List of Catholic University Cardinals head football coaches

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This is a list of head football coaches for the Catholic University Cardinals football team, which represents the Catholic University of America in college football. Catholic joined the NCAA Division III's New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) as a football-only member in 2017, having played the previous 18 seasons (1999–2016) in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC).

Coaching records

Legend

   Varsity team    Club team only      No football team

Year(s)CoachW–L–TNotes
1895–1909Unknown4–3–1Team played one game in 1895 and 1897 and each season from 1905 to 1907. Four games were played in 1909. The 1897 game was against an unknown opponent and had an unknown result. [1]
1910James Johnson2–4–0 [2]
1911McDade3–2–2 [2]
1912 Harry McDevitt 3–5–0 [2]
1913Ed Greer1–4–1 [2]
1914Madden0–6–1 [2]
1915–1916 Fred Nielsen 9–6–0 [2]
1917–1918No team due to World War I. [2]
1919Tom Tracey1–6–1 [2]
1921 Harry Robb 3–5–0 [2]
1922Jim Dooley2–6–0 [2]
1923–1924 Tom Gormley 5–9–2 [2]
1925–1929 John B. McAuliffe 21–16–0 [2]
1930–1940 Dutch Bergman 59–31–4Winningest coach; 1936 Orange Bowl and 1940 Sun Bowl. [2]
1941–1946No team due to World War II. [2]
1947 Gene Augusterfer 3–3–0 [2]
1948 Tom Chisari 1–7–0 [2]
1949–1950Jan Jankowski3–8–2 [2]
1951–1964No team. [3]
1965Ron McManes0–1–0Football team re-established at the club level for one-game trial. [3]
1966Joe Glodeck0–4–0Competed at the club level. [3]
1967–1968Bill Daley4–1–1Competed at the club level. [3]
1969–1970Todd Gabbett5–7–1Competed at the club level. [3]
1971Dave Veshosky0–3–0Competed at the club level. [3]
1972–1973Joe Pascale8–9–0Competed at the club level. [3]
1974R. J. Skelley4–5–0Competed at the club level. [3]
1975–1976Joe Pascale15–3–0Compiled total record of 23–12–0 as head coach during non-consecutive tenure at the club level. [3]
1977–1984Joe Pascale43–34Team promoted to Division III starting in 1977. [4]
1985–1986Ro Waldron4–17–1 [4]
1987–1989 Fred O'Connor 17–13 [4]
1990–1993Rick Novak15–25 [4]
1994–2000 Tom Clark 56–14–1 [4]
2001 Rob Ambrose 3–7 [4]
2002–2003 Tom Mulholland 7–13 [5]
2004–2005 Tom Clark 2–18Served two non-consecutive tenures and compiled a total record of 58–32–1. [5] [6] [7]
2006–2015 Dave Dunn 42–592008 ECAC Southeast Bowl champion
2016–present Mike Gutelius [8] 20–31

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