List of West Alabama Tigers head football coaches

The West Alabama Tigers college football team represents the University of West Alabama^{[A 1]} in the Gulf South Conference (GSC). The Tigers compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division II. The program has had 23 head coaches since it began play during the 1938 season.^[1] In February 2025, Scott Cochran was named as head coach after Brett Gilliland resigned to serve as athletic director at West Alabama.^[2]

The team has played nearly 700 games over 71 seasons of West Alabama football.^[1] In that time, five coaches have led the Tigers to postseason appearances: Morris Higginbotham, Mickey Andrews, Jim King, Bobby Wallace and Hall.^[1] Hall led the Tigers to their first outright Gulf South championship in 2012.^[3] Andrews won West Alabama's lone national championship in 1971 as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.^[4]

Gilliland is the leader in seasons coached with 11 years with the program and the leader in games won with 71 and Andrews has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .750.^[1] Robert Cire has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .100.^[1] Will Hall led the Tigers to both of their GSC championships.^[5] Of the 22 head coaches who have led the Tigers, Vaughn Mancha has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.^[6]

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General		Overall		Conference		Postseason^{[A 2]}
No.	Order of coaches^{[A 3]}	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 4]}	C%	Conference winning percentage
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage^{[A 5]}

No.	Name	Term ^{[A 7]}	G	W	L	T	PCT	CW	CL	CT	PCT	PW	PL	PT	CCs	NCs	Awards
1	Paul Tubb	1938–1941	27	13	12	2	0.519	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
2	Fred McCollum	1946	6	4	2	0	0.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
3	C. A. Douglas	1947–1948	17	3	13	1	0.206	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
4	George Darrow	1949^{[A 8]}	2	1	1	0	0.500	1	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	0	0	—
5	Vaughn Mancha^†	1949–1951^{[A 8]}	28	17	19	2	0.643	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	—
6	Bob Williams	1952	10	4	6	0	0.400	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
7	T. Ray Richeson	1953–1956	36	4	31	1	0.125	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
8	Robert Cire	1957–1959	25	2	22	1	0.100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
9	Jim Garner	1957–1959	64	22	39	3	0.367	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
10	Morris Higginbotham	1967–1969	30	19	9	2	0.667	—	—	—	—	0	1	0	0	0	—
11	Mickey Andrews	1970–1972	32	23	7	2	0.750	10	7	0	0.588	2	1	0	0	1 – 1971 (NAIA)	—
12	Jim King	1973–1976	44	29	14	1	0.670	20	11	1	0.641	1	1	0	0	0	—
13	Jack Crowe	1977–1978	20	5	15	0	0.250	2	13	0	0.133	0	0	0	0	0	—
14	Frank North	1979–1984	60	31	29	0	0.517	17	24	0	0.415	0	0	0	0	0	—
15	Sam McCorkle	1985–1990 2004–2005	88	24	62	2	0.284	13	51	2	0.212	0	0	0	0	0	—
16	Lloyd Sisco	1991–1993	30	13	16	1	0.450	5	13	1	0.289	0	0	0	0	0	—
17	Todd Stroud	1994–1996	31	6	25	0	0.194	1	21	0	0.045	0	0	0	0	0	—
18	Bobby Johns	1997–2000	42	11	31	—	0.262	6	28	—	0.176	0	0	—	0	0	—
19	Randy Pippin	2001–2003	33	8	25	—	0.242	4	23	—	0.148	0	0	—	0	0	—
20	Bobby Wallace	2006–2010	56	26	30	—	0.464	15	25	—	0.375	1	1	—	0	0	—
21	Will Hall	2011–2013	36	25	11	—	0.694	11	3	—	0.786	1	2	—	2	0	—
22	Brett Gilliland	2014–2024	114	71	43	—	0.623	42	32	—	0.568	1	3	—	1	0	—
23	Scott Cochran	2025–present	9	5	4	—	0.556	0	3	—	.000	0	0	—	0	0	—

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Venues	McConnell Field (1938–1952) Tiger Stadium (1952–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Alabama
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 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 2026
National championship seasons in bold

List of West Alabama Tigers head football coaches

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