Like a family tree, the Coaching Tree shows all the relationships between college and professional football’s various coaches. Our tree only includes individuals who have ultimately served as head coaches at some point in their careers. Additionally, we use the following terminology in our tree.
Tree Tops – Like a family tree, these are the oldest connections at the top of the tree. The oldest Tree Tops reach back to the 1880’s and include some of the most prominent individuals in the early development of the game.
Roots – These are the developmental relationships in a coach’s career – that is, the head coaches from which a future head coach is descended. “Early” roots can include prominent high school coaches or the actual father of a coach if the father was also a coach at some point in his career. “College” roots include all the head coaches a future head coach played for in college along with any assistant positions he may have held at colleges prior to becoming a head coach. “Pro” roots include all the head coaches a future head coach played for or coached under professionally.
Branches – Each coach represents a branch of the overall Coaching Tree, but each coach also stands alone as his own Coaching Tree. Branches of a coach’s tree are represented by the head coaches who played or coached directly under that coach.
Prominent Tree Tops
There are four Tree Tops that represent the deepest roots of the Coaching Tree.
Harvard, Lucius Littauer and Pop Warner
The oldest prominent Tree Top in the Coaching Tree dates back to Lucius Littauer. Littauer was the first official head coach in Harvard’s football history holding the position in 1881. The program didn’t make the position permanent until 1890, but this line of coaches includes the first five coaches in Harvard’s history including Frank A. Mason (1886) and the co-head coaching teams of George C. Adams and George A. Stewart (1890-1892) along with Stewart’s single-year collaboration with Everett J. Lake (1893). Technically, you can skip Lake and go right to the next coach in the line, former Harvard player Marshall “Ma” Newell who played all three years for Adams and Stewart. After leaving Harvard, Newell spent two years as the coach at Cornell, and it’s here where this line gives rise to one of the game’s early coaching giants in the form of Glenn “Pop” Warner. Warner spent 44 years as a head coach in college football beginning in 1895 and continuing through 1938, and many of the game’s greatest coaches in the game today are descended from this line.
Yale, Walter Camp and Amos Alonzo Stagg
Walter Camp was one of the game’s early innovators, a man so important to the game’s development that he’s known as the “Father of American Football.” He played the game when he was a student at Yale from 1876 to 1882, and he later served as the program’s first head coach beginning in 1888. That’s where this branch of the Coaching Tree begins, and one of Camp’s players in his first two seasons as Yale’s coach (1888-1889) would soon become another one of the game’s most important young coaches. Amos Alonzo Stagg’s coaching career began in 1890, and he would serve continuously as a head coach until 1946 continuing on after that as an assistant coach before finally retiring at the age of 96 as the “Grand Old Man of Football.” Many other coaches important to the early development of the game are in this tree, and it continues to produce fruit even to this day.
Woody Wagenhorst, John Heisman and Georgia Tech
E.O. “Woody” Wagenhorst is a name mostly forgotten by modern college football fans, but his name stands at the top of one of college football’s most important branches. Wagenhorst played college football at Princeton from 1886 to 1887 before taking over for Frank Dole as the head coach at Pennsylvania in 1888. He coached the team for four years through the 1891 season, and during his final two seasons, he had the services of an undersized center named John W. Heisman, a transfer from Brown which did not yet have a coach. Wagenhorst had a respectable 39-18 record in his four years leading Penn, but his coaching career ended in 1892 when he graduated from Pennsylvania’s law school. Heisman was just getting started, however, and in the fall of 1892 he took over the program at Oberlin beginning a head coaching career that would ultimately last 36 years until his retirement from Rice University. Despite his long career, there were relatively few head coaches that got their start directly under Heisman, and two other coaches deserve special mention in this tree. Heisman spent 16 seasons at Georgia Tech (1904-1919) before turning the reins over to William Alexander who would lead the Yellow Jackets for 25 years (1920-1944). He in turn passed the torch to Bobby Dodd who spent another 22 seasons (1945-1966) as the head coach in Atlanta, and the consecutive tenures of Heisman, Alexander and Dodd – the three longest in school history – ultimately spanned 63 years. Many of American football’s current professional and college coaches can trace their roots to the Wagenhorst/Heisman branch of the Coaching Tree.
