List of Arizona Wildcats head football coaches

The Arizona Wildcats football program is a college football team representing the University of Arizona that is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team has had 31 head coaches and two interim head coaches since its founding in 1899. The Wildcats have played in more than 1,100 games in 113 seasons. Arizona's most recent head coach is Brent Brennan, who became the 31st head coach in 2024.

Nine coaches have led Arizona in postseason bowl games: Pop McKale, Mike Casteel, Darrell Mudra, Tony Mason, Larry Smith, Dick Tomey, Mike Stoops, Rich Rodriguez and Jedd Fisch. Four of those coaches also won conference championships: Tex Oliver captured two and Casteel one as a member of the Border Conference; and LaRue and Young captured one as a member of the Western Athletic Conference.

McKale is the leader in seasons coached with sixteen. Tomey is the leader in games won with 90. Leslie Gillett is the leader in winning percentage with a perfect 1.00. Mike Hankwitz has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.143. Of the 14 different head coaches who have led the Wildcats, Mudra has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Key

Coaches

Statistical leaders

Updated as of January 2024

Notes

References

General

• "Arizona Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
• Pacific Coast Conference Records Book 1916–1948. Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Coast Conference. 1949.