List of Boston College Eagles head football coaches

The Boston College Eagles college football team represents Boston College in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Eagles compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 40 head coaches, and two interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1893 season. Since February 2024, Bill O'Brien and Sterling has served as head coach at Boston College.^[1]

Ten coaches have led Boston College in postseason bowl games: Frank Leahy, Denny Myers, Jack Bicknell, Tom Coughlin, Dan Henning, Tom O'Brien, Jeff Jagodzinski, Frank Spaziani, Steve Addazio, and Rich Gunnell. O'Brien also won one conference championship as a member of the Big East Conference.

Joe Yukica, Bicknell, and O'Brien are the leaders in seasons coached 10 years each as head coach. O'Brien has the most all-time wins with 75 and Leahy has the highest winning percentage at 0.909. Arthur White and Joseph Courtney has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 40 different head coaches who have led the Eagles, Frank Cavanaugh, Gil Dobie, Leahy, and Mike Holovak 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

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)^{[A 6]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	NC	Awards
1	Joseph Drum	1893	6	3	3	0	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	William Nagle	1894	7	1	6	0	0.143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Joseph Lawless	1895	8	2	4	2	0.375	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Frank Carney	1896	7	5	2	0	0.714	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	John Dunlop	1897–1899 1901	34	16	16	2	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Arthur White	1902	8	0	8	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Joe Kenney Joe Reilly ^{[A 7]}	1908	8	2	4	2	0.375	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Thomas H. Maguire	1909	8	3	4	1	0.438	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Hub Hart	1910	6	0	4	2	0.167	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Joseph Courtney	1911	7	0	7	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	William Joy	1912–1913	15	6	7	2	0.467	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Stephen Mahoney	1914–1915	16	8	8	0	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Charles Brickley	1916–1917	16	12	4	0	0.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Frank Morrissey	1918	7	5	2	0	0.714	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Frank Cavanaugh^†	1919–1926	67	48	14	5	0.754	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	D. Leo Daley	1927	8	4	4	0	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Joe McKenney	1928–1934	65	44	18	3	0.700	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Dinny McNamara	1935	4	3	1	0	0.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Int.	Harry Downes ^{[A 8]}	1935	5	3	2	0	0.600	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Gil Dobie^†	1936–1938	27	16	6	5	0.685	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Frank Leahy^†	1939–1940	22	20	2	0	0.909	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	—	—	—
25 27	Denny Myers	1941–1942 1946–1950	66	35	27	4	0.561	—	—	—	—	0	1	0	—	—	—
26	Moody Sarno	1943–1945	19	11	7	1	0.605	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—
28	Mike Holovak^†	1951–1959	81	49	29	3	0.625	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—
29	Ernie Hefferle	1960–1961	20	7	12	1	0.375	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—
30	Jim Miller	1962–1967	58	34	24	0	0.586	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—
31	Joe Yukica	1968–1977	105	68	37	0	0.648	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—
32	Ed Chlebek	1978–1980	33	12	21	0	0.364	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—
33	Jack Bicknell	1981–1990	115	59	55	1	0.517	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	—	—	—
34	Tom Coughlin	1991–1993	35	21	13	1	0.614	9	7	1	0.559	1	1	0	0	—	—
35	Dan Henning	1994–1996	35	21	13	1	0.614	9	11	1	0.452	1	0	0	0	—	—
36	Tom O'Brien	1997–2006	120	75	45	—	0.625	37	34	—	0.521	7	1	—	1	—	—
37	Jeff Jagodzinski	2007–2008	28	20	8	—	0.714	11	5	—	0.688	1	1	—	0	—	—
38	Frank Spaziani ^{[A 9]}	2006 2009–2012	51	22	29	—	0.431	13	19	—	0.406	1	2	—	0	—	—
39	Steve Addazio	2013–2019	88	44	44	—	0.500	22	34	—	0.393	1	3	—	0	—	—
Int.	Rich Gunnell ^{[A 10]}	2019	1	0	1	—	.000	0	0	—	–	0	1	—	0	—	—
40	Jeff Hafley	2020–2023	48	22	26	—	0.458	12	22	—	0.353	1	0	—	0	—	—
41	Bill O'Brien	2024–present	25	9	16	—	0.360	5	11	—	0.313	0	1	—	0	—	—

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Venues	South End Grounds (1893–1899, 1902) American League Baseball Grounds (1901) Alumni Field (1915–1921, 1923, 1932–1941, 1943–1945, 1955) Fenway Park (1914–1917, 1919–1920, 1927–1931, 1936–1945, 1953–1956) Braves Field (1918–1927, 1944, 1946–1952) Alumni Stadium (1957–present) Sullivan Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston University (Green Line Rivalry) Clemson (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy) Holy Cross Notre Dame: Holy War UMass Virginia Tech Sacred Cod Trophy
Culture & lore	Baldwin the Eagle "For Boston" Marching band Scanlan Award Hail Flutie The Iron Major
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

List of Boston College Eagles head football coaches

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