List of Henderson State Reddies head football coaches

The Henderson State Reddies college football team represents Henderson State University in the Great American Conference (GAC). The Reddies compete in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The program has had 19 head coaches since it began play in 1905.^[1]

The team has played 1,028 games in 116 seasons of Reddie football. In that time, Scott Maxfield led the Reddies to four postseason bowl games. Seven coaches have won conference championships: Bo Rowland, Bo Sherman, Duke Wells, Jim Mack Sawyer, Clyde Berry, Sporty Carpenter, and Scott Maxfield. Jimmy Haygood also claimed four Arkansas state championships.

Scott Maxfield is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 134 victories during his 19 years at Henderson. J.H. Lassiter has the highest winning percentage with .833. Patrick Nix has the lowest winning percentage with .136.

The current head coach is Greg Holsworth, who was hired in 2024.

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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	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	PW	PL	PT	CC	Awards
1	J.B. Webster	1905	3	2	1	0	0.667	—	—	—	0	—
2	J.H. Lassiter	1906	3	2	0	1	0.883	—	—	—	0	—
3	Jimmy R. Haygood	1907–1918^{[note 1]} 1920–1924	110	49	52	9	0.486	—	—	—	0	—
4	Bill Watson	1919	6	1	4	1	0.250	—	—	—	0	—
5	Bo Rowland	1925–1930	53	39	10	4	0.774	—	—	—	4	—
6	Bo Sherman	1931–1934	28	21	7	0	0.750	—	—	—	3	—
7	Solon B. Sudduth	1935–1938	32	8	22	2	0.281	—	—	—	0	—
8	Lloyd Grow	1939	9	4	4	1	0.500	—	—	—	0	—
9	Tom Murphy	1940	9	3	5	1	0.389	0	0	0	0	—
10	Duke Wells	1941–1961	162	73	78	11	0.484	0	0	0	2	—
11	Jim Mac Sawyer	1962–1966	48	19	26	3	0.427	0	0	0	1	—
12	Clyde Berry	1967–1970	40	26	14	0	0.650	0	0	0	1	—
13	Sporty Carpenter	1971–1989	200	119	76	5	0.608	0	0	0	5	—
14	Ken Turner	1990–1993	41	17	21	3	0.451	0	0	0	0	—
15	Ronnie Kerr	1994–1998	54	19	34	1	0.361	0	0	0	0	—
16	Patrick Nix	1999–2000	22	3	19	—	0.136	0	0	—	0	—
17	Jesse Branch	2001–2004	43	12	31	—	0.279	0	0	—	0	—
18	Scott Maxfield	2005–2023	199	134	65	—	0.673	1	4	—	4	^{[n 1]}
19	Greg Holsworth	2024–present	22	16	6	—	0.727	0	0	—	0	—

v t e Great American Conference football
Current teams	Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils East Central Tigers Harding Bisons Henderson State Reddies Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers Oklahoma Baptist Bison Ouachita Baptist Tigers Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm Southern Arkansas Muleriders Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs
Rivalries	Battle of the Ravine (Henderson State–Ouachita Baptist) Battle of the Timberlands (Arkansas–Monticello–Southern Arkansas)
Championships & awards	All-time standings

List of Henderson State Reddies head football coaches

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