Tempe Historical Museum

Head Football Coaches

1897-1906 Frederick M. "Cap" Irish
1914-1916 George Schaeffer
1919 George E. Cooper
1922 Ernest Wills
1923-1929 Aaron M. McCreary
1930-1932 Ted E. Shipkey
1933-1937 Rudy M. Lavik
1938-1941 Dixie Howell
1942 Hilman Walker
1946 Steve Coutchie
1947-1950 Ed Doherty
1951 Larry Siemering
1952-1954 Clyde Smith
1955-1957 Dan Devine
1958-1979 Frank Kush
1979 Bob Owens
1980-1984 Darryl Rogers
1985-1987 John Cooper
1988-1991 Larry Marmie
1992-2000 Bruce Snyder
2001-2006 Dirk Koetter
2007-present Dennis Erickson
Head Coach Dixie Howell and Assistant Coach Bill Kajikawa, c. 1940
Head Coach Ed Doherty and the 1950 coaching staff. Courtesy of Bill Quinn


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