| OVERALL | CONF | NON-CONF | BOWL | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEARS | NAME | GM | W | L | T | W% | W | L | T | W% | W | L | T | W% | W | L | T | W% |
| 2014 - 2024 (11) | James Franklin | 139 | 99 | 40 | 0 | 71% | 65 | 33 | 0 | 66% | 30 | 2 | 0 | 94% | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44% |
| 2012 - 2013 (2) | Bill O'Brien | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 63% | 10 | 6 | 0 | 63% | 5 | 3 | 0 | 63% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2011 - 2011 (1) | Tom Bradley | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 1966 - 2011 (46) | Joe Paterno | 548 | 409 | 136 | 3 | 75% | 95 | 54 | 0 | 64% | 290 | 70 | 2 | 80% | 24 | 12 | 1 | 66% |
| 1950 - 1965 (16) | Rip Engle | 156 | 104 | 48 | 4 | 68% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 101 | 47 | 4 | 68% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
| 1949 - 1949 (1) | Joe Bedenk | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 56% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 4 | 0 | 56% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930 - 1948 (19) | Bob Higgins | 159 | 91 | 57 | 11 | 61% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 91 | 57 | 10 | 61% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| 1918 - 1929 (12) | Hugo Bezdek | 106 | 65 | 30 | 11 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 65 | 29 | 11 | 67% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 1915 - 1917 (3) | Dick Harlow | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 71% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 20 | 8 | 0 | 71% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910 - 1910 (1) | Jack Hollenback | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 69% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 2 | 1 | 69% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1909 - 1914 (6) | Bill Hollenback | 41 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 73% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 28 | 9 | 4 | 73% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1904 - 1908 (5) | Tom Fennell | 51 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 66% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 33 | 17 | 1 | 66% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1903 - 1903 (1) | Dan Reed | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 63% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 3 | 0 | 63% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900 - 1902 (3) | Pop Golden | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 57% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 16 | 12 | 1 | 57% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1899 - 1899 (1) | Sam Boyle | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 41% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 6 | 1 | 41% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1896 - 1898 (3) | Samuel Newton | 26 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 46% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 14 | 0 | 46% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1892 - 1895 (4) | George Hoskins | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 76% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 17 | 4 | 4 | 76% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 1887 - 1891 (5) | No Head Coach | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 60% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 8 | 1 | 60% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 138 YEARS | 1,393 | 941 | 410 | 42 | 69.1% | 171 | 95 | 0 | 64.3% | 739 | 295 | 40 | 70.7% | 31 | 20 | 2 | 60.4% | |