This is a complete list of Appalachian State Mountaineers head football coaches. Fielding its first organized football team in 1928, the Appalachian State Mountaineers have had 22 coaches. Flucie Stewart and E. C. Duggins have each served twice as head coach of the Mountaineers. Jerry Moore is the only three-time winner of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Coach of the Year award.[1] Moore also has the most Southern Conference Coach of the Year awards with seven.[2] Scott Satterfield was named as Appalachian's 20th head coach on December 14, 2012.[3] Shawn Clark serves as the 22nd and current head coach.
^ Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame
* Spent entire professional head coaching career with Mountaineers
# | Number of coaches[4] |
GC | Games Coached |
W | Wins |
L | Loses |
T | Ties |
W–L % | Win–loss percentage |
# | Name | Term | Regular season | Post-season | Awards | ||||||||||||
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GC | W | L | T | W–L % | GC | W | L | W-L % | |||||||||
Appalachian State Mountaineers | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Graydon Eggers* | 1928 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
2 | C. B. Johnson* | 1929–1932 | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | .702 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
3 | Eugene Garbee* | 1933–1934 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .618 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
4 | Kidd Brewer* | 1935–1938 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 3 | .829 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .667 | – | |||||
5 | Flucie Stewart* | 1939 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .800 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
6 | R. W. "Red" Watkins* | 1940–1941 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .526 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
7 | Beattie Feathers^[5] | 1942 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .688 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
8 | Francis Hoover* | 1945 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
9 | Flucie Stewart* | 1946 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
10 | E. C. Duggins* | 1947–1950 | 44 | 35 | 7 | 2 | .818 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | – | |||||
11 | Press Mull* | 1951 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
12 | E. C. Duggins* | 1952–1955 | 41 | 22 | 18 | 1 | .549 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | – | |||||
13 | Bob Broome* | 1956–1958 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 0 | .448 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
14 | Bob Breitenstein* | 1959 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
15 | Jim Duncan | 1960–1964 | 48 | 31 | 15 | 2 | .667 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
16 | Carl Messere* | 1965–1970 | 61 | 34 | 26 | 1 | .566 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
17 | Jim Brakefield | 1971–1979 | 99 | 47 | 48 | 4 | .495 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
18 | Mike Working* | 1980–1982 | 33 | 13 | 18 | 2 | .424 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
19 | Mack Brown^ | 1983 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
20 | Sparky Woods | 1984–1988 | 59 | 38 | 19 | 2 | .661 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | Southern Conference Coach of the Year[6] (1985, 1986, 1987) | |||||
21 | Jerry Moore^[7] | 1989–2012 | 302 | 215 | 87 | 0 | .712 | 37 | 22 | 15 | .595 | Eddie Robinson Award[8] (2006) AFCA Football Championship Subdivision Coach of the Year[9] (2005, 2006, 2007) AFCA FCS Regional Coach of the Year[10] (1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009) Southern Conference Coach of the Year[6] (1991, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010) Southern Conference Hall of Fame (2014) | |||||
22 | Scott Satterfield | 2013–2018 | 75 | 48 | 24 | 0 | .667 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2018 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year[11] | |||||
23 | Eli Drinkwitz | 2019 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
24 | Shawn Clark* | 2020-Present | 39 | 26 | 13 | 0 | .667 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | – | |||||
Totals | 1,016 | 641 | 347 | 28 | .645 | 58 | 34 | 24 | .586 |