Alexander S. Lilley, Ohio State and Michigan
When it comes to the Coaching Tree, Ohio State and Michigan are as close as the rivalry that binds these two universities together on the field. This branch of the coaching tree begins with the coach of Ohio State’s very first team in 1890, a man named Alexander S. Lilley. It then passes to one of his players, Frank Rane who is later listed as F. William “John” Rane, the second coach in the history of the West Virginia program who led the Mountaineers in 1893 and 1894. During his second season in Morgantown, he coached a young player named Fielding Yost who in the years to come would join the coaching profession. In 1901, Yost took over the program at Michigan becoming the first great coach in the Wolverines’ history, and a man whose named is still revered in Ann Arbor. But the Ohio State-Michigan connections don’t stop there. During his final season at Michigan, Yost coached a halfback named George Rich who later became the coach at Denison. One of Rich’s young pupils there was a tackle named Woody Hayes who would go on to become the winningest coach in Ohio State history during a career that spanned 28 years (1951-1978). However, before arriving at Ohio State, Hayes also coached at Miami (OH), known as the ‘Cradle of Coaches,’ and it was here that he coached a young Bo Schembechler who would later join him for several seasons as an assistant in Columbus. Of course, Schembechler would eventually make his mark as the winningest coach at Michigan, passing Yost along the way for top honors. The Ohio State-Michigan connections continue today as current Ohio State coach Urban Meyer’s tree also traces back to Lilley while current Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh played for Schembechler.
| Name | Tree Home Page | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, George C. | George C. Adams Tree | 1890 | 1892 |
| Alexander, William "Bill" | William "Bill" Alexander Tree | 1920 | 1944 |
| Amen, Paul J. | Paul J. Amen Tree | 1956 | 1959 |
| Applewhite, Major | Major Applewhite Tree | 2016 | Present |
| Arians, Bruce | Bruce Arians Tree | 1983 | Present |
| Arnsparger, Bill | Bill Arnsparger Tree | 1974 | 1986 |
| Bailiff, David | David Bailiff Tree | 2004 | Present |
| Barfield, Doug | Doug Barfield Tree | 1976 | 1980 |
| Barnhill, John | John Barnhill Tree | 1941 | 1949 |
| Battle, Bill | Bill Battle Tree | 1970 | 1976 |
| Belichick, Bill | Bill Belichick Tree | 1975 | Present |
| Belichick, Steve | Steve Belichick Tree | 1946 | 1948 |
| Berry, Elmer | Elmer Berry Tree | 1917 | 1921 |
| Berry, Raymond | Raymond Berry Tree | 1984 | 1989 |
