The Arkansas Razorbacks college football team represents the University of Arkansas in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Razorbacks compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 34 head coaches, and 3 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1894 season.2017 Razorback Football Media Guide, pp. 16,190 Ryan Silverfield has served as head coach of the Razorbacks since November 2025.
As of the conclusion of the 2025 regular season, the team has played 1,335 games over 132 seasons. In that time, 12 coaches have led the Razorbacks in postseason bowl games: Fred Thomsen, John Barnhill, Bowden Wyatt, Frank Broyles, Lou Holtz, Ken Hatfield, Jack Crowe, Danny Ford, Houston Nutt, Reggie Herring, Bobby Petrino, and Bret Bielema.2011 Razorback Football Media Guide, pp. 171–182 5 coaches won conference championships: Thomsen, Wyatt, Broyles, Holtz and Hatfield won a combined ten as a member of the Southwest Conference. Frank Broyles won the Razorbacks' lone national championship in 1964.
Broyles is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 144 victories during his 19 years with the program. Hatfield has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than 1 game, with .760. Chad Morris has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than 1 game, with .182. Of the 31 different head coaches who have led the Razorbacks, Hugo Bezdek, Francis Schmidt, Wyatt, Broyles, and Holtz have been inducted as head coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards 1 1894–1896 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1897–1898 — — — — — — — — — — 3 1899–1900 — — — — — — — — — — 4 1901–1902 — — — — — — — — — — 5 1903 — — — — — — — — — — 6 1904–1905 — — — — — — — — — — 7 1906–1907 — — — — — — — — — — 8 1908–1912 — — — — — — — — — — 9 1913–1914 — — — — — — — — — — 10 1915–1916 — — 11 1917–1918 — — 12 1919 — — 13 1920–1921 — — 14 1922–1928 — — 15 1929–1941 — — 16 1942 — — 17 1943 — — 18 1944–1945 — — 19 1946–1949 — — 20 1950–1952 — — 21 1953–1954 — — 22 1955–1957 — — 23 1958–1976 — – 1964 AFCA Coach of the Year (1964) 24 1977–1983 — College Football Coach of the Year (1977)FWAA Coach of the Year (1977)Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (1977)Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1977) 25 1984–1989 — — 26 1990–1992 — Int 1992 — 27 1993–1997 — 28 1998–2007 — — — AP SEC Coach of the Year (2001, 2006)SEC Coach of the Year (2001, 2006) Int 2007 — — — — 29Int. 2008–20112025 — — — — 30 2012 — — — — 31 2013–2017 — — — 32 2017–2019 — 14 — — —Int 2019202 --.00002--.00000--000--33 2020–2025 — — — — 34 2026–present — — — —
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