The Marshall Thundering Herd college football team represents Marshall University in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. The Thundering Herd competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 31 head coaches since it began play during the 1895 season. Since December 2024, Tony Gibson has served as Marshall's head coach.
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Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards # Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs NCs National awards 1 1903–1904 12 4 4 4 — — — — — — — — — 2 1905 8 6 2 0 — — — — — — — — — 3 1906–1907 11 7 2 2 — — — — — — — — — 4 1908 6 0 6 0 — — — — — — — — — 5 1909–1916 63 32 27 4 — — — — — — — — — 6 1917 9 1 7 1 — — — — — — — — — 7 1919 8 8 0 0 — — — — — — — — — 8 1920 8 0 8 0 — — — — — — — — — 9 1921–1922 17 11 6 1 — — — — — — — — — 10 1923 8 1 7 0 — — — — — — — — — 11 1924 8 4 4 0 — — — — — — — — — 12 1925–1928 38 22 9 7 — — — 2 — 13 1929–1930 18 8 8 2 — — — 0 — 14 1931–1934 36 18 16 2 — — — 1 — 15 1935–1949 119 68 46 5 0 0 1 — 16 1950–1952 31 9 19 3 0 — — — 0 — 17 1953–1958 54 21 31 2 0 — — — 0 — 18 1959–1967 89 28 58 3 — — — 0 — 19 1968 10 0 9 1 0 0 — — — 0 — 20 1969–1970 19 6 13 0 — — — — — — — — — 21 1971–1974 42 9 33 0 — — — — — — — — — 22 1975–1978 44 10 34 0 0 0 – – – 0 — 23 1979–1983 55 12 42 1 — — — 0 — 24 1984–1985 22 13 8 1 — — — 0 — 25 1986–1989 55 33 16 1 0 0 1 — 26 1990–1995 85 64 21 0 0 0 1 1 27 1996–2004 117 94 23 — — — 6 1 28 2005–2009 59 22 37 — — 0 0 — 0 — Int 2009 1 1 0 — — — — — 0 — 0 — 29 2010–2020 139 85 54 — — — 1 — 30 2021–2024 52 32 20 — — 1 2 — 1 — 31 2025– 12 5 7 — — 0 0 — 0 —
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