List of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens head football coaches

The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens college football team represents the University of Delaware in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Fightin' Blue Hens compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 23 head coaches (and one interim head coach) since it began play during the 1889 season,^[1] with Ryan Carty hired as the 24th head coach.

The team has played more than 1,159 games over 123 seasons.^[1] Harold "Tubby" Raymond is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 300 victories during his 36 years with the program.^[1] William D. Murray has the highest winning percentage, with .747.^[1] Ira L. Pierce has the lowest winning percentage, as his team lost all six of their games in 1896.^[1]

Of the 23 different head coaches who have led the Blue Hens, Murray,^[2] David M. Nelson,^[3] and Raymond^[4] have been inducted as head coaches 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	Year(s)	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	DC	CC	NC	Awards
—	No Coach	1889–1895	7	31	14	13	4	0.516	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
1	Ira Pierce	1896	1	6	0	6	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
2	Herbert Rice	1897–1901	5	41	16	20	4	0.450	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
3	Clarence A. Short	1902, 1906	1, 1	16	8	6	2	0.563	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
4	Nathan Mannakee	1903–1905	3	23	8	13	2	0.392	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
5	E. Pratt King	1907	1	6	0	5	1	0.084	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
6	William McAvoy	1908–1916, 1922–1924	9, 3	98	42	43	13	0.494	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
7	Stan Baumgartner	1917	1	7	2	5	0	0.286	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
8	Milton Aronowitz	1918	1	5	1	2	2	0.400	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
9	Burton Shipley	1919–1920	2	17	5	10	2	0.353	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
10	Sylvester Derby	1921	1	9	5	4	0	0.556	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
11	R. M. Forstburg	1925–1926	2	16	7	9	0	0.437	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
12	Joseph J. Rothrock	1927–1928	2	16	4	11	1	0.281	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
13	Gus Ziegler	1929–1930	2	18	6	10	2	0.389	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
14	Charles Rogers	1931–1933	3	25	12	9	4	0.560	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
15	Skip Stahley	1934	1	8	4	3	1	0.563	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
16	Lyal Clark	1935–1937	3	24	5	18	1	0.230	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
17	Stephen Grenda	1938–1939	2	16	4	12	0	0.250	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	—
18	William D. Murray^†	1940–1950	11	67	49	16	2	0.747	3	0	1.000	1	0	—	1	1	—
19	David M. Nelson^†	1951–1965	15	128	84	42	2	0.664	26	15	0.634	1	0	—	3	1	—
20	Tubby Raymond^†	1966–2001	36	422	300	119	3	0.714	108	41	0.725	21	15	1	9	3	AFCA College Division Coach of the Year (1971–1972)
21	K. C. Keeler	2002–2012	11	138	86	52	—	0.623	49	41	0.544	11	3	1	3	1	AFCA Coach of the Year (2010) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2010)
22	Dave Brock	2013−2016	4	41	19	22	—	0.463	11	16	0.407	0	0	0	0	0	—
int	Dennis Dottin-Carter	2016	1	5	2	3	—	0.400	2	3	0.400	0	0	0	0	0	—
23	Danny Rocco	2017–2021	5	54	31	23	—	0.574	20	16	0.556	2	2	1	1	0	—
24	Ryan Carty	2022–present	5	50	33	17	—	0.660	20	12	0.625	2	1	0	0	0	—

v t e Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Venues	Frazer Field (1913–1946) Wilmington Park (1940–1952) Delaware Stadium (1952–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Delaware State: Route 1 Rivalry Lehigh Villanova: Battle of the Blue West Chester William & Mary
Culture & lore	YoUDee "The Delaware Fight Song" Marching Band Winged football helmet
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 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 1943–1945 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

List of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens head football coaches

Coaches

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