The Syracuse Orange college football team represents the Syracuse University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Orange compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 31 head coaches since it began play during the 1887 season. Fran Brown the current head coach was hired in December of 2023.
Eight coaches have led Syracuse in postseason bowl games: Ben Schwartzwalder, Frank Maloney, Dick MacPherson, Paul Pasqualoni, Doug Marrone, Scott Shafer, Dino Babers, and Fran Brown. Two of those coaches also won conference championships: Pasqualoni captured four and Marrone one as a member of the Big East Conference.
Schwartzwalder is the leader in overall wins and seasons coached with 153 wins during his 25 years as head coach. Pete Reynolds has the highest winning percentage at 0.800. Jordan C. Wells has the lowest winning percentage at 0.056. Of the 30 different head coaches who have led the Orange, Frank "Buck" O'Neill, Howard Jones, Tad Jones, Bill Hollenback, Vic Hanson, Biggie Munn, Schwartzwalder, and MacPherson has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.