List of Western Michigan Broncos head football coaches

The following is the list of Western Michigan Broncos head football coaches. The Western Michigan Broncos football team represents Western Michigan University (WMU) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision. WMU has fielded a football team since 1906.

The Broncos have had 17 head coaches in their history. William H. Spaulding and Al Molde have the most wins in WMU history with 62. WMU has three conference championships and has competed in 12 bowl games, winning two and losing ten.

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]}

Number	Head coach	Career	Seasons	W	L	T	Win%	CW	CL	CT	CWin%	CC	DC	BG	Ref
1	Tubby Meyers	1906	1	1	2	0	.333	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	^[4]
2	William H. Spaulding	1907–1921	15	62	25	3	.706	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	^[4]
3	Milton Olander	1922–1923	2	12	1	1	.893	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	^[4]
4	Earl Martineau	1924–1928	5	26	10	2	.711	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	^[4]
5	Mike Gary	1929–1941	13	59	34	5	.616	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	^[4]
6	John Gill	1942–1952	11	50	34	1	.594	8	15	0	.348	0	–	0	^[4]
7	Jack Petoskey	1953–1956	4	8	25	2	.257	4	17	1	.205	0	–	0	^[4]
8	Merle Schlosser	1957–1963	7	28	33	3	.461	17	23	2	.429	0	–	0	^[4]
9	Bill Doolittle	1964–1974	11	58	49	2	.541	24	34	2	.417	1	–	1	^[4]
10	Elliot Uzelac	1975–1981	7	38	39	0	.494	30	30	0	.500	0	–	0	^[4]
11	Jack Harbaugh	1982–1986	5	25	27	3	.482	19	22	3	.466	0	–	0	^[4]
12	Al Molde	1987–1996	10	62	47	2	.568	48	32	1	.599	1	–	1	^[4]
13	Gary Darnell	1997–2004	8	46	46	–	.500	35	29	–	.547	0	2	0	^[4]
14	Bill Cubit	2005–2012	8	51	46	–	.526	36	27	–	.571	0	0	3	^[4]
15	P. J. Fleck	2013–2016	4	30	22	–	.577	21	11	–	.656	1	2	3	^[5]
16	Tim Lester	2017–2022	6	37	32	–	.536	26	20	–	.565	0	0	3	^[6]
17	Lance Taylor	2023–present	3	20	19	–	.513	15	9	–	.625	1	1	0	2
TOTALS			120	613	492	24	.554	279	265	9	.513	4	5	14

v t e Western Michigan Broncos football
Venues	Waldo Stadium (1939–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Central Michigan Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan: Michigan MAC Trophy
Culture & lore	Buster Bronco Bronco Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 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 1944 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

List of Western Michigan Broncos head football coaches

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