Notre Dame Football All-Time Head Coaches

27 head coaches in Notre Dame history.  · View the 2026 coaching staff ›

Coach Tenure Seasons G Games Record Win % Nat'l Titles AP Top-10
No Head Coach 1887–1893 5 12 7–4–1 .625
James L. Morrison 1894 1 5 3–1–1 .700
H. G. Hadden 1895 1 4 3–1 .750
Frank E. Hering 1896–1898 3 19 12–6–1 .658
James McWeeney 1899 1 10 6–3–1 .650
Patrick O’Dea 1900–1901 2 20 14–4–2 .750
James Faragher 1902–1903 2 9 6–2–1 .722
Louis Salmon 1904 1 8 5–3 .625
Henry McGlew 1905 1 9 5–4 .556
Jesse Harper 1913–1917 5 40 34–5–1 .863
Knute Rockne 1918–1930 13 122 105–12–5 .881 3
Hunk Anderson 1931–1933 3 27 16–9–2 .630
Elmer Layden 1934–1940 7 63 47–13–3 .770 3
Frank Leahy 1941–1953 11 107 87–11–9 .855 4 9
Ed McKeever 1944 1 10 8–2 .800 1
Hugh Devore 1945–1963 2 19 9–9–1 .500 1
Terry Brennan 1954–1958 5 50 32–18 .640 3
Joe Kuharich 1959–1962 4 40 17–23 .425 0
Ara Parseghian 1964–1974 11 116 95–17–4 .836 2 9
Dan Devine 1975–1980 6 70 53–16–1 .764 1 3
Gerry Faust 1981–1985 5 57 30–26–1 .535 0
Lou Holtz 1986–1996 11 132 100–30–2 .765 1 5
Bob Davie 1997–2001 5 60 35–25 .583 0
Tyrone Willingham 2002–2004 3 36 21–15 .583 0
Charlie Weis 2005–2009 5 62 35–27 .565 1
Brian Kelly 2010–2021 12 153 113–40 .739 3
Marcus Freeman 2021–2025 5 43 33–10 .767 2

Win % counts ties as half. Nat'l Titles = consensus national championships (editorial). AP Top-10 = seasons finishing in the final AP top 10; the AP poll began in 1936, so it shows “—” for earlier coaches.