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List of Ole Miss Rebels head football coaches
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The Ole Miss Rebels college football team represents the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Rebels compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 39 head coaches since it began play during the 1893 season. The most recent head coach was Pete Golding, whose hiring was announced on November 30, 2025 after former coach Lane Kiffin left following the regular season to become the head coach at LSU.
The team has played 1,269 games, including 33 wins later vacated as a result of NCAA penalties, over 125 seasons. In that time, eight coaches have led the Rebels in postseason bowl games: Ed Walker, Johnny Vaught, Billy Brewer, Tommy Tuberville, David Cutcliffe, Houston Nutt, Hugh Freeze, and Kiffin.
Vaught is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 190 victories during his 25 years with the program. C. D. Clark has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .857. Z. N. Estes and Frank Mason have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000. Of the 39 different head coaches who have led the Rebels, Vaught is the only one to have been inducted as a head coach into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Key
Coaches
| No. | Name | Term | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | ||||||||||
| CC | NC | Awards | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1893 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2 | 1894 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1895 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 4 | 1896 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 5 | 1898 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 6 | 1899 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1900 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1901 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1902 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 1903–1904 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1906 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1907 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 1908 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 1909–1911 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 1912 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 1913–1914 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 1915–1916 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 1917–1918 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 1919–1921 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 1922–1923 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 1924 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 1925–1929 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 1930–1937 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 1938–1942, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1944–1945 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 1946 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | **** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 3 (1959, 1960, 1962) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 1971–1973 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 1974–1977 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 1978–1982 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | 1983–1993 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | 1994 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | 1995–1998 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | 1998–2004 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 34 | 2005–2007 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 35 | 2008–2011 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | 2012–2016 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 37 | 2017–2019 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 38 | 2020–2025 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 39 | 2025–present | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Notes
References
General
Specific
References
- Some sources count Johnny Vaught's two stints as head coach (1947–1970 and 1973) separately.
- ''2010 Ole Miss Football Guide'', p. 179
- (2019-12-07). "Kiffin Named Head Football Coach at Ole Miss".
- (2019). "2019 Ole Miss Football Media Guide".
- Vaught won six [[athletic conference. conference]] championships as a member of the SEC and three [[NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship
- National Collegiate Athletic Association. (2010). "2010 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Records". NCAA.org.
- Harres, Sam. (November 29, 2017). "Here to stay: Matt Luke continues as Ole Miss' head football coach". The DM Online.
- Harwell, Hoyt. (November 30, 1990). "SEC sets division lineups". The Tuscaloosa News.
- {{College Football HoF
- Saggus, James. (September 26, 1973). "Tough job ahead, Vaught says". The Tuscaloosa News.
- (December 3, 1998). "College coaches are on the move". The Tuscaloosa News.
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