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).
Legend |
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Varsity team Club team only No football team |
Year(s) | Coach | W–L–T | Notes |
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1895–1909 | Unknown | 4–3–1 | Team 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] |
1910 | James Johnson | 2–4–0 | [2] |
1911 | McDade | 3–2–2 | [2] |
1912 | Harry McDevitt | 3–5–0 | [2] |
1913 | Ed Greer | 1–4–1 | [2] |
1914 | Madden | 0–6–1 | [2] |
1915–1916 | Fred Nielsen | 9–6–0 | [2] |
1917–1918 | No team due to World War I. [2] | ||
1919 | Tom Tracey | 1–6–1 | [2] |
1921 | Harry Robb | 3–5–0 | [2] |
1922 | Jim Dooley | 2–6–0 | [2] |
1923–1924 | Tom Gormley | 5–9–2 | [2] |
1925–1929 | John B. McAuliffe | 21–16–0 | [2] |
1930–1940 | Dutch Bergman | 59–31–4 | Winningest coach; 1936 Orange Bowl and 1940 Sun Bowl. [2] |
1941–1946 | No team due to World War II. [2] | ||
1947 | Gene Augusterfer | 3–3–0 | [2] |
1948 | Tom Chisari | 1–7–0 | [2] |
1949–1950 | Jan Jankowski | 3–8–2 | [2] |
1951–1964 | No team. [3] | ||
1965 | Ron McManes | 0–1–0 | Football team re-established at the club level for one-game trial. [3] |
1966 | Joe Glodeck | 0–4–0 | Competed at the club level. [3] |
1967–1968 | Bill Daley | 4–1–1 | Competed at the club level. [3] |
1969–1970 | Todd Gabbett | 5–7–1 | Competed at the club level. [3] |
1971 | Dave Veshosky | 0–3–0 | Competed at the club level. [3] |
1972–1973 | Joe Pascale | 8–9–0 | Competed at the club level. [3] |
1974 | R. J. Skelley | 4–5–0 | Competed at the club level. [3] |
1975–1976 | Joe Pascale | 15–3–0 | Compiled total record of 23–12–0 as head coach during non-consecutive tenure at the club level. [3] |
1977–1984 | Joe Pascale | 43–34 | Team promoted to Division III starting in 1977. [4] |
1985–1986 | Ro Waldron | 4–17–1 | [4] |
1987–1989 | Fred O'Connor | 17–13 | [4] |
1990–1993 | Rick Novak | 15–25 | [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 | 2–18 | Served two non-consecutive tenures and compiled a total record of 58–32–1. [5] [6] [7] |
2006–2015 | Dave Dunn | 42–59 | 2008 ECAC Southeast Bowl champion |
2016–present | Mike Gutelius [8] | 30–41 |
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