All-Time Head Coaches
| Year | Coach | Seasons | Won | Lost | Tied | Pct. |
| 1887-89, 92-93 | No head coaches | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .625 |
| 1894 | J. L. Morison | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .700 |
| 1895 | H. G. Hadden | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
| 1896-98 | Frank E. Hering | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .658 |
| 1899 | James McWeeney | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 |
| 1900-01 | Patrick O'Dea | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .750 |
| 1902-03 | James Faragher | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .833 |
| 1904 | Louis Salmon | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 |
| 1905 | Henry J. McGlew | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 |
| 1906-07 | Thomas Barry | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .893 |
| 1908 | Victor M. Place | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 |
| 1909-10 | Frank C. Longman | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .857 |
| 1911-12 | John L. Marks | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | .933 |
| 1913-17 | Jesse C. Harper | 5 | 34 | 5 | 1 | .863 |
| 1918-30 | Knute Rockne | 13 | 105 | 12 | 5 | *.881 |
| 1931-33 | Hunk Anderson | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | .630 |
| 1934-40 | Elmer Layden | 7 | 47 | 13 | 3 | .770 |
| 1941-43, 46-53 | Frank Leahy | 11 | 87 | 11 | 9 | *.855 |
| 1944 | Ed McKeever | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 |
| 1945; 1963 | Hugh Devore | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .500 |
| 1954-58 | Terry Brennan | 5 | 32 | 18 | 0 | .640 |
| 1959-62 | Joe Kuharich | 4 | 17 | 23 | 0 | .425 |
| 1964-74 | Ara Parseghian | 11 | 95 | 17 | 4 | .836 |
| 1975-80 | Dan Devine | 6 | 53 | 16 | 1 | .764 |
| 1981-85 | Gerry Faust | 5 | 30 | 26 | 1 | .535 |
| 1986-96 | Lou Holtz | 11 | 100 | 30 | 2 | .765 |
| 1997-2001 | Bob Davie | 5 | 35 | 25 | 0 | .583 |
| TOTALS | | 112 | 781 | 247 | 42 | .750 |
* - The winning percentage of Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy rank one-two among all
coaches according to NCAA figures, making them the two winningest coaches in
college football history. Leahy's official NCAA mark is .864 on a 107-13-9 record
that includes a 20-2 mark as Boston College head coach in 1939 and '40.
# - Ties computed as half won, half lost
