The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma. The team has had 23 head coaches since organized football began in 1895. The Sooners have played in more than 1,300 games in its 131 seasons. In those seasons, 10 coaches have led the Sooners to postseason bowl games: Thomas E. Stidham, Jim Tatum, Bud Wilkinson, Gomer Jones, Chuck Fairbanks, Barry Switzer, Gary Gibbs, Bob Stoops, Lincoln Riley, and Brent Venables. Nine coaches have won conference championships with the Sooners: Bennie Owen, Stidham, Dewey Luster, Tatum, Wilkinson, Fairbanks, Switzer, Stoops and Riley. Wilkinson, Switzer, and Stoops have also won national championships with the Sooners. Stoops is the all-time leader in games coached and won, Owen is the all-time leader in years coached, while Riley is the all-time leader in winning percentage. John Harts is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Sooners have had as he lost the only game he coached. John Blake has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game with .353 in his 34 games.

Of the 23 Sooner coaches, Owen, Lawrence Jones, Tatum, Wilkinson, Switzer, and Stoops have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Wilkinson, Switzer, and Stoops have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. The current head coach is Brent Venables, who was hired on December 5, 2021, replacing Riley after his departure to become the head coach at the University of Southern California (USC) in November 2021.

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+General # Number of coaches CCs Conference championships NCs National championships † Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

+ Overall games GC Games coached OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties O% Winning percentage

+ Conference gamesCWWins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage

+ Postseason games PW Wins PL Losses PT Ties

Head coaches Statistics correct as of the end of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season

1 1895 1 0 1 .000 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1897–1900 4 12 9 2 .792 — — — — — — — — — — 3 1901 1 5 3 2 .600 — — — — — — — — — — 4 1902–1903 2 21 11 7 .595 — — — — — — — — — — 5 1904 1 8 4 3 .593 — — — — — — — — — — 6 † 1905–1926 22 192 122 54 .677 .573 — — — — — 7 1927–1931 5 44 19 19 .500 .480 — — — — — — 8 1932–1934 3 27 11 12 .481 .567 — — — — — — 9 † 1935–1936 2 18 9 6 .583 .500 — — — — — — 10 1937–1940 4 38 27 8 .750 .775 — — 11 1941–1945 5 48 27 18 .594 .800 — — — — — 12 † 1946 1 11 8 3 .727 .800 — — 13 † 1947–1963 17 178 145 29 .826 .900  – 1950, 1955, 1956 14 1964–1965 2 21 9 11 .452 .607 — — — 15 1966 1 10 6 4 .600 .571 — — — — — — 16 1967–1972 6 68 49 18 .728 .809 — — 17 † 1973–1988 16 190 157 29 .837 .897  – 1974, 1975, 1985 18 1989–1994 6 69 44 23 .652 .643 — — — 19 1995 1 11 5 5 .500 .286 — — — — — — 20 1996–1998 3 34 12 22 — .353 — .333 — — — — — — 21† 1999–2016 18 238 190 48 — .798 — .807 —  – 2000 22 2017–2021 5 65 55 10 — .846 37 7 — .841 — — — (Interim) 2021 — 1 1 0 — 1.000 0 0 — .000 — — — 23 2022–present 4 52 32 20 — 18 16 — — — —

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