List of Saint Francis Red Flash head football coaches

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The Saint Francis Red Flash football program is a college football team that represents Saint Francis University in the Northeast Conference, a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

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The current coach is Chris Villarrial who first took the position for the 2010 season.

Key

YearsDuration of head coaching career at Saint Francis
WonNumber of games won at Saint Francis
LostNumber of games lost at Saint Francis
TiedNumber of games tied at Saint Francis
%Percentage of games won at Saint Francis

Head coaches

The following are the head football coaches of the team since founding in 1892. [1]

Head CoachYearsWonLostTied%
Unknown †1892–1908
Clarence Miller1909220.500
Coach Carroll1910321.583
Joe Savage, T.O.R.1911–19121462.682
Unknown ‡1913
Buck Rodgers1914420.667
Oliver Vogel1915230.400
No team1916
Joe Savage, T.O.R.19176001.000
No team1918
Joe Savage, T.O.R.19193401.000
No team1920–1921
John Loughran 1922–19230100.000
James Mahan1924230.400
Emmet J. Russell1925511.786
Eugene T. Stringer 1926410.800
Fulton Connors1927620.750
William Donahue1928–1929852.600
Eugene T. Stringer1930–1931691.406
No teams1932–1937
Jim Leonard 1938–194113152.467
No teams1942–1946
Jim Leonard1947410.800
Larry Kirshling1948540.556
Irwin Davis 1949–195314271.345
No teams1954–1968
Art Martynuska 1969–197942452.483
Jerry Roberts (Acting)1980270.222
Art Martynuska1981361.350
George Klayko1982–19831151.088
Hugh Conrad Jr.1984–19851160.059
Gerry Gallagher 1986–19889180.333
Frank Pergolizzi1989–199425330.431
Pete Mayock1995–19975260.161
Kevin Doherty19980100.000
Dave Jaumotte 1999–20012300.063
Dave Opfar 2002–200917680.200
Chris Villarrial 2010–present52730.416

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References

  1. "2016 SFU Football Media Guide" (PDF). sfuathletics.com. Saint Francis Athletics. 2016. p. 64. Retrieved June 21, 2017.