| Bible, Dana X. | Dana X. Bible Tree | 1913 | 1946 |
| Bierman, Bernie | Bernie Bierman Tree | 1919 | 1950 |
| Blackburn, George "Blackie" | Blackie Blackburn Tree | 1948 | 1970 |
| Bowden, Bobby | Bobby Bowden Tree | 1959 | 2009 |
| Bowden, Terry | Terry Bowden Tree | 1987 | Present |
| Bowden, Tommy | Tommy Bowden Tree | 1997 | 2008 |
| Blaik, Earl "Red" | Earl "Red" Blaik Tree | 1934 | 1958 |
| Brickley, Charles | Charles Brickley Tree | 1915 | 1921 |
| Brooks, William A. | William A. Brooks Tree | 1894 | 1894 |
| Brown, Mack | Mack Brown Tree | 1983 | 2013 |
| Broyles, Frank | Frank Broyles Tree | 1957 | 1976 |
| Bruce, Earle | Earle Bruce Tree | 1973 | 1992 |
| Bruney, Fred | Fred Bruney Tree | 1985 | 1985 |
| Bryant, Paul "Bear" | Paul "Bear" Bryant Tree | 1945 | 1982 |
| Bugel, Joe | Joe Bugel Tree | 1990 | 1997 |
| Caddas, Chester | Chester Caddas Tree | 1972 | 1981 |
| Cameron, Cam | Cam Cameron Tree | 1997 | 2007 |
| Camp, Walter | Walter Camp Tree (Tree Top) | 1888 | 1895 |
| Caragher, Ron | Ron Caragher Tree | 2007 | 2016 |
| Carlen, Jim | Jim Carlen Tree | 1966 | 1981 |
| Carlson, Robert S. "Bob" | Bob Carlson Tree | 1940 | 1952 |
| Carr, Lloyd | Lloyd Carr Tree | 1995 | 2007 |
| Chaump, George | George Chaump Tree | 1982 | 1994 |
| Cherry, Blair | Blair Cherry Tree | 1947 | 1950 |
| Christiansen, Jack | Jack Christiansen Tree | 1963 | 1976 |
| Cignetti, Frank | Frank Cignetti Tree | 1976 | 2005 |
| Claiborne, Jerry | Jerry Claiborne Tree | 1961 | 1989 |
| Cofall, Stan | Stan Cofall Tree | 1915 | 1928 |
| Colletto, Jim | Jim Colletto Tree | 1975 | 1996 |
| Collins, Bobby | Bobby Collins Tree | 1975 | 1986 |
| Collis, Gerry | Gerry Collis Tree | 1967 | 1983 |
| Coryell, Don | Don Coryell Tree | 1953 | 1986 |
| Crowder, Eddie | Eddie Crowder Tree | 1963 | 1973 |
| Croom, Sylvester | Sylvester Croom Tree | 2004 | 2008 |
| Crum, Dick | Dick Crum Tree | 1974 | 1990 |
| Crutchfield, Bill | Bill Crutchfield Tree | 1954 | 1956 |
| Currey, Dave | Dave Currey Tree | 1977 | 1988 |
| Curry, Bill | Bill Curry Tree | 1980 | 2012 |
| Daly, Charles D. | Charles D. Daly Tree | 1913 | 1922 |
| Davie, Bob | Bob Davie Tree | 1997 | Present |
| Davis, Parke H. | Parke H. Davis Tree | 1893 | 1897 |
| Dibblee, Benjamin H. | Benjamin H. Dibblee Tree | 1899 | 1900 |
| Dickey, Doug | Doug Dickey Tree | 1964 | 1978 |
| Dietzel, Paul | Paul Dietzel Tree | 1955 | 1974 |
| Ditka, Mike | Mike Ditka Tree | 1982 | 1999 |
| Dodd, Bobby | Bobby Dodd Tree | 1945 | 1966 |
| Donahue, Terry | Terry Donahue Tree | 1976 | 1995 |
| Dooley, Vince | Vince Dooley Tree | 1964 | 1988 |
| Drew, Harold "Red" | Harold "Red" Drew Tree | 1921 | 1954 |
