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The Washington Huskies college football team represents the University of Washington in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Huskies compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 31 head coaches since it began play during the 1889 season.[1] Jedd Fisch is the current head coach.[2][3]
The Huskies have played more than 1,100 games over 122 seasons.[1] In that time, eleven coaches have led the Huskies in postseason bowl games: Enoch Bagshaw, James Phelan, Ralph Welch, Jim Owens, Don James, Jim Lambright, Rick Neuheisel, Steve Sarkisian, Marques Tuiasosopo, Chris Petersen, and Kalen DeBoer.[4] Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Gil Dobie, Claude J. Hunt, Phelan and Bradshaw captured a combined four as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference and Owens, James, Lambright, and Neuheisel won a combined 11 as a member of the Pac-10.[5] Don James won a national championship with the Huskies in 1991.[6]
James is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 153 victories during his 18 years with the program.[1] Dobie, who was undefeated during his nine seasons with Washington, has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more one game at .975.[1] Stub Allison has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .167.[1] Of the 30 different head coaches who have led the Huskies, Dobie,[7] Phelan,[8] Darrell Royal,[9] Owens,[10] and James[11] have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.
Key
| 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] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC [A 6] |
CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W. B. Goodwin | 1892–1893 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.357 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Charles Cobb | 1894 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Ralph Nichols | 1895–1896 1898 |
12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0.625 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Carl L. Clemans | 1897 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | A. S. Jeffs | 1899 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | J. S. Dodge | 1900 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | Jack Wright | 1901 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | James Knight | 1902–1904 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0.775 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Oliver Cutts | 1905 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 10 | Victor M. Place | 1906–1907 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0.579 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 11 | Gil Dobie† | 1908–1916 | 61 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 0.975 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Claude J. Hunt | 1917 1919 |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Tony Savage | 1918 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Stub Allison | 1920 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Enoch Bagshaw | 1921–1929 | 91 | 63 | 22 | 6 | 0.725 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0.540 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 16 | James Phelan† | 1930–1941 | 110 | 65 | 37 | 8 | 0.627 | 51 | 31 | 8 | 0.611 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Ralph Welch | 1942–1947 | 50 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 0.570 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0.514 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Howard Odell | 1948–1952 | 50 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 0.480 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0.486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |