List of Franklin & Marshall Diplomats head football coaches
The Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football program is a college football team that represents Franklin & Marshall College as a member of the Centennial Conference at the NCAA Division III level. The team has had 40 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1887. The current coach is Michael Phelan, who took the position in 2025.
Among the coaches for the program include Hall of Fame coach John H. Outland, namesake of the Outland Trophy.
Coaches
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 college football season.| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | Miles O. Noll | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| X | No team | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2 | William Mann Irvine | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 3 | Bruce Griffith | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 4 | Eugene P. Skyles | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 5 | George W. Hartman | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 6 | Ward W. Reese | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 7 | Alfred E. Bull | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 8 | M. Delmar Ritchie | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 9 | Harry Shindle Wingert | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 10 | John H. Outland† | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 11 | John C. Hedges | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 12 | John Chalmers | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 13 | D. R. Brown | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 14 | William Penn Bates | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 15 | Samuel L. Moyer | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 16 | Vere Triechler | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 17 | Jack Hollenback | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 18 | Frank Mount Pleasant | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 19 | Dexter W. Draper | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 20 | Charles Mayser | 49 | 25 | 21 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 21 | John M. Reed | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 22 | O. Webster Saylor | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 23 | Arthur S. Herman | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 24 | Harry D. Weller | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 25 | Byron W. Dickson | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 26 | John B. Price | 35 | 20 | 10 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 27 | Ken Shroyer | 18 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | ||||
| 28 | Jonathan K. Miller | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | ||||
| 29 | Alan M. Holman | 93 | 63 | 25 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 3 | — | — | 7 | — | ||||
| 30 | Dick Barker | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | ||||
| 31 | Charles R. Soleau | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 32 | S. Woodrow Sponaugle | 123 | 59 | 58 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | ||||
| 33 | George H. Storck | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | — | — | 0 | — | ||||
| 34 | David Pooley | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | ||||
| 35 | Bob Curtis | 35 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | ||||
| 36 | Tom Gilburg | 274 | 160 | 112 | 2 | 126 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | ||||
| 37 | Shawn Halloran | 32 | 17 | 15 | — | 11 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | ||||
| 38 | John Troxell | 159 | 92 | 67 | — | 74 | 55 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | ||||
| 39 | Tom Blumenauer | 32 | 21 | 11 | — | 11 | 10 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ||||
| 40 | Michael Phelan | 10 | 9 | 2 | — | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |