List of Boston University Terriers head football coaches

The Boston University Terriers college football program represented Boston University, last in the New England Division of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10), as part of the NCAA Division I-AA. The program had 20 head coaches, and 1 interim head coach, since it began play during the 1884 season. The final head coach of the Terriers was Tom Masella who served for the 1996 and 1997 seasons.^[1]^[2]

Three coaches have led Boston University in postseason bowl games or playoffs: Larry Naviaux, Rick Taylor, and Dan Allen. Two of these coaches also won conference championships: Taylor captured four and Allen one as a member of the Yankee Conference.

Aldo Donelli is the leader in seasons coached, with 10 years as head coach. Taylor is the leader and games coached (88), won (55), and highest winning percentage at 0.631. Excluding interim head coaches, Masella has the lowest winning percentage with 0.091.

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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]}

No.	Name^{[A 6]}	Season(s)^{[A 7]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC	CC	Awards
1	John MacDonald	1918–1919	10	3	6	1	0.350	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Percy Wendell	1920	8	4	3	1	0.563	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Charles Whelan	1921–1925	36	11	22	3	0.347	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Edward N. Robinson ^{[A 8]}	1926–1929	33	11	19	3	0.379	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Reggie Brown ^{[A 9]}	1926–1929	33	11	19	3	0.379	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Hilary Mahaney	1930–1931	18	3	14	1	0.194	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Myles Lane	1932	7	2	3	2	0.429	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	John Harmon	1933	7	2	5	0	0.286	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Pat Hanley	1934–1941	64	35	24	5	0.586	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Walt Holmer	1942 1945–1946	17	9	7	1	0.559	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Int	Robert McKelvey ^{[A 10]}	1945	3	0	3	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Aldo Donelli	1947–1956	86	46	36	4	0.558	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Steve Sinko	1957–1963	62	23	36	3	0.395	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Warren Schmakel	1964–1967	46	20	24	2	0.457	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Larry Naviaux	1969–1972	40	19	21	0	0.475	—	—	—	—	0	1	0	—	—	—
14	Paul Kemp	1973–1976	41	16	24	1	0.402	7	14	0	0.333	0	0	0	—	0	—
15	Rick Taylor	1977–1984	88	55	32	1	0.631	26	14	0	0.650	1	3	0	—	4	—
16	Steve Stetson	1985–1987	33	10	23	0	0.303	6	13	0	0.316	0	0	0	—	0	—
17	Chris Palmer	1988–1989	22	8	14	0	0.364	7	9	0	0.438	0	0	0	—	0	—
18	Dan Allen	1990–1995	69	36	33	0	0.522	24	24	0	0.500	1	2	0	1	1	—
19	Tom Masella	1996–1997	22	2	20	—	0.091	1	15	—	0.063	0	0	—	0	0	—

v t e Boston University Terriers football
Venues	Old Nickerson Field (1928–1938, 1940–1946) Fenway Park (1925–1926, 1936–1939, 1947–1952) Braves Field (1920–1921, 1939, 1953–1954) Nickerson Field (1955–1997)
Bowls & rivalries	Boston College: Green Line Rivalry Sacred Cod Trophy
Culture & lore	Rhett the Boston Terrier "Go BU"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1884 1885 1886 1887 1888–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898–1903 1904 1905 1906–1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

List of Boston University Terriers head football coaches

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