The team has played more than 200 games over 17 seasons. In that time, only two Head Coaches have led the Panthers to postseason bowl games: Mario Cristobal and Butch Davis. FIU has a 2–2 record in four bowl games in which they have competed. The Panthers have been Co-Conference Champions once: in 2010 by Cristobal, during the Panthers' time in the Sun Belt Conference.
Cristobal spent the most seasons as the Panthers head coach and took the program to its only bowl games until Davis. The highest winning percentage by any coach is by Butch Davis, and the lowest winning percentage for any coach is Ron Turner, who went 10-30 (.250) in four seasons.
List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
^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.[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.
^Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
^When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
^National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records(PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived(PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
^Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