| Drewer, Milt | Milt Drewer Tree | 1957 | 1963 |
| DuBose, Mike | Mike DuBose Tree | 1997 | 2000 |
| Duncan, Donnie | Donnie Duncan Tree | 1979 | 1982 |
| Dye, Pat | Pat Dye Tree | 1974 | 1992 |
| Elliott, Chalmers "Bump" | Bump Elliott Tree | 1959 | 1968 |
| Erickson, Dennis | Dennis Erickson Tree | 1982 | 2011 |
| Evashevski, Forest | Forest Evashevski Tree | 1941 | 1960 |
| Fairbanks, Chuck | Chuck Fairbanks Tree | 1967 | 1983 |
| Fisher, Jimbo | Jimbo Fisher Tree | 2010 | Present |
| Fitzgerald, Dennis | Dennis Fitzgerald Tree | 1975 | 1977 |
| Fleck, P.J. | P.J. Fleck Tree | 2013 | Present |
| Foote, Howard | Howard Foote Tree | 1955 | 1956 |
| Forbes, William Cameron | William Cameron Forbes Tree | 1897 | 1898 |
| Ford, Danny | Danny Ford Tree | 1978 | 1997 |
| Forzano, Rick | Rick Forzano Tree | 1964 | 1976 |
| Fry, Hayden | Hayden Fry Tree | 1962 | 1998 |
| Gartman, Earl | Earl Gartman Tree | 1949 | 1969 |
| Gillman, Sid | Sid Gillman Tree | 1944 | 1974 |
| Glanville, Jerry | Jerry Glanville Tree | 1967 | 2009 |
| Graham, Todd | Todd Graham Tree | 2006 | Present |
| Graves, Ray | Ray Graves Tree | 1960 | 1969 |
| Gustafson, Andy | Andy Gustafson Tree | 1926 | 1963 |
| Harbaugh, Jack | Jack Harbaugh Tree | 1982 | 2002 |
| Harbaugh, Jim | Jim Harbaugh Tree | 2004 | Present |
| Harper, Jesse | Jesse Harper Tree | 1906 | 1917 |
| Harper, Joe | Joe Harper Tree | 1968 | 1996 |
| Hayes, Woody | Woody Hayes Tree | 1946 | 1978 |
| Heacock, Jim | Jim Heacock Tree | 1988 | 1995 |
| Heisman, John W. | John W. Heisman Tree | 1893 | 1927 |
| Herman, Tom | Tom Herman Tree | 2015 | Present |
| Hildebrand, Bill | Bill Hildebrand Tree | 1952 | 1963 |
| Hollingsworth, A.B. | A.B. Hollingsworth Tree | 1936 | 1936 |
| Holtz, Lou | Lou Holtz Tree | 1969 | 2004 |
| Howell, Jim Lee | Jim Lee Howell Tree | 1947 | 1960 |
| Hudspeth, Tommy | Tommy Hudspeth Tree | 1964 | 1981 |
| James, Don | Don James Tree | 1971 | 1992 |
| Johnson, Ellis | Ellis Johnson Tree | 1983 | 2012 |
| Johnson, Jimmy | Jimmy Johnson Tree | 1979 | 1988 |
| Jones, Joey | Joey Jones Tree | 2006 | Present |
| Jones, Larry | Larry Jones Tree | 1971 | 1973 |
| Jones, Lawrence "Biff" | Lawrence "Biff" Jones Tree | 1926 | 1941 |
| Kiesling, Walt | Walt Kiesling Tree | 1939 | 1956 |
| Kiffin, Lane | Lane Kiffin Tree | 2007 | Present |
| Kiffin, Monte | Monte Kiffin Tree | 1980 | 1982 |
| Kill, Jerry | Jerry Kill Tree | 1994 | 2015 |
| Killinger, Glenn | Glenn Killinger Tree | 1927 | 1931 |
| King, Dewey | Dewey King Tree | 1970 | 1979 |
| Kragthorpe, Steve | Steve Kragthorpe Tree | 2003 | 2009 |
| Kromer, Leon B. | Leon B. Kromer Tree | 1901 | 1901 |
