The Colorado State Rams college football team represents Colorado State University in the Pac-12 Conference, as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 22 head coaches, and 2 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1892 season. Tyson Summers currently serves as the interim head coach following the firing of Jay Norvell in October 2025. UConn Huskies football head coach Jim L. Mora is set to serve as head coach at the conclusion of the 2025 season.
Seven coaches have led Colorado State in postseason bowl games: Bob Davis, Earle Bruce, Sonny Lubick, Steve Fairchild, Jim McElwain, Dave Baldwin, and Mike Bobo. Three coaches also won conference championships: Harry W. Hughes captured eight as a member of the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference; Davis captured one as a member of Skyline Conference; Lubick captured three as a member of the Western Athletic Conference and three as a member of the Mountain West Conference.
Hughes is the leader in seasons coached, with 32 years as head coach and games coached (240) and won (126). Matt Rothwell has the highest all-time winning percentage at .833. George Cassidy has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000. Of the 22 different head coaches who have led the Rams, Bruce has 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 Year(s)' Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards 1 1899 — — — — — 2 1900 — — — — — 3 1901–1902 — — — — — 4 1903 — — — — — 5 1904–1905 — — — — — 6 1906–1909 — — — — — 7 1910 — — — — — 8 1911–19411946 — — — — — 9 19421945–1946 — — — — — 10 1947–1955 — — 11 1956–1961 — — 12 1962–1969 — — 13 1970–1972 — — 14 1973–1981 — — Int 1981 — — 15 1982–1988 — — 16 1989–1992 — — 17 1993–2007 — 18 2008–2011 — — — — — 19 2012–2014 — — — — Int 2014 — — — — 20 2015–2019 — — — — 21 2020–2021 — — — — 22 2022–2025 — — — — Int 2025 — — — —23 2026–present — — — —
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