List of Troy Trojans head football coaches

A color photograph of Neal Brown in a suit and tie at a podium. — Neal Brown served as the head coach of the Troy Trojans from 2015 to 2018.

The Troy Trojans college football team represents Troy University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches, and two interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1909 season. Since December 2023, Gerad Parker has served as head coach at Troy.^[1]

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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 ^{[A 6]}	Season(s) ^{[A 7]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	NC	Awards
1	Virgil McKinley	1909	3	1	0	2	0.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
2	Dan Herren	1910	4	1	1	2	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
3	George Penton	1911–1912	9	7	1	7	0.833	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
4	J. W. Campbell	1921–1923	26	12	13	1	0.481	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
5	Ross V. Ford	1924	7	2	1	4	0.571	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
6	Otis Bynum	1925–1926	17	12	4	1	0.735	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
7	Gladwin Gaumer	1927–1928	14	7	7	0	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
8	Albert Elmore	1931–1936	53	31	20	2	0.604	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
9	Albert Choate	1937–1942, 1946	63	27	33	3	0.452	15	3	1	0.816	—	—	—	3	0	—
10	Fred McCollum	1947–1950	41	20	18	3	0.524	8	3	3	0.679	—	—	—	1	0	—
11	Jim Grantham	1951–1954	35	11	23	1	0.329	5	7	0	0.417	—	—	—	0	0	—
12	William Clipson	1955–1965	94	26	68	0	0.277	10	23	0	0.303	—	—	—	0	0	—
13	Billy Atkins	1966–1971	62	44	16	2	0.726	18	5	0	0.783	2	0	0	4	1 – 1968	NAIA Coach of the Year (1968)
14	Tom Jones	1972–1973	20	11	7	2	0.600	8	4	1	0.654	0	0	0	1	0	—
15	Byrd Whigham	1974–1975	20	12	8	0	0.600	9	7	0	0.563	0	0	0	0	0	—
16	Charlie Bradshaw	1976–1982	69	40	27	2	0.594	29	18	0	0.617	0	0	0	1	0	—
17	Chan Gailey	1983–1984	24	19	5	0	0.792	11	4	0	0.733	3	0	0	1	1 – 1984	—
18	Rick Rhoades	1985–1987	36	28	7	1	0.792	22	2	0	0.917	3	0	0	2	1 – 1987	—
19	Robert Maddox	1988–1990	30	13	17	0	0.433	10	14	0	0.417	0	0	0	0	0	—
20	Larry Blakeney	1991–2014	292	178	113	1	0.611	77	39	0	0.664	7	10	0	8	0	—
21	Neal Brown	2015–2018	51	35	16	—	0.686	23	9	—	0.719	3	0	—	1	0	—
22	Chip Lindsey	2019–2021	34	15	19	—	0.441	9	13	—	0.409	0	0	—	0	0	—
Int.	Brandon Hall	2021	1	0	1	—	.000	0	1	—	.000	0	0	—	0	0	—
23	Jon Sumrall	2022–2023	27	23	4	—	0.852	14	2	—	0.875	1	0	—	2	0	—
Int.	Greg Gasparato	2023	1	0	1	—	.000	0	0	—	–	0	1	—	0	0	—
24	Gerad Parker	2024–present	26	12	14	—	0.462	9	7	—	0.563	0	1	—	0	0	—

v t e Troy Trojans football
Venues	Pace Field (1930–1949) Veterans Memorial Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Jacksonville State: Battle for the Ol' School Bell Middle Tennessee: Battle for the Palladium South Alabama
Culture & lore	Trojan "Trojans One & All" Sound of the South Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	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

v t e Head football coaches of the Sun Belt Conference
Eastern Division	Dowell Loggains (Appalachian State) Ryan Beard (Coastal Carolina) Clay Helton (Georgia Southern) Dell McGee (Georgia State) Billy Napier (James Madison) Tony Gibson (Marshall) Ricky Rahne (Old Dominion)
Western Division	Butch Jones (Arkansas State) Michael Desormeaux (Louisiana) Bryant Vincent (Louisiana–Monroe) Major Applewhite (South Alabama) Blake Anderson (Southern Miss) G. J. Kinne (Texas State) Gerad Parker (Troy)

List of Troy Trojans head football coaches

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