TheMarshall Thundering Herdcollege football team representsMarshall University in the East Division of theSun Belt Conference. The Thundering Herd competes as part of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)Division IFootball Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 31 head coaches since it began play during the1895 season. Since December 2024,Tony Gibson has served as Marshall's head coach.[1]
| 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] | ||||
| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | National awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Ford | 1903–1904 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Alfred McCray | 1905 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | Pearl Rardin | 1906 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | William G. Vinal | 1908 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Boyd Chambers | 1909–1916 | 63 | 32 | 27 | 4 | .540 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Burton Shipley | 1917 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Arch Reilly | 1919 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Herbert Cramer | 1920 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Skeeter Shelton | 1921–1922 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .639 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Harrison Briggs | 1923 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Russ Meredith | 1924 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Charles Tallman | 1925–1928 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | .671 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .842 | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| 13 | John Maulbetsch | 1929–1930 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .833 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 14 | Tom Dandelet | 1931–1934 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | .528 | 9 | 10 | 1 | .475 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 15 | Cam Henderson | 1935–1949 | 119 | 68 | 46 | 5 | .592 | 25 | 12 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | |
| 16 | Pete Pederson | 1950–1952 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 3 | .339 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 17 | Herb Royer | 1953–1958 | 54 | 21 | 31 | 2 | .407 | 10 | 21 | 0 | .323 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 18 | Charlie Snyder | 1959–1967 | 89 | 28 | 58 | 3 | .331 | 13 | 36 | 1 | .270 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 19 | Perry Moss | 1968 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .050 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 20 | Rick Tolley | 1969–1970 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .316 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Jack Lengyel | 1971–1974 | 42 | 9 | 33 | 0 | .214 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | Frank Ellwood | 1975–1978 | 44 | 10 | 34 | 0 | .227 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | 0 | — | |
| 23 | Sonny Randle | 1979–1983 | 55 | 12 | 42 | 1 | .227 | 5 | 26 | 1 | .172 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 24 | Stan Parrish | 1984–1985 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .614 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .423 | — | — | — | 0 | — | |
| 25 | George Chaump | 1986–1989 | 55 | 33 | 16 | 1 | .670 | 17 | 8 | 0 | .680 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | |
| 26 | Jim Donnan† | 1990–1995 | 85 | 64 | 21 | 0 | .753 | 34 | 11 | 0 | .756 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 | Bob Pruett | 1996–2004 | 117 | 94 | 23 | — | .803 | 62 | 10 | — | .861 | 9 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | |
| 28 | Mark Snyder | 2005–2009 | 59 | 22 | 37 | — | .373 | 17 | 23 | — | .425 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| Int | Rick Minter [A 6] | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
| 29 | Doc Holliday | 2010–2020 | 139 | 85 | 54 | — | .612 | 55 | 30 | — | .647 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
| 30 | Charles Huff | 2021–2024 | 52 | 32 | 20 | — | .615 | 20 | 12 | — | .625 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
| 31 | Tony Gibson | 2025– | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |