TheLouisiana–Monroe Warhawks football program is acollege football team that represents theUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) in theNCAA'sSun Belt Conference. The Warhawks have played 758 games during 69 seasons of senior college football. ULM has had 15 head coaches since its first season of senior college football in 1951 at what was then known as Northeast Louisiana State College with the nicknameIndians.
Pat Collins is the program's all-time leader in games coached (92), years coached (8), and wins (57) while leading the Indians to twoSouthland Conference championships and one national championship in what is now theFootball Championship Subdivision. Only two other head coaches,Dave Roberts andCharlie Weatherbie, have led the program to conference titles. Roberts remains the team's all-time leader inwinning percentage (.661). In terms of winning percentage, the least successful coach in program history wasBobby Keasler, with a record of 8-28 (.222) over four seasons.Todd Berry is the only coach to lead the Warhawks to a winning season and a postseason bowl in theFootball Bowl Subdivision. In 2012, Berry's Warhawks finished the season 8–5 and were invited to theIndependence Bowl, where they were defeated byOhio.
Only one coach in program history has been inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame.John David Crow, who was anAll-American halfback andHeisman Award winner atTexas A&M University, was inducted as a player in 1976. No ULM coach has received National Coach of the Year honors.
The current coach isBryant Vincent, who was hired in December 2023.
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to theCollege Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overallwinning percentage[A 4] | ||||
| No. [A 6] | Name | Term | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW [A 7] | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | National awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. Paul Kemerer | 1931–1933 | 3 | {{ }} | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2 | James L. Malone | 1934–1953 | 20 | {{ }} | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 3 | Devone Payne | 1954–1957 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0.408 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Jack C. Rowan | 1958–1963 | 6 | 57 | 20 | 37 | 0 | 0.351 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Dixie B. White | 1964–1971 | 8 | 77 | 31 | 45 | 1 | 0.409 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Ollie Keller | 1972–1975 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0.378 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | John David Crow | 1976–1980 | 5 | 55 | 20 | 34 | 1 | 0.373 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Pat Collins | 1981–1988 | 8 | 92 | 57 | 35 | 0 | 0.620 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0.650 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 9 | Dave Roberts | 1989–1993 | 5 | 59 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 0.661 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0.758 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 10 | Ed Zaunbrecher | 1994–1998 | 5 | 56 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 0.357 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Bobby Keasler | 1999–2002 | 4 | 36 | 8 | 28 | — | 0.222 | 2 | 4 | — | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Mike Collins | 2002 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | — | 0.333 | 2 | 4 | — | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Charlie Weatherbie | 2003–2009 | 7 | 82 | 31 | 51 | — | 0.378 | 24 | 24 | — | 0.500 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 14 | Todd Berry | 2010–2015 | 6 | 71 | 28 | 43 | — | 0.394 | 20 | 25 | — | 0.444 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Matt Viator | 2016–2020 | 5 | 58 | 19 | 39 | — | 0.328 | 15 | 24 | — | 0.385 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Terry Bowden | 2021–2023 | 3 | 36 | 10 | 26 | — | 0.278 | 5 | 19 | — | 0.208 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Bryant Vincent | 2024–present | 3 | 24 | 8 | 16 | — | 0.333 | 4 | 12 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |