NCAA Football Head Coaches: Looking for Their First Win (All Divisions)
/Updated: 8/29/2024
FBS:
Trent Bay, Oregon State: Beat FCS opponent Idaho State, 38-15, to get his first win.
Fran Brown, Syracuse: The Orange topped Ohio, 38-22, Saturday evening to get the Fran Brown era off to a good start.
Nate Dreiling, Utah State: Trailing at halftime, Utah State scored 26 unanswered points to easily beat Robert Morris for Dreiling’s first win.
Deshaun Foster, UCLA: The Bruins kicked a last-minute field goal to give Foster his first win as a head coach.
Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State: MSU beat an FCS opponent for the 19th straight time which allowed Lebby to get off to a good start before visiting Arizona State
Gerard Parker, Troy
Jay Sawvel, Wyoming
FCS:
Lance Anderson, Utah Tech
Andrew Aurich, Harvard
Billy Cosh, Stony Brook
Joe Davis, Western Illinois
Cris Dishman, Texas Southern
Maurice Drayton, The Citadel
Jeff Faris, Austin Peay
Mike Gennetti, Merrimack
Tim Plough, UC Davis
Tim Polasek, North Dakota State
Joel Taylor, West Georgia
Mike Willis, Marist
Jody Wright, Murray State
Division II:
Jason Ambroson, William Jewell
Tom Anthony, Pittsburg State
Luke Barker, Fairmont State
Darrin Chiaverini, Northeastern State (OK)
Dan Chipka, American International
Jerricho Cotchery, Limestone
Johnny Cox, Fort Lewis
Brett Ekkens, Tiffin
Moses Harper, Lincoln (MO)
Greg Holsworth, Henderson State
Quintin Hunter, Emory & Henry
Ashley Ingram, Carson-Newman
Paul Johnson, Chowan
Rashaan Jordan, Wingate
Mike Kershaw, Mississippi College
Jason Killday, Quincy
Terance Mathis, Morehouse
Davon Morgan, Bluefield State
Kellen Nesbitt, Truman State
David Price, Lake Erie
Jason Rejfek, McKendree
Rich Renner, Midwestern State
Andrew Rice, Southwestern OK
Nate Shreffler, Hillsdale
Kurt Taufa’asau, New Mexico Highlands
Billy Taylor, Tusculum
Division III:
Izzy Abraham, Fitchburg State
Max Andrews, Chicago
Zach Besaw, Worcester State
David Biever, Wilkes
Luke Butts, Westminster (MO)
Mike Cebrosky, King’s (PA)
Jonathan Coddington, Anderson
Tyler Cottle, Misericordia
Billy Crocker, Eastern
Byron Dawson, Centenary
Wesley Dodson, LaGrange
Tedd Egger, Hilbert
Trent Figg, Calvin
Andy Fries, Ohio Northern
Chase Hankins, Concordia Chicago
Tyler Higley, Castleton State
Mike Isgro, Delaware Valley
Eric Jendryaszek, TCNJ
Bill Kreisel, Southwestern
Brandon Lechtenberg, Millsaps
Vince Luvara, Hampden-Sydney
Randy Maiuri, Dubuque
Vinny Marino, Nichols
Mike McElroy, Bethel
C.J. Nightingale, Belhaven
Matt Popino, Carthage
Jamel Ramsay, Suny Maritime
Pat Ruley, Rowan
Bill Russell, Norwich
Jake Shaefer, Otterbein
Kevin Sherman, Ferrum
Randy Starks, Eureka
Aric Williams, Willlamette
Dan Wodicka, Johns Hopkins
Tommy Zagorski, Otterbein