List of Duke Blue Devils head football coaches

The Duke Blue Devils college football team represents Duke University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Blue Devils compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches since it began play during the 1889 season. Since December 7, 2023, Manny Diaz has served as head coach at Duke.

Eight coaches have led Duke in postseason bowl games: Wallace Wade, Eddie Cameron, William D. Murray, Steve Spurrier, Fred Goldsmith, David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, and Diaz. Five of those coaches also won conference championships: Wade captured six, Cameron three, and Murray one as a member of the Southern Conference; Murray captured six and both Spurrier and Diaz one as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Wade is the leader in seasons coached with 16 years as head coach and games won with 110. Floyd J. Egan has the highest winning percentage at 0.900. Ted Roof has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.118. Of the 24 different head coaches who have led the Blue Devils, Jones, Wade, Murray, McGee, and Spurrier 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 ^{[A 6]}	Season(s) ^{[A 7]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	NC	Awards
1	John Franklin Crowell	1889–1889	5	3	2	0	0.600	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Floyd J. Egan	1920	5	4	0	1	0.900	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	James A. Baldwin	1921	9	6	1	2	0.778	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Herman G. Steiner	1922	10	7	2	1	0.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	E. L. Alexander	1923	9	5	4	0	0.556	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Howard Jones^†	1924	9	4	5	0	0.444	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	James P. Herron	1925	9	4	5	0	0.444	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Jimmy DeHart	1926–1930	49	24	23	2	0.510	7	3	1	0.682	—	—	—	0	—	—
9 11	Wallace Wade^†	1931–1941 1946–1950	153	110	36	7	0.742	68	18	3	0.781	0	2	0	6	—	—
10	Eddie Cameron	1942–1945	37	25	11	1	0.689	15	1	1	0.912	1	0	0	3	—	—
12	William D. Murray^†	1951–1965	153	93	51	9	0.637	63	17	2	0.780	2	1	0	7	—	—
13	Tom Harp	1966–1970	51	22	28	1	0.441	15	16	1	0.484	0	0	0	0	—	—
14	Mike McGee^†	1971–1978	88	37	47	4	0.443	17	25	4	0.413	0	0	0	0	—	—
15	Shirley Wilson	1979–1982	44	16	27	1	0.375	7	17	0	0.292	0	0	0	0	—	—
16	Steve Sloan	1983–1986	44	13	31	0	0.295	8	20	0	0.286	0	0	0	0	—	—
17	Steve Spurrier^†	1987–1989	34	20	13	1	0.603	11	9	1	0.548	0	1	0	1	—	—
18	Barry Wilson	1990–1993	44	13	30	1	0.307	4	26	0	0.133	0	0	0	0	—	—
19	Fred Goldsmith	1994–1998	56	17	39	0	0.304	8	32	0	0.200	0	1	0	0	—	Bobby Dodd COY (1994)
20	Carl Franks	1999–2003	52	7	45	—	0.135	3	33	—	0.083	0	0	—	0	—	—
21	Ted Roof	2003–2007	51	6	45	—	0.118	3	33	—	0.083	0	0	—	0	—	—
22	David Cutcliffe	2008–2021	174	77	97	—	0.443	35	79	—	0.307	3	3	—	0	—	Walter Camp COY (2013) Sporting News Co-COY (2013) Bobby Dodd COY (2013) AFCA COY (2013)
23	Mike Elko	2022–2023	25	16	9	—	0.640	9	7	—	0.563	1	0	—	0	—	—
24	Manny Diaz	2024–present	27	18	9	—	0.667	11	5	—	0.688	1	1	—	1	—	—

v t e Duke Blue Devils football
Venues	Hanes Field (c. 1913–1928) Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games North Carolina: Victory Bell Tobacco Road Virginia Wake Forest
Culture & lore	History Blue Devil "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Blue and White (Duke fight song) Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895–1919 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 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

List of Duke Blue Devils head football coaches

Coaches

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