List of Saint Mary Spires head football coaches

The Saint Mary Spires football program is a college football team that represents University of Saint Mary in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 4 head coaches since the school restarted the program in 2000. ^[1] The current coach is Jay Osborne, who took the post as interim coach in 2014 after Lance Hinson left for McMurry University. ^[2]

Some records show occasional one and two-game seasons being played as far back as 1899 and then sporadically until 1968. No coach is listed for those seasons. ^[1] Another source mentions that former Green Bay Packers player Dukes Duford coached at Saint Mary ^[3] and in 1930 coached the team to a conference championship. ^[4]

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

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 college football season.

No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	NCs	Awards
?	Dukes Duford	??–??	??	??	??	??	??	—	—	—		—	—	—	—
1 (modern era)	Kevin Haslam	2000–2001	18	1	17	0	.056	—	—	—		—	—	—	—
2	Scott Frear	2002–2004	28	10	18	0	.357	—	—	—		—	—	—	—
3	Lance Hinson	2005–2013 2020–present	128	48	80	0	.375	43	68	0	.387	—	—	—		Conference coach of the year: 2005, 2011
4	Jay Osborne	2014–2019	65	23	42	0	.354	21	35	0	.375	—	—	—	—

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas
• List of Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference people

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. ^[5]
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. ^[6]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. ^[7]

References

1. Shafer, Ian. "University of Saint Mary (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
2. "USM Names Osborne as Interim Football Coach". Victory Sports Network. May 19, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
3. "Former Coach Duford Named By St. Louis". The Milwaukee Journal. June 3, 1967. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
4. "Dukes Duford Brings Title to Saint Marys". The Milwaukee Sentinel. November 23, 1930. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.