1906–2024 · 17 head coaches · 603-488-24
- AM Al Molde 1987–1996 62-47-2
- WS William H. Spaulding 1907–1921 62-25-3
- MG Mitchell Gary 1929–1941 59-34-5
- WD William Doolittle 1964–1974 58-49-2
Western Michigan’s complete head-coaching lineage: 17 tenures from 1906 to 2024, led by William H. Spaulding’s 15 seasons. Records, tenure length, and the programs each coach branched to.
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Every head coach to lead Western Michigan, from 1906 to 2024 — 17 tenures mapped as a network, with records, tenure length, and the programs each coach branched to.
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Last updated Aug 24, 2026
A coaching tree maps the chain of head coaches at a program and the other jobs those coaches held. This Western Michigan tree covers every head coach on record from 1906 to 2024, ordered oldest to newest, with each tenure’s record and length.
Tenures are aggregated from season-by-season head-coaching records. Consecutive seasons at one program group into a single tenure, and a coach who returns later gets a second branch. This is a head-coach lineage, not an assistant-coach tree.
A coaching tree traces the succession of head coaches at a program — who held the job, in what order, and which other schools those coaches led before or after. FantasyHQ builds one for 134 FBS programs at https://fantasyhq.co/cfb-hq/coaching-tree, covering every head-coaching tenure on record since 1882.
Western Michigan has had 17 head-coaching tenures on record between 1906 and 2024, producing a combined 603-488-24 record. The full lineage is at https://fantasyhq.co/cfb-hq/coaching-tree/western-michigan.
William H. Spaulding holds the longest head-coaching tenure at Western Michigan with 15 seasons. William H. Spaulding recorded the most wins with 62.
Lance Taylor is the most recent Western Michigan head coach in FantasyHQ’s records (2023–2024). Coaching changes are reflected when the season data updates; this page was last labeled Aug 24, 2026.
5 other FBS programs have employed a Western Michigan head coach. Minnesota shares the most with 2. Each connected program links to its own coaching tree from https://fantasyhq.co/cfb-hq/coaching-tree/western-michigan.
Tenures are built from season-by-season college football head-coaching records covering 134 FBS programs from 1882 onward. Each tenure aggregates that coach’s consecutive seasons at the program into wins, losses, and ties. Records were last labeled Aug 24, 2026.