Kevin Sumlin hire marks a milestone in Arizona Wildcats head coaching fraternity
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A timeline of every Arizona Wildcats head football coach.
The new guy
UpdatedKevin 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
UpdatedTenure:Β 1899
Record:Β 2-1-1 (.625)
William Skinner
UpdatedTenure:Β 1900-01
Record:Β 7-2 (.778)
Leslie Gillette
UpdatedTenure: 1902
Record:Β 5-0 (1.000)
Orin Kates
UpdatedTenure: 1903-04
Record: 5-1-2 (.750)
William Ruthrauff
UpdatedTenure: 1905
Record: 4-2 (.667)
H.B. Galbraith
UpdatedTenure: 1908-09
Record: 8-1 (.889)
George Shipp
UpdatedTenure:Β 1910-11
Record: 8-1-1 (.850)
Raymond Quigley
UpdatedTenure: 1912
Record: 2-1 (.667)
Frank King
UpdatedTenure: 1913
Record: 2-2 (.500)
James F. βPopβ McKale
UpdatedTenure: 1914-30
Record: 82-32-6 (.708)
Fred Enke
UpdatedTenure: 1931
Record: 3-5-1 (.388)
A.W. Farwick
UpdatedTenure: 1932
Record: 4-5 (.444)
Gerald A. βTexβ Oliver
UpdatedTenure:Β 1933-37
Record:Β 32-11-4 (.723)
Orian Landreth
UpdatedTenure: 1938
Record: 3-6 (.333)
Miles Casteel
UpdatedTenure: 1939-48
Record: 46-26-3 (.633)
Bob Winslow
UpdatedTenure:1949-51
Record: 12-18-1 (.403)
Warren Woodson
UpdatedTenure: 1952-56
Record: 26-22-2 (.540)
Ed Doherty
UpdatedTenure:Β
Record:
Jim LaRue
UpdatedTenure: 1959-66
Record: 41-37-2 (.525)
Darrell Mudra
UpdatedTenure:Β 1967-68
Record:Β 11-9-1 (.547)
Bob Weber
UpdatedTenure:Β 1969-72
Record:Β 16-26 (.380)
Jim Young
UpdatedTenure:Β 1973-76
Record: 31-13 (.704)
Tony Mason
UpdatedTenure:Β 1977-79
Record:Β 16-18-1 (.471)
Larry Smith
UpdatedTenure:Β 1980-86
Record:Β 48-28-3 (.626)
Dick Tomey
UpdatedTenure:Β 1987-2000
Record:Β 95-64-4 (.595)
John Mackovic
UpdatedTenure:Β 2001-03
Record:Β 10-18 (.357)
Mike Hankwitz (interim)
UpdatedTenure:Β 2003
Record:Β 1-6 (.142)
Mike Stoops
UpdatedTenure:Β 2004-11
Record:Β 41-50 (.405)
Tim Kish (interim)
UpdatedTenure:Β 2011
Record:Β 3-3 (.500)
Rich Rodriguez
UpdatedTenure: 2012-17
Record: 43-35 (.551)
Kevin Sumlin
UpdatedTenure:Β 2018
Career record as head coach: 86-43
Bowl record: 4-3
More information
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