| Lake, Everett J. | Everett J. Lake Tree | 1893 | 1893 |
| Landry, Tom | Tom Landry Tree | 1960 | 1988 |
| Leach, Mike | Mike Leach Tree | 2000 | Present |
| LeBeau, Dick | Dick LeBeau Tree | 2000 | 2002 |
| Lilley, Alexander S. | Alexander S. Lilley Tree (Tree Top) | 1890 | 1891 |
| Littauer, Lucius N. | Lucius N. Littauer Tree (Tree Top) | 1881 | 1881 |
| Livingston, Walter | Walter Livingston Tree | 1911 | 1926 |
| Long, Chuck | Chuck Long Tree | 2006 | 2008 |
| Longman, Frank "Shorty" | Frank "Shorty" Longman Tree | 1906 | 1910 |
| Lubick, Sonny | Sonny Lubick Tree | 1978 | 2007 |
| MacDermott, Bill | Bill MacDermott Tree | 1971 | 1986 |
| Mackovic, John | John Mackovic Tree | 1978 | 2003 |
| Majors, Johnny | Johnny Majors Tree | 1968 | 1992 |
| Mallory, Bill | Bill Mallory Tree | 1969 | 1996 |
| Maloney, Frank | Frank Maloney Tree | 1974 | 1980 |
| Mangino, Mark | Mark Mangino Tree | 2002 | 2009 |
| Mans, George | George Mans Tree | 1974 | 1975 |
| Marchibroda, Ted | Ted Marchibroda Tree | 1975 | 1998 |
| Marks, Jack | Jack Marks Tree | 1911 | 1912 |
| Marmion, Bryan | Bryan Marmion Tree | 1998 | 2001 |
| Martin, Ben | Ben Martin Tree | 1956 | 1977 |
| Mason, Frank A. | Frank A. Mason Tree | 1886 | 1907 |
| Mason, Glen | Glen Mason Tree | 1986 | 2006 |
| Mather, Charles "Chuck" | Chuck Mather Tree | 1954 | 1957 |
| McCafferty, Don | Don McCafferty Tree | 1970 | 1973 |
| McCartney, Bill | Bill McCartney Tree | 1982 | 1994 |
| McClain, Dave | Dave McClain Tree | 1971 | 1985 |
| McClendon, Charlie | Charlie McClendon Tree | 1962 | 1979 |
| McCrory, Harry | Harry McCrory Tree | 1895 | 1895 |
| McCurdy, James | James McCurdy Tree | 1896 | 1916 |
| McKay, John | John McKay Tree | 1960 | 1984 |
| McKeen, Allyn | Allyn McKeen Tree | 1937 | 1948 |
| McMullen, Joe | Joe McMullen Tree | 1950 | 1970 |
| McVay, John | John McVay Tree | 1965 | 1975 |
| Mehre, Harry J. | Harry J. Mehre Tree | 1929 | 1930 |
| Meyer, Urban | Urban Meyer Tree | 2001 | Present |
| Miles, Les | Les Miles Tree | 2001 | 2016 |
| Miller, Red | Red Miller Tree | 1977 | 1983 |
| Mitchell, Jack | Jack Mitchell Tree | 1953 | 1966 |
| Moeller, Gary | Gary Moeller Tree | 1977 | 2000 |
| Moore, Bud | Bud Moore Tree | 1975 | 1978 |
| Moss, Perry | Perry Moss Tree | 1959 | 1968 |
| Mudra, Darrell | Darrell Mudra Tree | 1974 | 1975 |
| Neale, Greasy | Greasy Neale Tree | 1915 | 1950 |
| Nehlen, Don | Don Nehlen Tree | 1968 | 2000 |
| Newell, Marshall "Ma" | Marshall Newell Tree | 1894 | 1895 |
| Neyland, Robert "Bob" | Bob Neyland Tree | 1926 | 1952 |
| Nolan, Dennis E. | Dennis E. Nolan Tree | 1902 | 1902 |
| Nolan, Dick | Dick Nolan Tree | 1968 | 1992 |
