List of Toledo Rockets head football coaches

The Rockets compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.

[1] Eleven coaches have led Toledo in postseason bowl games: Bill Orwig, Skip Stahley, Frank Lauterbur, Jack Murphy, Chuck Stobart, Dan Simrell, Gary Pinkel, Tom Amstutz, Tim Beckman, Matt Campbell, and Candle.

Ten of those coaches also won conference championships: Pat Dwyer captured one and Boni Petcoff two as a member of the Northwest Ohio League; Murphy, Stobart, Simrell, Nick Saban, and Pinkel each captured one; Amstutz and Candle two; and Lauterbur three as a member of the Mid-American Conference.

John Brandeberry has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000.

Of the 27 different head coaches who have led the Rockets only Pinkel has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Head shot of Gary Pinkel wearing a visor talking in a microphone.
Gary Pinkel has won the most games as head coach of the Rockets.