title: List of Elon Phoenix head football coaches
text: # List of Elon Phoenix head football coaches
  
  The Elon Phoenix football program is a college football team that represents Elon University in the Colonial Athletic Association, a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The team has had 21 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1909. Since December 2018, Tony Trisciani has served as head coach at Elon.
  
  ## Key
  
  Key to symbols in coaches list :
  
  | General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Order of coaches | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
  | DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
  | CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
  | NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
  | † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |
  
  ## Coaches
  
  Statistics correct through the second game of the 2022 college football season.
  
  | No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Reddy Rowe | 1909 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | S | No team | 1910–1918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 2 | Jack Johnson | 1919 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 3 | Frank Corboy | 1920–1925 | 51 | 17 | 31 | 3 | .363 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 4 | A. R. Van Cleave | 1926 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 5 | Peahead Walker | 1927–1936 | 88 | 44 | 41 | 3 | .517 | — | — | — | | — | — | 4 | — |
  | 6 | Horace Hendrickson | 1937–1941 | 44 | 31 | 12 | 1 | .716 | — | — | — | | — | — | 2 | — |
  | X | No team | 1942–1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 7 | Hap Perry | 1946–1947 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 8 | James Mallory | 1948–1952 | 49 | 28 | 18 | 3 | .602 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 9 | Sid Varney | 1953–1959 | 62 | 24 | 36 | 2 | .403 | — | — | — | | — | — | 1 | — |
  | 10 | George Tucker | 1960–1964 | 50 | 29 | 20 | 1 | .590 | — | — | — | | — | — | 2 | — |
  | 11 | Gary Mattocks | 1965–1966 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .150 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 12 | Shirley Wilson | 1967–1976 | 108 | 72 | 34 | 2 | .676 | — | — | — | | 1 | 4 | 5 | — |
  | 13 | Jerry Tolley | 1977–1981 | 62 | 49 | 11 | 2 | .806 | — | — | — | | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
  | 14 | Wright Anderson | 1982–1983 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 15 | Macky Carden | 1984–1988 | 51 | 34 | 17 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 16 | Leon Hart | 1989–1995 | 74 | 37 | 37 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 17 | Al Seagraves | 1996–2003 | 89 | 40 | 49 | 0 | .449 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 18 | Paul Hamilton | 2004–2005 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .273 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 19 | Pete Lembo | 2006–2010 | 57 | 35 | 22 | 0 | .614 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
  | 20 | Jason Swepson | 2011–2013 | 34 | 10 | 24 | — | .294 | 5 | 19 | — | .208 | — | — | — | — |
  | 21 | Rich Skrosky | 2014–2016 | 34 | 7 | 27 | — | .206 | 4 | 20 | — | .167 | — | — | — | — |
  | 22 | Curt Cignetti | 2017–2018 | 23 | 14 | 9 | — | .609 | 10 | 5 | — | .667 | — | 2 | — | — |
  | 23 | Tony Trisciani | 2019–present | 40 | 20 | 20 | — | .500 | 15 | 13 | — | .536 | — | — | — | — |
  