Briar Cliff Chargers Football | |
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First season | 2003 |
Athletic director | Tim Jager |
Head coach | Shane LaDage 5th season, 10–44 (.185) |
Stadium | Bishop Heelan Memorial Field (capacity: 1,600) |
Year built | 1982 |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Sioux City, Iowa |
Conference | GPAC |
All-time record | 49–167 (.227) |
Rivalries | Morningside University |
Colors | Blue and gold [1] |
Mascot | Bolt the Charger |
Website | bcuchargers.com |
The Briar Cliff Chargers football team represents Briar Cliff University in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Chargers are members of the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), fielding its team in the GPAC since 2003. The Chargers play their home games at Bishop Heelan Memorial Field in Sioux City, Iowa. [2] [3]
Their head coach is Shane LaDage, who took over the position for the 2021 season. [4]
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason [A 1] | ||||
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No. | Order of coaches [A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties [A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
† | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage [A 4] |
No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
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1 | Dick Strittmatter [8] | 2001–2007 | 53 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 0.226 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0.200 |
2 | Tom Rethman [9] | 2008–2016 | 99 | 21 | 78 | 0 | 0.212 | 16 | 67 | 0 | 0.193 |
3 | Dennis Wagner [10] | 2017–2020 | 42 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0.286 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0.257 |
4 | Shane LaDage [11] | 2021–present | 44 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 0.185 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0.250 |
National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
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2001 | 2001 | Dick Strittmatter | Club team | — | — | |||||||||
2002 | 2002 | — | — | |||||||||||
2003 | 2003 | NAIA | — | GPAC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |
2004 | 2004 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2005 | 2005 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2006 | 2006 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2007 | 2007 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2008 | 2008 | Tom Rethman | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
2009 | 2009 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2010 | 2010 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2011 | 2011 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | |||||
2012 | 2012 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2013 | 2013 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2014 | 2014 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2015 | 2015 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2016 | 2016 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2017 | 2017 | Dennis Wagner | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
2018 | 2018 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2019 | 2019 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2020 | 2020 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2021 | 2021 | Shane LaDage | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
2022 | 2022 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2023 | 2023 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2024 | 2024 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T-9th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||