List of Allegheny Gators head football coaches

The Allegheny Gators football program is a college football team that represents Allegheny College in the North Coast Athletic Conference, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 36 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1893. The current coach is Braden Layer who first took the position for the 2023 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list

General		Overall		Conference		Postseason [A 1]
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]

Coaches

No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	Awards
0	No coach	1893–1894, 1896	11	3	8	0	.273	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Charles N. Crosby	1897	3	0	3	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Martin Smallwood	1898	8	4	4	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Alonzo G. Brown	1899	11	7	2	2	.727	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Fred E. Heckel	1900	8	5	3	0	.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Edward N. Eisenberg	1901	12	6	5	1	.542	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	William C. Whelan	1902	10	7	3	0	.700	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Walter E. Bachman	1903	12	5	7	0	.417	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Branch Rickey	1904–1905	21	8	13	0	.381	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Clifford B. Lewis	1906	9	2	7	0	.222	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Herbert Sheetz	1907–1908	17	7	7	3	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	E. J. Stewart	1909–1910	13	6	5	2	.538	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	David L. Dunlap	1911–1912	16	5	9	2	.375	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Charles Hammett	1913–1917, 1919	42	29	9	4	.738	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Carl A. Gilbert	1918	3	2	1	0	.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Clarence Applegran	1920	7	1	3	3	.357	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Herb McCracken †	1921–1923	25	16	8	1	.660	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Tom Davies †	1924–1925	15	10	5	0	.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Mel Merritt	1926–1928	25	8	15	2	.360	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Harry W. Crum	1929–1931	25	14	7	4	.640	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Waldo S. Tippin	1932–1934	19	3	14	2	.211	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Karl J. Lawrence	1935–1940	42	11	27	4	.310	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Alfred C. Werner	1941–1942	12	2	10	0	.167	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Bob Garbark	1946	7	1	6	0	.143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Bill Daddio	1947–1951	37	14	18	5	.446	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	David C. Henderson	1952–1953	16	2	14	0	.125	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	William R. Moore	1954–1957	32	11	19	2	.375	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	John R. Chuckran	1958–1969	90	51	37	2	.578	—	—	—	—	—	2	—
28	Sam T. Timer	1970–1983	115	60	52	3	.535	—	—	—	—	—	2	—
29	Bob Wolfe	1984–1985	20	6	14	0	.300	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Peter Vaas	1986–1989	41	29	11	1	.720	—	—	—	—	1	2	—
31	Ken O'Keefe	1990–1997	90	79	10	1	.883	—	—	—	—	5	5	6
32	Blair Hrovat	1998–2001	40	26	14	0	.650	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Mark Matlak	2002–2015	121	62	79	0	.440	—	—	—	—	1	1	—
34	B. J. Hammer	2016–2018	30	10	20	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Rich Nagy	2019–2022	30	10	20	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Braden Layer	2023–present	30	8	22	0	.267	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Notes

1. 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. ^[3]
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.
3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since. ^[4]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. ^[5]

References

1. DeLassus, David. "Allegheny Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
2. Topor, Alex (March 3, 2023). "Layer named 36th head coach at Allegheny College". The Meadville Tribune. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
3. 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.
4. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
5. 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.