List of North Carolina A&T Aggies head football coaches

This list of North Carolina A&T Aggies head football coaches includes those coaches who have led the North Carolina A&T Aggies football team that represents the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in the sport of American football. The North Carolina A&T Aggies currently compete in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Nineteen men have served as the Aggies' head coach, including one who has served as interim head coach, since the Aggies began play in the fall of 1924. In February 2011, Rod Broadway was named the new head coach of the Aggies, and the following year, led the team it its first winning season in nine years.^[1] Since the inception of the program, six coaches have let the Aggies in postseason bowl games: Charles DeBerry, William Bell, Bert Piggott, Hornsby Howell, Mo Forte, Bill Hayes, George Small, & Rod Broadway.^[2] Eight Aggie coaches have led their teams to conference championships during their tenure, with Bill Hayes and Burt Piggott both winning the most at three each.^[1] Three Aggie coaches have won the Black college football national championship during their tenures; Hornsby Howell in 1968, and Bill Hayes in 1990 and 1999, and Rod Broadway in 2015.^[3]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list

General		Overall		Conference		Postseason[A 1]
#	Order of coaches[A 2]	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[A 3]	C%	Conference winning percentage
	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards.^{[A 5]}

#	Name	Season(s)[A 6]	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	NC	Awards
—	Unknown[A 7]	1901–1922	24	7	12	5	.396	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
1	Byarm, Lonnie P.Lonnie P. Byarm	1923–1930	73	38	25	10	.589	20	17	9	.533	—	—	—	1	0	—
2	Jefferson, Harry R.Harry R. Jefferson	1931–1932	16	5	11	0	.313	5	8	0	.385	—	—	—	0	0	—
3	Breaux, Inman A.Inman A. Breaux	1933–1936; 1938–1939	53	28	17	8	.604	25	12	7	.648	—	—	—	0	0	—
4	Barksdale, S.A.S.A. Barksdale	1937	9	2	4	3	.389	3	5	1	.357	—	—	—	0	0	—
5	Harris, HomerHomer Harris	1940	9	4	4	1	.500	3	3	0	.500	—	—	—	0	0	—
6	Bernard, Roland K.Roland K. Bernard	1941	9	3	6	0	.333	2	5	0	.286	—	—	—	0	0	—
7	DeBerry, Charles U.Charles U. DeBerry	1942–1944	25	13	12	1	.519	5	8	0	.385	1	1	0	0	0	—
8	Carter, Charles W.Charles W. Carter	1945	9	3	5	1	.389	2	3	0	.400	—	—	—	0	0	—
9	Bell, William M.William M. Bell	1946–1956	100	56	37	7	.595	38	27	7	.563	—	—	—	1	1[A 8]	—
10	Piggott, Bert C.Bert C. Piggott	1957–1967	99	56	39	4	.586	55	14	3	.785	—	—	—	3	0	—
11	Howell, HornsbyHornsby Howell	1968–1976	93	55	34	4	.613	29	17	3	.622	—	—	—	1	1	CIAA Coach of the year (1974,1975)
12	McKinley, JamesJames McKinley	1977–1981	68	30	37	1	.449	15	17	1	.467	1	1	0	0	0	MEAC Coach of the year (1980)
13	Forte, MoMo Forte	1982–1987	65	26	38	1	.408	8	14	0	.364	0	1	0	1	0	MEAC Coach of the year (1986)
14	Hayes, BillBill Hayes	1988–2002	170	106	64	0	.624	0	0	0	.000	1	3	0	3	2	MEAC Coach of the year (1991,1999)
15	Small, GeorgeGeorge Small	2003–2005	35	16	19	0	.457	9	13	0	.409	0	1	0	1	0	—
16	Fobbs, LeeLee Fobbs[A 9]	2005–2008	30	2	28	0	.067	0	21	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	—
INT	Ragsdale, GeorgeGeorge Ragsdale[A 10]	2008	4	1	3	0	.250	1	3	0	.250	0	0	0	0	0	—
17	Lee, AlonzoAlonzo Lee	2009–2010	22	6	16	0	.273	4	12	0	.333	0	0	0	0	0	—
18	Broadway, RodRod Broadway	2011–present	33	19	14	0	.576	37	19	0	.542	1	0	0	2	1	—

Notes

1. Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.^[4]
2. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[5]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[6]
5. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2013 college football season.
6. North Carolina A&T did not field teams from 1902–1905, 1907–1911, 1913, & 1917–1920"North Carolina A&T Yearly Totals". http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 16 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
7. All athletic records prior to 1924 were lost.
8. In 1951, North Carolina A&T was awarded a national title outside of the Black college national championship.
9. Lee Fobbs was fired from his position as coach on October 21, 2008. As of that date his season record was 2-6."NC A&T fires football coach". USAToday.com. The Associated Press. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
10. George Ragsdale was named interim coach on October 21, 2008; He finished the 2008 season with a 1–3 record.

References

1. "2013 NC A&T Football Media Guide" (PDF). ncataggies.com. NC A&T Athletics. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
2. "North Carolina A&T Bowl History". http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com. College Football Database. Retrieved 16 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
3. "North Carolina A&T National Championships". http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 16 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
4. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
5. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
6. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.