Frank
Head Coach: 1906-07, 1913-15, 1917-19; Assistant Coach: 1936
All-Time Record at SU: 52-19-6 (.675)
College Football Hall of Fame Class of 1951
Former coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill is a 1951 inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. Until he came along, the head coach position at Syracuse was a revolving door that included ten different coaches in 17 seasons. O'Neill made his head coaching debut in 1906 with a mission of turning Syracuse into a national power. He left his post in 1919, compiling an all-time record of 52-19-6, a winning percentage of 68 percent.
During his tenure, SU opened Archbold stadium before the start of the 1907 season. Referred to as "The Eighth Wonder of The World," Archbold initially seated 20,000 and was just the third concrete stadium to open in the United States. It was christened with a 28-0 victory over Hobart College. In addition to Archbold opening, the 1907 season also featured the 100th win in school history, a 22-0 win over Hamilton.
In 1915, one of O'Neill's best seasons at the helm, his Orange squad steamrolled the competition en route to a Rose Bowl invitation. That year, the Orange outscored its 12 opponents 331-16. In the process, Syracuse held nine of its foes scoreless. Syracuse declined the Rose Bowl invitation because it had already made a trip to the west coast earlier that season to face Oregon State, and it was very rare for teams to travel such lengthy distances for games.
After three stints as head coach, O'Neill would return to Syracuse in 1936 as an assistant under fellow hall-of-famer Vic Hanson before retiring for good. In 1951, he was enshrined with Howard Jones as the first Syracuse inductees in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana. His 52 wins rank him fourth among SU coaches, and his .675 winning percentage is tops among those who have coached at least 50 games for the Orange.
| Year | Won | Lost | Tied |
| 1906 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1907 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1913 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 1914 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1915 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 1917 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 1918 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1919 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Career | 52 | 19 | 6 |
