| Head Coaches | |
|---|---|
| Number of Head Coaches | 28 |
| Longest Tenure | 25 seasons, Ralph "Shug" Jordan (1951-1975) |
| National Coach of the Year Awards | Tommy Tuberville, 2004 Gene Chizik, 2010 Gus Malzahn, 2013 |
| College Football Hall of Fame | 4 (John Heisman, Mike Donahue, Shug Jordan, Pat Dye) |
| Coach | Years | Tenure | Record | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. George Petrie | 1 | 1892 | 2-2 | .500 |
| G.H. Harvey | 1 | 1893 | 2-0-2 | .750 |
| D.M. Balliet | 1 | 1893 | 1-0 | 1.000 |
| F.M. Hall | 1 | 1894 | 1-3 | .250 |
| John Heisman | 5 | 1895-99 | 12-4-2 | .722 |
| Billy Watkins | 2 | 1900-01 | 6-3-1 | .650 |
| R.S. Kent | 1 | 1902 | 2-2-1 | .500 |
| Mike Harvey | 1 | 1902 | 0-2 | .000 |
| Billy Bates | 1 | 1903 | 4-3 | .571 |
| Mike Donahue | 18 | 1904-06, '08-22 | 99-35-5 | .730 |
| W.S. Kienholz | 1 | 1907 | 6-2-1 | .722 |
| Boozer Pitts | 3 | 1923-24, '27 | 7-11-6 | .417 |
| Dave Morey | 3 | 1925-27 | 10-10-1 | .500 |
| George Bohler | 2 | 1928-29 | 3-11 | .214 |
| John Floyd | 1 | 1929 | 0-4 | .000 |
| Chet Wynne | 4 | 1930-33 | 22-15-2 | .591 |
| Jack Meagher | 9 | 1934-42 | 48-37-10 | .558 |
| Carl Voyles | 4 | 1944-47 | 15-22 | .405 |
| Earl Brown | 3 | 1948-50 | 3-22-4 | .172 |
| Ralph Jordan | 25 | 1951-75 | 176-83-6 | .675 |
| Doug Barfield | 5 | 1976-80 | 29-25-1 | .536 |
| Pat Dye | 12 | 1981-92 | 99-39-4 | .711 |
| Terry Bowden | 6 | 1993-98 | 47-17-1 | .731 |
| Bill Oliver | *1 | 1998 | 2-3 | .400 |
| Tommy Tuberville | 10 | 1999-2008 | 85-40 | .680 |
| Gene Chizik | 4 | 2009-12 | 33-19 | .635 |
| Gus Malzahn | 8 | 2013-20 | 68-35 | .660 |
| Kevin Steele | *1 | 2020 | 0-1 | .000 |
| Bryan Harsin | 2 | 2021-22 | 9-12 | .429 |
| Carnell Williams | *1 | 2022 | 2-2 | .500 |
| Hugh Freeze | 1 | Current | 6-7 | .462 |