List of Louisiana Tech Bulldogs head football coaches

Derek Dooley

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program is a college football team that represents Louisiana Tech University in Conference USA in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Bulldogs are currently coached by Skip Holtz. The team has had 33 head coaches and one interim head coach since it started playing organized football in 1901.

Key

General

#	A running total of the number of coaches. Int indicates an interim head coach.
NCs	National championships
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

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2014 college football season

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CCs	NCs	Awards
1	Edwin Barber	1901	3	1	2	6999100000000000000♠0	.333	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
2	Frank Singleton	1902	2	1	1	6999100000000000000♠0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
3	Howard F. Crandell	1902	1	6999100000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	1	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
4	W. M. Robb	1903	2	1	1	6999100000000000000♠0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
5	E. G. Pierce	1904	4	1	3	6999100000000000000♠0	.250	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
6	J. Y. Bragg	1905	1	6999100000000000000♠0	1	6999100000000000000♠0	.000	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
7	Z. T. Young	1906	6	2	1	3	.583	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
8	George L. Watkins	1907	10	9	1	6999100000000000000♠0	.900	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
9	A. L. Cornell	1908	8	4	3	1	.563	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
10	Percy S. Prince	1909–1915, 1919	47	25	17	5	.585	2	1	1	.625	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	1	5000000000000000000♠—	—
11	A. Flack	1916	6	2	4	6999100000000000000♠0	.333	1	1	6999100000000000000♠0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
12	V. S. Pugh	1917	5	2	3	6999100000000000000♠0	.400	1	2	6999100000000000000♠0	.333	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
13	R. Foster Clark	1920–1921	12	11	1	6999100000000000000♠0	.917	7	1	6999100000000000000♠0	.875	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	1	5000000000000000000♠—	—
14	William Henry Dietz†	1922–1923	15	11	3	1	.767	4	2	1	.643	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
15	Phillip Arbuckle	1924	8	1	6	1	.188	6999100000000000000♠0	2	1	.167	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
16	R. C. Kenney	1925	10	1	7	2	.200	1	3	1	.300	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
17	Hugh E. Wilson	1926–1927	17	8	7	2	.529	6	4	6999100000000000000♠0	.600	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
18	Tod Rockwell	1928–1929	19	5	11	3	.342	2	9	2	.231	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
19	George Bohler	1930–1933	32	15	17	6999100000000000000♠0	.469	12	11	6999100000000000000♠0	.522	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
20	Eddie McLane	1934–1938	50	27	19	4	.580	18	12	3	.591	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
21	Ray E. Davis	1939	11	5	6	6999100000000000000♠0	.455	3	4	6999100000000000000♠0	.429	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
22	Joe Aillet†	1940–1966	245	151	86	8	.633	5000000000000000000♠	5000000000000000000♠	5000000000000000000♠	5000000000000000000♠	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	12	5000000000000000000♠—
23	Maxie Lambright	1967–1978	133	95	36	2	.722	41	18	1	.692	8	3	6999100000000000000♠0	7	3	—
24	Larry Beightol	1979	10	2	8	6999100000000000000♠0	.200	1	4	6999100000000000000♠0	.200	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
7001235000000000000♠Int	Pat Patterson	1979	1	1	6999100000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	1.000	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
25	Billy Brewer	1980–1982	35	19	15	1	.557	9	5	1	.633	1	1	6999100000000000000♠0	1	5000000000000000000♠—	—
26	A. L. Williams	1983–1986	48	28	19	1	.594	14	9	6999100000000000000♠0	.609	3	1	6999100000000000000♠0	1	5000000000000000000♠—	1984 Louisiana Coach of the Year
27	Carl Torbush	1987	11	3	8	6999100000000000000♠0	.273	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
28	Joe Raymond Peace	1988–1995	88	40	44	4	.477	5	13	6999100000000000000♠0	.278	6999100000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	1990 Louisiana Coach of the Year
29	Gary Crowton	1996–1998	34	21	13	5000000000000000000♠—	.618	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
30	Jack Bicknell, Jr.	1999–2006	95	43	52	5000000000000000000♠—	.453	25	23	5000000000000000000♠—	.521	6999100000000000000♠0	1	5000000000000000000♠—	1	5000000000000000000♠—	2001 WAC Coach of the Year
31	Derek Dooley	2007–2009	37	17	20	5000000000000000000♠—	.459	12	12	5000000000000000000♠—	.500	1	6999100000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	2008 Louisiana Coach of the Year
32	Sonny Dykes	2010–2012	37	22	15	5000000000000000000♠—	.595	14	7	5000000000000000000♠—	.667	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠—	1	5000000000000000000♠—	2011 WAC Coach of the Year
33	Skip Holtz	2013–present	39	22	17	5000000000000000000♠—	.564	16	8	5000000000000000000♠—	.667	2	0	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—