List of Wichita State Shockers head football coaches

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The Wichita State Shockers football program was a college football team that represented Wichita State University until the school discontinued football. The team had 32 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1897. The last head coach for the team was Ron Chismar who first took the position for the 1984 season. [1]

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

No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards/Notes
01 T. H. Morrison 189711001.000
No coach18981010.000
02 Harry Hess 189919012210102.500
03 Guy Peverly 19028431.563
No coach1903620.750
04 A. F. Holste 19049450.444
05 Willis Bates 19051908392883.756
06 Roy K. Thomas 19091911251582.640
07 E. V. Long 19121913176110.353
08 Harry Buck 1914191516682.438
09 Quince Banbury 19185140.200
10 Kenneth Cassidy 19198152.250
11 Wilmer D. Elfrink 19209342.444
12 Lamar Hoover 191619223618144.556
13 Leonard J. Umnus 19251927231274.609
14 Sam H. Hill 192319293314145.500
15 Albert J. Gebert 1930194111468406.623
16 Melvin J. Binford 19441945181161.639
17 Ralph Graham 194219473017130.567
18 Jim Trimble 194819503013143.483
19 Robert S. Carlson 19511952195131.289
20 Jack Mitchell 19531954191351.711
21 Pete Tillman 19551956201181.575
22 Woody Woodard 195719593010182.367
23 Hank Foldberg 19601961211650.762
24 Marcelino Huerta 196219642914150.483
25 George Karras 19651966194150.211
26 Boyd Converse 196710271.250
27 Eddie Kriwiel 1968100100.000
28 Ben Wilson 19691970192170.105Was killed in the Wichita State University football team plane crash on October 2, 1970
29 Bob Seaman 197119733313200.394
30 Jim Wright 197419785517371.318
31 Willie Jeffries 197919835521322.400First African American head coach of an NCAA Division I-A football program
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010. [5]
32 Ron Chismar 19841986338250.242

See also

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. [2]
  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. [3]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [4]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Wichita State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. ESPN.com "College Football" May 11, 2010