| Nolan, Mike | Mike Nolan Tree | 2005 | 2008 |
| Novak, Joe | Joe Novak Tree | 1996 | 2007 |
| O'Neal, Pat | Pat O'Neal Tree | 1972 | 1989 |
| Owen, Steve | Steve Owen Tree | 1930 | 1962 |
| Owens, Jim | Jim Owens Tree | 1957 | 1974 |
| Pace, Bill | Bill Pace Tree | 1967 | 1972 |
| Palmer, Chris | Chris Palmer Tree | 1986 | 2010 |
| Parcells, Bill | Bill Parcells Tree | 1978 | 2006 |
| Pardee, Jack | Jack Pardee Tree | 1974 | 1995 |
| Parratt, Peggy | Peggy Parratt Tree | 1908 | 1916 |
| Parseghian, Ara | Ara Parseghian Tree | 1951 | 1974 |
| Paterno, Joe | Joe Paterno Tree | 1966 | 2011 |
| Pelini, Bo | Bo Pelini Tree | 2003 | Present |
| Perkins, Ray | Ray Perkins Tree | 1979 | 2013 |
| Perles, George | George Perles Tree | 1983 | 1994 |
| Perry, Doyt | Doyt Perry Tree | 1955 | 1964 |
| Peterson, Bill | Bill Peterson Tree | 1960 | 1971 |
| Pont, John | John Pont Tree | 1956 | 1992 |
| Prothro, Tommy | Tommy Prothro Tree | 1955 | 1970 |
| Purinton, Royce | Royce Purinton Tree | 1902 | 1917 |
| Randleman, Ron | Ron Randleman Tree | 1969 | 2004 |
| Rane, F. William "John" | F. William "John" Rane Tree | 1893 | 1894 |
| Reed, Tom | Tom Reed Tree | 1978 | 1985 |
| Rees, Trevor J. | Trevor J. Rees Tree | 1946 | 1963 |
| Reeves, Dan | Dan Reeves Tree | 1981 | 2003 |
| Rein, Bo | Bo Rein Tree | 1976 | 1979 |
| Rhoads, Paul | Paul Rhoads Tree | 2009 | 2015 |
| Rich, George | George Rich Tree | 1931 | 1934 |
| Riley, Mike | Mike Riley Tree | 1987 | Present |
| Robinson, Greg | Greg Robinson Tree | 2005 | 2008 |
| Rockne, Knute | Knute Rockne Tree | 1918 | 1930 |
| Rodgers, Pepper | Pepper Rodgers Tree | 1967 | 1979 |
| Rodriguez, Rich | Rich Rodriguez Tree | 1988 | Present |
| Rogers, Tom | Tom Rogers Tree | 1935 | 1941 |
| Rush, Clive | Clive Rush Tree | 1960 | 1976 |
| Saban, Nick | Nick Saban Tree | 1990 | Present |
| Sanders, Harry "Red" | Harry "Red" Sanders Tree | 1940 | 1957 |
| Schembechler, Bo | Bo Schembechler Tree | 1963 | 1989 |
| Schiano, Greg | Greg Schiano Tree | 2001 | 2013 |
| Schnellenberger, Howard | Howard Schnellenberger Tree | 1973 | 2011 |
| Schudel, Paul | Paul Schudel Tree | 1985 | 2003 |
| Shaughnessy, Clark | Clark Shaughnessy Tree | 1915 | 1965 |
| Sherrill, Jackie | Jackie Sherrill Tree | 1976 | 2003 |
| Shira, Charley | Charley Shira Tree | 1967 | 1972 |
| Shula, Don | Don Shula Tree | 1963 | 1995 |
| Skrien, Dave | Dave Skrien Tree | 1961 | 1984 |
| Sloan, Steve | Steve Sloan Tree | 1973 | 1976 |
| Smart, Kirby | Kirby Smart Tree | 2016 | Present |
| Smith, Larry | Larry Smith Tree | 1976 | 2000 |
| Snyder, Bill | Bill Snyder Tree | 1989 | Present |
