List of Ball State Cardinals head football coaches

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The Ball State Cardinals football program is a college football team that represents Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference a part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. In nearly a century of play in college football over four affiliations (Indiana Collegiate Conference, Independent, Conference of Midwestern Universities, and the MAC), the Cardinals have had sixteen head coaches.

Contents

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
GeneralOverallConferencePostseason [A 1]
No.Order of coaches [A 2] GCGames coachedCWConference winsPWPostseason wins
DCDivision championshipsOWOverall winsCLConference lossesPLPostseason losses
CCConference championshipsOLOverall lossesCTConference tiesPTPostseason ties
NCNational championshipsOTOverall ties [A 3] C%Conference winning percentage
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O%Overall winning percentage [A 4]

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 college football season. [4]

No.NameTermSeason(s)GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards
1 Paul "Billy" Williams 192419252163130.188
2 Norman G. Wann 192619272151032.733
3 Paul B. Parker 1928192927322.571
4 Lawrence McPhee 1930193453915231.397
5 John Magnabosco 1935–1942
1944–1952
16128684614.58635206.6341
N/ANo Team194310000
6 George Serdula 195319553241491.604890.470
7 Jim Freeman 1956196164818282.39613221.375
8 Ray Louthen 1962196765337133.7262682.7504
9 Wave Myers 1968197032915140.517
10 Dave McClain 1971197777446253.6421340.7641
11 Dwight Wallace 1978198477740370.51930270.5261
12 Paul Schudel 198519941011260484.55448333.589022
13 Bill Lynch 1995200289037530.41130340.468011
14 Brady Hoke 2003200866930390.43527200.57401
15 Stan Parrish 200820103246180.2505110.31201
16 Pete Lembo 2011201556233290.53223170.57502
17 Mike Neu 20162024910340630.38825430.368111
Int Colin Johnson [A 5] 202412020.000020.000000
18 Mike Uremovich 2025–present10000000000

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. [1]
  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. [2]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [3]
  5. Johnson served as the interim head coach for the final two games of the 2024 season after Mike Neu was fired from the head coach position

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Football Year By Year Records. ballstatesports.com.