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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.

Key

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Key to symbols in coaches list
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]

Head coaches

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Through the 2024 regular season

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 2 10 15 – .400 8 8 – .500 0 1 0
TOTALS 118 603 487 24 .552 272 264 9 .507 3 4 12

Notes

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  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[1]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[2]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]

References

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  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  2. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  3. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Football Records: All-Time Coaches". Western Michigan University. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  5. ^ "P.J. Fleck Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  6. ^ "Tim Lester Coaching Record". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
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