# | Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. | National titles (consensus & shared)[2] | 0 | 1887–89, 92–93 | None | 5 | 7–4–1 | .625 | | 1 | 1894 | James L. Morrison | 1 | 3–1–1 | .700 | | 2 | 1895 | H. G. Hadden | 1 | 3–1–0 | .750 | | 3 | 1896–98 | Frank E. Hering | 3 | 12–6–1 | .658 | | 4 | 1899 | James McWeeney | 1 | 6–3–1 | .650 | | 5 | 1900–01 | Pat O'Dea | 2 | 14–4–2 | .750 | | 6 | 1902–03 | James F. Faragher | 2 | 14–2–2 | .843 | | 7 | 1904 | Red Salmon | 1 | 5–3–0 | .625 | | 8 | 1905 | Henry J. McGlew | 1 | 5–4–0 | .556 | | 9 | 1906–07 | Thomas A. Barry | 2 | 12–1–1 | .893 | | 10 | 1908 | Victor M. Place | 1 | 8–1–0 | .889 | | 11 | 1909–10 | Frank Longman | 2 | 11–1–2 | .857 | | 12 | 1911–12 | John L. Marks | 2 | 13–0–2 | .933 | | 13 | 1913–17 | Jesse Harper | 5 | 34–5–1 | .863 | | 14 | 1918–30 | Knute Rockne | 13 | 105–12–5 | .881 | 1924, 1929, 1930 | 15 | 1931–33 | Hunk Anderson | 3 | 16–9–2 | .630 | | 16 | 1934–40 | Elmer Layden | 7 | 47–13–3 | .770 | | 17 | 1941–43, 46–53 | Frank Leahy | 11 | 87–11–9 | .855 | 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949 | 18 | 1944 | Edward McKeever | 1 | 8–2–0 | .800 | | 19 | 1945, 63 | Hugh Devore | 2 | 9–9–1 | .500 | | 20 | 1954–58 | Terry Brennan | 5 | 32–18–0 | .640 | | 21 | 1959–62 | Joe Kuharich | 4 | 17–23–0 | .425 | | 22 | 1964–74 | Ara Parseghian | 11 | 95–17–4 | .836 | 1966, 1973 | 23 | 1975–80 | Dan Devine | 6 | 53–16–1 | .764 | 1977 | 24 | 1981–85 | Gerry Faust | 5 | 30–26–1 | .535 | | 25 | 1986–96 | Lou Holtz | 11 | 100–30–2 | .765 | 1988 | 26 | 1997–2001 | Bob Davie | 5 | 35–25 | .583 | | | 2001* | George O'Leary | 0 | 0–0 | .000 | | 27 | 2002–2004 | Tyrone Willingham | 3 | 21–15 | .583 | | Interim | 2004** | Kent Baer | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | | 28 | 2005–2009 | Charlie Weis | 5 | 35–27 | .565 | | 29 | 2010–2021 | Brian Kelly | 12 | 113***–40 | .739 | | 30 | 2021–present | Marcus Freeman | 1 | 19-8 | .704 | | Totals | 31 coaches | 133 seasons | 920–330–42 | .728 | * George O'Leary did not coach a single practice or game, being fired five days after being hired; he had misrepresented his academic credentials. | ** Kent Baer served as interim head coach for one game at the 2004 Insight Bowl, after Tyrone Willingham was fired. | *** Does not account for vacated wins. | |