List of Army Black Knights head football coaches

The Army Black Knights college football team represents the United States Military Academy (Army) in the American Athletic Conference (AAC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 36 head coaches and one  interim head coach since it began play during the 1890 season. Since December 2013, Jeff Monken has served as head coach at Army.[1]

Jeff Monken has served as head coach at Army since 2014 season.

Four coaches have led Army in postseason bowl games: Jim Young, Bob Sutton, Rich Ellerson, and Monken. Although no coach has led the Black Knights to a conference championship, Charles Dudley Daly won two (1914 and 1916) and Earl Blaik won three (1944, 1945, 1946) national championships.

Blaik is the leader in seasons coached, with 18 years as head coach and in games coached (164) and won (121). Geoffrey Keyes has the highest winning percentage of those who have coaced more than one game at .875. John Mumford has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000. Of the 36 different head coaches who have led the Black Knights, Henry L. Williams, Daly, John McEwan, Biff Jones, Blaik, and Young have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 Dennis Michie 1890
1892
6 3 2 1 0.583 0
2 Henry L. Williams 1891 7 5 1 1 0.786 0
3 Laurie Bliss 1893 9 4 5 0 0.444 0
4 Harmon S. Graves 1894–1895 14 10 4 0 0.714 0
5 George P. Dyer 1896 6 3 2 1 0.583 0
6 Herman Koehler 1897–1900 33 19 11 3 0.621 0
7 Leon Kromer 1901 8 5 1 2 0.750 0
8 Dennis E. Nolan 1902 8 6 1 1 0.813 0
9 Edward Leonard King 1903 9 6 2 1 0.722 0
10 Robert Boyers 1904–1905 18 11 6 1 0.639 0
11 Ernest Graves Sr. 1906
1912
16 7 8 1 0.469 0
12 Henry Smither
[A 6]
1906–1907 10 7 2 1 0.750 0
13 Harry Nelly 1908–1910 22 15 5 2 0.727 0
14 Joseph Beacham 1911 8 6 1 1 0.813 0
15 Charles Dudley Daly 1913–1916
1919–1922
69 58 13 3 0.804 2 – 1914
1916
16 Geoffrey Keyes 1917 8 7 1 0 0.875 0
17 Hugh Mitchell 1918 1 1 0 0 1.000 0
18 John McEwan 1923–1925 26 18 5 3 0.750 0
19 Biff Jones 1926–1929 40 30 8 2 0.775 0
20 Ralph Sasse 1930–1932 32 25 5 2 0.813 0
21 Garrison H. Davidson 1933–1937 47 35 11 1 0.755 0
22 William H. Wood 1938–1940 28 12 13 3 0.482 0
23 Earl Blaik 1941–1958 164 121 33 10 0.768 3 – 1944
1945
1946
24 Dale Hall 1959–1961 29 16 11 2 0.586 0
25 Paul Dietzel 1962–1965 40 21 18 1 0.538 0
26 Tom Cahill 1966–1973 81 40 39 2 0.506 0 AFCA Coach of the Year (1966)
FWAA Coach of the Year (1966)
27 Homer Smith 1974–1978 55 21 33 1 0.391 0
28 Lou Saban 1979 11 2 8 1 0.227 0
29 Ed Cavanaugh 1980–1982 33 10 21 2 0.333 0
30 Jim Young 1983–1990 91 51 39 1 0.566 2 1 0 0
31 Bob Sutton 1991–1999 100 44 55 1 0.445 3 9 0 0.250 0 1 0 0 0
32 Todd Berry 2000–2003 40 5 35 0.125 4 22 0.154 0 0 0 0
Int John Mumford
[A 7]
2003 7 0 7 .000 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0
33 Bobby Ross 2004–2006 34 9 25 0.265 2 6 0.250 0 0 0 0
34 Stan Brock 2007–2008 24 6 18 0.250 0 0 0
35 Rich Ellerson 2009–2013 61 20 41 0.328 1 0 0
36 Jeff Monken 2014–present 125 70 55 0.560 0 0 0 4 1 0 0

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. ^ Smither was relieved from duty following a 12–0 victory over Tufts in the season opener. Ernest Graves Sr. served as head coach for the remaining eight games of the season, and led Army to a record of 2–5–1.[5]
  7. ^ Berry was fired after the first six games of the 2003 season. John Mumford served as interim head coach for the remaining seven games of the season. Army finished the year with an overall record of 0–13 and a mark of 0–8 in conference play.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Army introduces coach Jeff Monken". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 30, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  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.
  5. ^ "2020 Army West Point Football Media Guide" (PDF). United States Military Academy. p. 117. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "2011 Army Football Media Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. August 4, 2011. p. 196. Retrieved August 11, 2011.