19 | 1 | .664 | 26 | 14 | 1 | .646 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 30 | Leon Burtnett | 1982–1986 | 56 | 21 | 34 | 1 | .384 | 17 | 25 | 1 | .407 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 31 | Fred Akers | 1987–1990 | 44 | 12 | 31 | 1 | .284 | 9 | 23 | 0 | .281 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Jim Colletto | 1991–1996 | 66 | 21 | 42 | 3 | .341 | 13 | 32 | 3 | .302 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Joe Tiller | 1997–2008 | 149 | 87 | 62 | — | .584 | 53 | 43 | — | .552 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 34 | Danny Hope | 2009–2012 | 49 | 22 | 27 | — | .449 | 13 | 19 | — | .406 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 34 Interim | Patrick Higgins | 2012 Bowl | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Darrell Hazell | 2013–2016 | 42 | 9 | 33 | — | .214 | 3 | 24 | — | .111 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 Interim | Gerad Parker | 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 | — | .000 | 0 | 6 | — | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Jeff Brohm | 2017–present | 44 | 19 | 25 | — | .432 | 14 | 19 | — | .424 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Notes
- ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Boilermakers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
- ^ Purdue did not join a conference until 1891.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[1]
- ^ When computing the win-loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[2]
References
- General
- "Purdue Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- "2009 Football Media Guide" (PDF). purduesports.com. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- Specific
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (2006-08-25). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (1987-09-06). "BIG PLAYS HELP PATERNO TO 200TH". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ "Jim Phelan". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- ^ "Jack Mollenkopf". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- ^ "Jim Young". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2010-04-26.