| Spaulding, William "Bill" | Bill Spaulding Tree | 1907 | 1938 |
| Spurrier, Steve | Steve Spurrier Tree | 1987 | 2015 |
| Squires, Scott | Scott Squires Tree | 1996 | 2006 |
| Stagg, Amos Alonzo | Amos Alonzo Stagg Tree | 1892 | 1946 |
| Stallings, Gene | Gene Stallings Tree | 1965 | 1996 |
| Staub, Ralph | Ralph Staub Tree | 1977 | 1980 |
| Stewart, George A. | George A. Stewart Tree | 1890 | 1893 |
| Stobart, Chuck | Chuck Stobart Tree | 1977 | 1994 |
| Stockstill, Rick | Rick Stockstill Tree | 2006 | Present |
| Stoops, Bob | Bob Stoops Tree | 1999 | Present |
| Stoops, Mark | Mark Stoops Tree | 2013 | Present |
| Stoops, Mike | Mike Stoops Tree | 2004 | 2011 |
| Stovall, Jerry | Jerry Stovall Tree | 1980 | 1983 |
| Strader, Red | Red Strader Tree | 1928 | 1955 |
| Strong, Charlie | Charlie Strong Tree | 2004 | Present |
| Sumlin, Kevin | Kevin Sumlin Tree | 2008 | Present |
| Sutherland, Jock | Jock Sutherland Tree | 1919 | 1938 |
| Swinney, Dabo | Dabo Swinney Coaching Tree | 2008 | Present |
| Switzer, Barry | Barry Switzer Tree | 1973 | 1988 |
| Tate, Bill | Bill Tate Tree | 1964 | 1968 |
| Thomas, Frank W. | Frank W. Thomas Coaching Tree | 1925 | 1946 |
| Tinsley, Gaynell "Gus" | Gus Tinsley Tree | 1937 | 1954 |
| Tranquill, Gary | Gary Tranquill Tree | 1982 | 1986 |
| Trenchard, Thomas Gawthrop "Doggie" | Thomas "Doggie" Trenchard Tree | 1895 | 1915 |
| Tressel, Jim | Jim Tressel Tree | 1986 | 2010 |
| Tyler, Bob | Bob Tyler Tree | 1973 | 2002 |
| Uzelac, Elliot | Elliot Uzelac Tree | 1975 | 1989 |
| Vanderlinden, Ron | Ron Vanderlinden Tree | 1997 | 2000 |
| Wagenhorst, E.O. "Woody" | Woody Wagenhorst Tree (Tree Top) | 1888 | 1891 |
| Walbrick, Hank | Hank Walbrick Tree | 1990 | 1998 |
| Warmath, Murray | Murray Warmath Tree | 1952 | 1971 |
| Warner, Glenn Scobey "Pop" | Glenn "Pop" Warner Tree | 1895 | 1938 |
| Waters, Bert | Bert Waters Tree | 1896 | 1896 |
| White, William C. "Bill" | Bill White Tree | 1940 | 1954 |
| Wieman, Elton "Tad" | Tad Wieman Tree | 1927 | 1942 |
| Williams, Henry L. "Doc" | Henry L. "Doc" Williams Tree | 1891 | 1921 |
| Williamson, Richard | Richard Williamson Tree | 1975 | 1991 |
| Wilson, Kevin | Kevin Wilson Tree | 2011 | Present |
| Wilson, Shirley "Red" | Shirley "Red" Wilson Tree | 1967 | 1982 |
| Wolf, Raymond "Bear" | Raymond "Bear" Wolf Tree | 1936 | 1953 |
| Woodruff, George "Bob" | George "Bob" Woodruff Tree | 1947 | 1959 |
| Woodruff, George C. "Kid" | George "Kid" Woodruff Tree | 1923 | 1927 |
| Yost, Fielding | Fielding Yost Coaching Tree | 1897 | 1926 |
| Young, Jim | Jim Young Tree | 1973 | 1990 |
| Zuppke, Bob "The Little Dutchman" | Bob Zuppke Tree | 1913 | 1941 |