The Oklahoma State Cowboys football program is a college football team that represents Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. The team has had 23 head coaches since organized football began in 1901 with the nickname Aggies. The team played without a head coach until 1905. The university, then known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, was renamed Oklahoma State University in 1957 and its nickname was changed to Cowboys. The Cowboys have played in more than 1,000 games during their 122 seasons. In those seasons, eight coaches have led the Cowboys to postseason bowl games: Jim Lookabaugh, Cliff Speegle, Jim Stanley, Jimmy Johnson, Pat Jones, Bob Simmons, Les Miles and Mike Gundy. Six coaches have won conference championships with the Cowboys: John Maulbetsch, Lynn Waldorf, Lookabaugh, , Stanley, and Gundy. Lookabaugh also won a national championship with the Cowboys.

Gundy is the all-time leader in games coached (260), wins (170) and years coached (21), while Waldorf is the all-time leader in winning percentage (.735). Theodore Cox finished his career with a .250 winning percentage, the worst in team history. Of the 23 Cowboy coaches, Maulbetsch, Waldorf, Exendine, and Johnson have been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame. Three coaches are also graduates of the university: Lookabaugh, Floyd Gass, and Gundy. The first coach was F. A. McCoy, who coached only one season, in 1905. Offensive coordinator Doug Meacham will server as interim head coach for the remainder of season following Gundy's firing on September 23, 2025.

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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 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season

1 1905 7 1 4 — — — — — — — — — 2 1906–1907 15 2 9 — — — — — — — — — 3 1908 8 4 4 — — — — — — — — — — 4 1909–1914 45 28 16 — — — — — — — — — — 5 1915–1916 18 8 9 .472 — — — — — — 6 1917–1918 15 8 7 .533 — — — — — — 7 1919–1920 16 3 10 .281 — — — — — — 8† 1921–1928 70 27 37 .429 — — — — — 9 † 1929–1933 51 34 10 .735 — — — — — 10 † 1934–1935 20 7 12 .375 — — — — — — 11 1936–1938 30 7 23 .233 — — — — — — 12 1939–1949 105 58 41 .581 1–1945 — 13 1950–1954 51 22 27 .451 — — — — — 14 1955–1962 81 36 42 .463 — — — 15 1963–1968 59 19 38 .339 — — — — — — 16 1969–1971 32 13 18 .422 — — — — — 1969 Big 8 Coach of the Year 17 1972 11 7 4 .636 — — — — — — 18 1973–1978 68 35 31 .529 — — 19 † 1979–1983 57 29 25 .535 — — 20 1984–1994 125 62 60 .508 — — — 21 1995–2000 68 30 38 .441 — — 22 2001–2004 49 28 21 — .571 — — — — — 23 2005–2025 — — — — 24 2025 — — — —

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