The following is the list of Western Michigan Broncos head football coaches. The Western Michigan Broncos football team represents Western Michigan University (WMU) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision. WMU has fielded a football team since 1906.
The Broncos have had 16 head coaches in their history. William H. Spaulding and Al Molde have the most wins in WMU history with 62. WMU has three conference championships and has competed in eight bowl games, winning one and losing seven.
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Through the 2023 regular season
| Number | Head coach | Career | Seasons | W | L | T | Win% | CW | CL | CT | CWin% | CC | DC | BG | Ref |
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| 1 | Tubby Meyers | 1906 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | [1] |
| 2 | William H. Spaulding | 1907–1921 | 15 | 62 | 25 | 3 | .706 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | [1] |
| 3 | Milton Olander | 1922–1923 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .893 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | [1] |
| 4 | Earl Martineau | 1924–1928 | 5 | 26 | 10 | 2 | .711 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | [1] |
| 5 | Mike Gary | 1929–1941 | 13 | 59 | 34 | 5 | .616 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | [1] |
| 6 | John Gill | 1942–1952 | 11 | 50 | 34 | 1 | .594 | 8 | 15 | 0 | .348 | 0 | – | 0 | [1] |
| 7 | Jack Petoskey | 1953–1956 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 2 | .257 | 4 | 17 | 1 | .205 | 0 | – | 0 | [1] |
| 8 | Merle Schlosser | 1957–1963 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 3 | .461 | 17 | 23 | 2 | .429 | 0 | – | 0 | [1] |
| 9 | Bill Doolittle | 1964–1974 | 11 | 58 | 49 | 2 | .541 | 24 | 34 | 2 | .417 | 1 | – | 1 | [1] |
| 10 | Elliot Uzelac | 1975–1981 | 7 | 38 | 39 | 0 | .494 | 30 | 30 | 0 | .500 | 0 | – | 0 | [1] |
| 11 | Jack Harbaugh | 1982–1986 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 3 | .482 | 19 | 22 | 3 | .466 | 0 | – | 0 | [1] |
| 12 | Al Molde | 1987–1996 | 10 | 62 | 47 | 2 | .568 | 48 | 32 | 1 | .599 | 1 | – | 1 | [1] |
| 13 | Gary Darnell | 1997–2004 | 8 | 46 | 46 | – | .500 | 35 | 29 | – | .547 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [1] |
| 14 | Bill Cubit | 2005–2012 | 8 | 51 | 46 | – | .526 | 36 | 27 | – | .571 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [1] |
| 15 | P. J. Fleck | 2013–2016 | 4 | 30 | 22 | – | .577 | 21 | 11 | – | .656 | 1 | 2 | 3 | [2] |
| 16 | Tim Lester | 2017–2022 | 6 | 37 | 32 | – | .536 | 26 | 20 | – | .565 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [3] |
| 17 | Lance Taylor | 2023–present | 12 | 4 | 8 | – | .333 | 3 | 5 | – | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 117 | 597 | 480 | 24 | .553 | 267 | 261 | 9 | .506 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |||
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Football Records: All-Time Coaches". Western Michigan University. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ^ "P.J. Fleck Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ^ "Tim Lester Coaching Record". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.