List of Louisville Cardinals head football coaches

Louisville Cardinals football
2016 Louisville Cardinals football team
First season	1912
Athletic director	Tom Jurich
Head coach	Bobby Petrino 6th year, 58–18 (.763)
Stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Seating capacity	55,000
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Louisville, Kentucky
Conference	ACC
Division	Atlantic
Past conferences	Independent (1912–1963) MVC (1963–1974) I-A Independent (1975–1995) Conference USA (1996–2004) Big East Conference (2005–2012) American Athletic Conference (2013)
All-time record	495–450–17 (.523)
Bowl record	10–9–1 (.525)
Conference titles	8 (2 Missouri Valley Conference, 3 Conference USA, 3 Big East)
Colors	Red and Black
Fight song	Fight! UofL
Mascot	Cardinal Bird
Marching band	U of L Cardinal Marching Band (Marching Cards)
Rivals	Kentucky Wildcats Cincinnati Bearcats Memphis Tigers
Website	gocards.com

The Louisville Cardinals Football team represents the University of Louisville in the sport of American football. The Cardinals compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are currently a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are currently coached by third year head coach Bobby Petrino.

The Louisville Cardinals have played in 962 games since their inaugural 1912 season. The Cardinals have appeared in 20 bowl games and have claimed 8 conference championships. Louisville competes against the University of Kentucky Wildcats in the annual "Governor's Cup" rivalry game. Six coaches have led the Cardinals to the postseason since 1912.^[1]

Head coaches

Years	Coach	Games	Record (W-L-T)	Winning %
1912–1913	Lester Larson	10	8–2	.800
1914	Dr. Bruce Baker	5	1–4	.200
1915–1916	Will Duffy	13	3–8–2	.272
1921–1922	Bill Duncan	14	4–9–1	.307
1923–1924	Fred Enke	17	8–8–1	.500
1925–1930	Tom King	48	27–21	.562
1931	Jack McGrath	8	0–8	.000
1932	C. V. Money	9	0–9	.000
1933–1935	Ben Cregor	23	4–18–1	.173
1936–1942	Laurie Apitz	54	22–29–3	.407
1946–1968	Frank Camp	215	118–95–2	.554
1969–1972	Lee Corso	42	28–11–3	.717
1973–1974	T.W. Alley	22	9–13	.409
1975–1979	Vince Gibson	56	25–29–2	.462
1980–1984	Bob Weber	55	20–35	.363
1985–1994	Howard Schnellenberger	112	54–56–2	.490
1995–1997	Ron Cooper	33	13–20	.393
1998–2002	John L. Smith	62	41–21	.661
2003–2006	Bobby Petrino	50	41–9	.820
2007–2009	Steve Kragthorpe	36	15–21	.416
2010–2013	Charlie Strong	52	37-15	.705
2014–Present	Bobby Petrino (cumulative record)	26 (76)	17-9 (58-18)	.654 (.763)
1912 – Present	Total	962	495-450-17	.524

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References

1. "Louisville Cardinals Coaches". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
2. "Louisville Database NCAA". nationalchamps.com. Retrieved January 30, 2016.