List of Marshall Thundering Herd head football coaches
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The Marshall Thundering Herd college football team represents Marshall University in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. The Thundering Herd competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 31 head coaches since it began play during the 1895 season. Since December 2024, Tony Gibson has served as Marshall's head coach.[1]
Key
| 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
| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | National awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Ford | 1903–1904 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Alfred McCray | 1905 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | Pearl Rardin | 1906–1907 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .727 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | William G. Vinal | 1908 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Boyd Chambers | 1909–1916 | 63 | 32 | 27 | 4 | .540 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Burton Shipley | 1917 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Arch Reilly | 1919 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Herbert Cramer | 1920 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Skeeter Shelton | 1921–1922 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .639 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Harrison Briggs | 1923 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Russ Meredith | 1924 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Charles Tallman | 1925–1928 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | .671 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .842 | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| 13 | John Maulbetsch | 1929–1930 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .833 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 14 | Tom Dandelet | 1931–1934 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | .528 | 9 | 10 | 1 | .475 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 15 | Cam Henderson | 1935–1949 | 119 | 68 | 46 | 5 | .592 | 25 | 12 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | |
| 16 | Pete Pederson | 1950–1952 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 3 | .339 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 17 | Herb Royer | 1953–1958 | 54 | 21 | 31 | 2 | .407 | 10 | 21 | 0 | .323 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 18 | Charlie Snyder | 1959–1967 | 89 | 28 | 58 | 3 | .331 | 13 | 36 | 1 | .270 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 19 | Perry Moss | 1968 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .050 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 20 | Rick Tolley | 1969–1970 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .316 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Jack Lengyel | 1971–1974 | 42 | 9 | 33 | 0 | .214 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | Frank Ellwood | 1975–1978 | 44 | 10 | 34 | 0 | .227 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | 0 | — | |
| 23 | Sonny Randle | 1979–1983 | 55 | 12 | 42 | 1 | .227 | 5 | 26 | 1 | .172 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 24 | Stan Parrish | 1984–1985 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .614 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .423 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 25 | George Chaump | 1986–1989 | 55 | 33 | 16 | 1 | .670 | 17 | 8 | 0 | .680 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | |
| 26 | Jim Donnan† | 1990–1995 | 85 | 64 | 21 | 0 | .753 | 34 | 11 | 0 | .756 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 | Bob Pruett | 1996–2004 | 117 | 94 | 23 | — | .803 | 62 | 10 | — | .861 | 9 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | |
| 28 | Mark Snyder | 2005–2009 | 59 | 22 | 37 | — | .373 | 17 | 23 | — | .425 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| Int | Rick Minter [A 6] | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| 29 | Doc Holliday | 2010–2020 | 139 | 85 | 54 | — | .612 | 55 | 30 | — | .647 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
| 30 | Charles Huff | 2021–2024 | 52 | 32 | 20 | — | .615 | 20 | 12 | — | .625 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
| 31 | Tony Gibson | 2025– | 12 | 5 | 7 | — | .417 | 3 | 5 | — | .375 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
Notes
- A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2024 college football season.
- Mark Snyder resigned as head coach on November 29, 2009. Minter served as interim head coach for the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl win against Ohio.