Kevin Sumlin hire marks a milestone in Arizona Wildcats head coaching fraternity
A timeline of every Arizona Wildcats head football coach.
The new guy
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Kevin Sumlin becomes Arizonaβs seventh full-time head coach since Arizona joined the Pac-12 in 1978, and the first African-American head coach in program history. Hereβs a look at Arizonaβs coaching list
Stuart Forbes
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Tenure:Β 1899
Record:Β 2-1-1 (.625)
William Skinner
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Tenure:Β 1900-01
Record:Β 7-2 (.778)
Leslie Gillette
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Tenure: 1902
Record:Β 5-0 (1.000)
Orin Kates
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Tenure: 1903-04
Record: 5-1-2 (.750)
William Ruthrauff
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Tenure: 1905
Record: 4-2 (.667)
H.B. Galbraith
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Tenure: 1908-09
Record: 8-1 (.889)
George Shipp
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Tenure:Β 1910-11
Record: 8-1-1 (.850)
Raymond Quigley
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Tenure: 1912
Record: 2-1 (.667)
Frank King
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Tenure: 1913
Record: 2-2 (.500)
James F. βPopβ McKale
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J.F. βPopβ McKale refused to schedule Arizona State in 1938, 1939 and 1940 after the Sun Devils βkidnappedβ three players from the Wildcats. UA beat ASU 20-7 when they played again in 1941.
Tenure: 1914-30
Record: 82-32-6 (.708)
Fred Enke
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Fred A. Enke during his time in college. Photo courtesy of University of Arizona Special Collections
Tenure: 1931
Record: 3-5-1 (.388)
A.W. Farwick
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Tenure: 1932
Record: 4-5 (.444)
Gerald A. βTexβ Oliver
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Tenure:Β 1933-37
Record:Β 32-11-4 (.723)
Orian Landreth
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Tenure: 1938
Record: 3-6 (.333)
Miles Casteel
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Tenure: 1939-48
Record: 46-26-3 (.633)
Bob Winslow
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Tenure:1949-51
Record: 12-18-1 (.403)
Warren Woodson
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Tenure: 1952-56
Record: 26-22-2 (.540)
Ed Doherty
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Undated photo of Ed Doherty and his staff. Jack W. Sheaffer / Arizona Daily Star file photo
Tenure:Β
Record:
Jim LaRue
UpdatedTenure: 1959-66
Record: 41-37-2 (.525)
Darrell Mudra
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Tenure:Β 1967-68
Record:Β 11-9-1 (.547)
Bob Weber
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Tenure:Β 1969-72
Record:Β 16-26 (.380)
Jim Young
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Jim Young opened the UA 1973 preseason drills at Cochise College in Douglas. Photo taken Aug. 15, 1973 by Jack Sheaffer / Arizona Daily Star file photo Β
Tenure:Β 1973-76
Record: 31-13 (.704)
Tony Mason
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Former UA football coach Tony Mason hugs a player during a game in 1979. Jack W. Sheaffer / Arizona Daily Star file photo
Tenure:Β 1977-79
Record:Β 16-18-1 (.471)
Larry Smith
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University of Arizona head coach Larry Smith with Arizona safety Chuck Cecil after the Aloha Bowl in Honolulu on Dec. 27, 1986. Jim Davis / Arizona Daily Star
Tenure:Β 1980-86
Record:Β 48-28-3 (.626)
Dick Tomey
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Former UA coach Dick Tomey is carried off the field after Arizonaβs 21-17 win over USC in 1990. Tomey won 95 games over 14 seasons with the Wildcats, including a 60-49-4 in Pac-10 play.
Tenure:Β 1987-2000
Record:Β 95-64-4 (.595)
John Mackovic
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Former Texas coach John Mackovic created a train wreck at Arizona. The UA fired him midseason in 2003.
Tenure:Β 2001-03
Record:Β 10-18 (.357)
Mike Hankwitz (interim)
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Tenure:Β 2003
Record:Β 1-6 (.142)
Mike Stoops
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Arizona head coach Mike stoops, center, is congratulated by longtime Wildcat supporter and Tucson business icon Jim Click and other fans after his team defeated Southern California, 21-17, in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, 2009.
Tenure:Β 2004-11
Record:Β 41-50 (.405)
Tim Kish (interim)
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Arizona's head coach Tim Kish is mad during a personal penalty on his team in the second quarter during the Territorial Cup series at ASU Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 in Tempe, AZ.
Tenure:Β 2011
Record:Β 3-3 (.500)
Rich Rodriguez
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Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez has words for Arizona quarterback Khalil Tate (14) as he comes off the field after failing to register a first down against Houston in the fourth quarter of their game at Arizona Stadium on September 9, 2017, Tucson, Ariz.
Tenure: 2012-17
Record: 43-35 (.551)
Kevin Sumlin
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Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin watches a play on the stadium video screen in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Tenure:Β 2018
Career record as head coach: 86-43
Bowl record: 4-3
