The Louisville Cardinals football team represents the University of Louisville in the sport of American football. The Cardinals compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are currently a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team's current head coach is newly introduced Jeff Brohm. Brohm was introduced on December 8, 2022. The previous head coach was Scott Satterfield.

The Louisville Cardinals have played in 962 games since their inaugural 1912 season. The Cardinals have appeared in 20 bowl games and have claimed 8 conference championships. Louisville competes against the University of Kentucky Wildcats in the annual "Governor's Cup" rivalry game. Six coaches have led the Cardinals to the postseason since 1912.[1]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
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 the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Season(s)
[A 6] 		GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards
1 Lester Larson 1912–1913 10 8 2 0 0.800 — — — — — — — — — —
2 Bruce Baker 1914 5 1 4 0 0.200 — — — — — — — — — —
3 Will Duffy 1915–1916 13 3 8 2 0.308 — — — — — — — — — —
4 Bill Duncan 1921–1922 14 4 9 1 0.321 — — — — — — — — — —
5 Fred Enke 1923–1924 17 8 8 1 0.500 4 2 0 0.667 — — — 0 — —
6 Tom King 1925–1930 48 27 21 0 0.563 7 12 0 0.368 — — — 0 — —
7 Jack McGrath 1931 8 0 8 0 .000 0 5 0 .000 — — — 0 — —
8 C. V. Money 1932 9 0 9 0 .000 0 5 0 .000 — — — 0 — —
9 Ben Cregor 1933–1935 23 4 18 1 0.196 4 13 0 0.235 — — — 0 — —
10 Laurie Apitz 1936–1942 54 22 29 3 0.435 5 13 2 0.300 — — — 0 — —
11 Frank Camp 1946–1968 215 118 95 2 0.553 13 16 0 0.448 1 0 0 1 — —
12 Lee Corso 1969–1972 42 28 11 3 0.702 13 6 0 0.684 0 0 1 2 — —
13 T. W. Alley 1973–1974 22 9 13 0 0.409 6 4 0 0.600 0 0 0 0 — —
14 Vince Gibson 1975–1979 56 25 29 2 0.464 — — — — 0 1 0 — — —
15 Bob Weber 1980–1984 55 20 35 0 0.364 — — — — 0 0 0 — — —
16 Howard Schnellenberger 1985–1994 112 54 56 2 0.491 — — — — 2 0 0 — — —
17 Ron Cooper 1995–1997 33 13 20 0 0.394 2 9 0 0.182 0 0 0 0 — —
18 John L. Smith 1998–2002 62 41 21 — 0.661 25 9 — 0.735 1 4 — 2 — —
19
22 		Bobby Petrino 2003–2006
2014–2018 		112 77 35 — 0.688 45 24 — 0.652 3 5 — 2 — —
20 Steve Kragthorpe 2007–2009 36 15 21 — 0.417 5 16 — 0.238 0 0 — 0 — —
21 Charlie Strong 2010–2013 52 37 15 — 0.712 20 9 — 0.690 3 1 — 2 — —
Int. Lorenzo Ward 2018 2 0 2 — .000 0 1 — .000 0 0 — 0 — —
23 Scott Satterfield 2019–2022 49 25 24 — 0.510 15 18 — 0.455 1 1 — 0 — ACC Coach of the Year (2019)
Int. Deion Branch 2022 1 1 0 — 1.000 0 0 — – 1 0 — 0 — —
24 Jeff Brohm 2023–present 11 10 3 — 0.769 7 1 — 0.875 0 0 — 0 — —

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Notes

  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
  6. ^ Louisville did not field a team for the 1917–1920 and 1943–1945 seasons.

References

  1. ^ "Louisville Cardinals Coaches". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  5. ^ "Louisville Database NCAA". nationalchamps.com. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
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