VMI KeydetsHead coach John McKenna
60 Overall rating steady
John McKenna has led VMI since 1953, going 175-386-11 across 66 seasons with 1 bowl trip.
- Record since 1953
- 175-386-11
- Seasons
- 66
- Bowl trips
- 1
Coaching profile Updated weekly
Strategy & scheme
Offensive scheme1
Defensive scheme17
Game planning7
Situational management1
Leadership & results
Comeback factor1
Underdog edge1
Recent form6
Win rate1
Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from John McKenna's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.
VMI record by season
| Season | Record | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0-5 | In progress |
| 2025 | 1-11 | No bowl |
| 2024 | 1-11 | No bowl |
| 2023 | 5-6 | No bowl |
| 2022 | 1-10 | No bowl |
| 2021 | 6-5 | No bowl |
| 2020 | 6-2 | Lost FCS Championship - First Round |
| 2019 | 5-7 | No bowl |
| 2018 | 1-10 | No bowl |
| 2017 | 0-11 | No bowl |
| 2016 | 3-8 | No bowl |
| 2015 | 2-9 | No bowl |
| 2014 | 2-10 | No bowl |
| 2013 | 2-10 | No bowl |
| 2012 | 0-3 | No bowl |
| 2011 | 1-9 | No bowl |
| 2010 | 3-8 | No bowl |
| 2009 | 2-9 | No bowl |
| 2008 | 4-7 | No bowl |
| 2007 | 1-9 | No bowl |
| 2006 | 1-10 | No bowl |
| 2005 | 3-8 | No bowl |
| 2004 | 0-11 | No bowl |
| 2003 | 6-6 | No bowl |
| 1997 | 0-1 | No bowl |
| 1996 | 0-1 | No bowl |
| 1993 | 0-1 | No bowl |
| 1991 | 0-1 | No bowl |
| 1990 | 0-1 | No bowl |
| 1989 | 0-1 | No bowl |
| 1988 | 0-1 | No bowl |
| 1987 | 0-1 | No bowl |
| 1986 | 0-1 | No bowl |
| 1985 | 0-2 | No bowl |
| 1984 | 0-2 | No bowl |
| 1983 | 0-4 | No bowl |
| 1982 | 1-3 | No bowl |
| 1981 | 6-3-1 | No bowl |
| 1980 | 3-7-1 | No bowl |
| 1979 | 6-4-1 | No bowl |
| 1978 | 3-8 | No bowl |
| 1977 | 7-4 | No bowl |
| 1976 | 5-5 | No bowl |
| 1975 | 3-8 | No bowl |
| 1974 | 7-4 | No bowl |
| 1973 | 3-8 | No bowl |
| 1972 | 2-9 | No bowl |
| 1971 | 1-10 | No bowl |
| 1970 | 1-10 | No bowl |
| 1969 | 0-10 | No bowl |
| 1968 | 1-9 | No bowl |
| 1967 | 6-4 | No bowl |
| 1966 | 2-8 | No bowl |
| 1965 | 3-7 | No bowl |
| 1964 | 1-9 | No bowl |
| 1963 | 3-5-2 | No bowl |
| 1962 | 6-4 | No bowl |
| 1961 | 6-4 | No bowl |
| 1960 | 7-2-1 | No bowl |
| 1959 | 8-1-1 | No bowl |
| 1958 | 6-2-2 | No bowl |
| 1957 | 9-0-1 | No bowl |
| 1956 | 3-6-1 | No bowl |
| 1955 | 1-9 | No bowl |
| 1954 | 4-6 | No bowl |
| 1953 | 5-5 | No bowl |
Records with VMI since 1953, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.
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John McKenna: VMI head coach profile
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