The Arizona State Sun Devils college football team represents Arizona State University in the Big 12 Conference. The Sun Devils compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches and two interim head coaches since it began play during the 1897 season. Since November 2022, Kenny Dillingham has served as head coach at Arizona State.
Eleven coaches have led Arizona State in postseason bowl games: Dixie Howell, Ed Doherty, Frank Kush, Darryl Rogers, John Cooper, Bruce Snyder, Dirk Koetter, Dennis Erickson, Todd Graham, Herm Edwards, and Dillingham. Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Ted Shipkey, Clyde B. Smith, and Dan Devine each captured one and Kush two as a member of the Border Conference; Kush captured seven as a member of the Western Athletic Conference; Cooper and Snyder each captured one as a member of the Pacific-10; and Dillingham captured one as a member of the Big 12.
Kush is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 176 victories during his 22 years with the program. Devine has the highest winning percentage at 0.887. George E. Cooper has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 24 different head coaches who have led the Sun Devils, Howell, Devine, Kush, Cooper, and Erickson have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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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 CC NC Awards 1 18971899–19001902–1906 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1914–1916 — — — — — — — — — — 3 1919 — — — — — — — — — — 4 1922 — — — — — — — — — — 5 1923–1929 — — — — — — — — — — 6 1930–1932 — — — — — 7 1933–1937 — — — — — 8 1938–1941 — — 9 1942 — — 10 1946 — — 11 1947–1950 — — 12 1951 — — 13 1952–1954 — — 14 1955–1957 — — 15 1958–1979 — AFCA Coach of the Year (1975)Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1975) Int. 1979 — — 16 1980–1984 — — 17 1985–1987 — Sporting News College Football COY (1986) 18 1988–1991 — — 19 1992–2000 — AFCA Coach of the Year (1996)Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1996)George Munger Award (1996)Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1996)Sporting News College Football COY (1996)Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1996) 20 2001–2006 — — — — — 21 2007–2011 — — — — — 22 2012–2017 — — — — — 23 2018–2022 — — — — — Int. 2022 — — — — — 24 2023–present — — — — —
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