List of Furman Paladins head football coaches

The Furman Paladins college football team represents the Furman University in the Southern Conference. The Paladins compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 23 head coaches since it began play during the 1889 season. Since December 2016, Clay Hendrix has served as head coach at Furman.^[1]

Six coaches have led Furman in postseason appearances: Dick Sheridan, Jimmy Satterfield, Bobby Johnson, Bobby Lamb, Bruce Fowler, and Hendrix. Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Billy Laval captured three and Dizzy McLeod captured one as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; and Sheridan captured six, Satterfield three, Johnson two, and Lamb and Fowler one each as a member of the Southern Conference.

Bob King is the leader in overall seasons coached with his 15 years as head coach. Laval has the most all time wins with 80 and H. C. Granger has the highest winning percentage at 1.000. William Beattie has the lowest winning percentage at 0.000. Of the 23 different head coaches who have led the Paladins, Dick Sheridan has 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	William Beattie	1889	2	0	2	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	H. C. Granger	1890	2	2	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	H. P. Young	1891–1993 1895	6	2	4	0	0.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Frank Sims	1896	5	2	3	0	0.400	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Frank Spencer	1900	3	0	2	1	0.167	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Charles Roller	1901–1902	15	5	5	5	0.500	1	2	1	0.375	—	—	—	0	—	—
7	Cuppy Farmer	1913	9	6	3	0	0.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	W. B. Bible	1914–1916	14	6	8	0	0.429	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	0	—	—
9	Billy Laval	1915–1926	119	80	35	4	0.689	32	18	3	0.632	—	—	—	3	—	—
10	T. B. Amis	1928–1931	38	21	13	4	0.605	7	2	1	0.750	—	—	—	0	—	—
11	Dizzy McLeod	1932–1942	100	56	37	7	0.595	34	19	6	0.627	—	—	—	1	—	—
12	Bob Smith	1946–1947	19	4	15	0	0.211	2	8	0	0.200	—	—	—	0	—	—
13	Red Smith	1948–1949	18	5	12	1	0.306	5	7	0	0.417	—	—	—	0	—	—
14	Bill Young	1950–1954	50	23	24	3	0.490	9	10	2	0.476	—	—	—	0	—	—
15	Homer Hobbs	1955–1957	30	6	24	0	0.200	4	4	0	0.500	—	—	—	0	—	—
16	Bob King	1958–1972	152	60	88	4	0.408	25	45	0	0.357	—	—	—	0	—	—
17	Art Baker	1973–1977	55	27	24	4	0.527	12	15	2	0.448	—	—	—	0	—	—
18	Dick Sheridan^†	1978–1985	94	69	23	2	0.745	41	10	1	0.798	3	3	0	6	—	AFCA Division I-AA COY (1985)
19	Jimmy Satterfield	1986–1993	98	66	29	3	0.689	39	17	1	0.693	7	3	0	3	1 1988	AFCA Division I-AA COY (1988)
20	Bobby Johnson	1994–2001	96	60	36	0	0.625	41	23	0	0.641	4	4	0	2	—	—
21	Bobby Lamb	2002–2010	107	67	40	—	0.626	43	25	—	0.632	3	4	—	1	—	—
22	Bruce Fowler	2011–2016	70	27	43	—	0.386	20	26	—	0.435	1	1	—	1	—	—
23	Clay Hendrix	2017–present	103	60	43	—	0.583	45	25	—	0.643	3	4	—	2	—	—

v t e Furman Paladins football
Venues	Manly Field (1919–1936) Sirrine Stadium (1936–1980) Paladin Stadium (1981–present)
Bowls & rivalries	The Citadel Wofford
Culture & lore	Marching Band Miracle on the Mountain
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897–1899 1900 1901 1902 1903–1912 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 Furman Paladins head football coaches

Coaches

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