Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Bethany (KS) |
Conference | KCAC |
Record | 1–10 |
Playing career | |
1985 | Northern Arizona |
1986 | Scottsdale |
1987–1988 | Bethany (KS) |
1990–1992 | Nottingham Hoods |
1993 | Chiefs Ravenna |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1990–1995 | Glendale (AZ) (OC) |
1992 | Nottingham Hoods (co-HC) |
1996 | Agua Fria HS (AZ) |
1997–2000 | Glendale (AZ) |
2001–2003 | Western State (CO) (AHC/RC) |
2004–2018 | Baker |
2019–2022 | Leicester Falcons |
2023–present | Bethany (KS) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 118–65 (college) 27–16 (junior college) 8–4 (high school) |
Bowls | 2–1 (junior college) |
Tournaments | 6–7 (NAIA playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 NJCAA National (2000) 1 WSFL (2000) 1 HAAC (2013) 4 HAAC South Division (2015–2018) | |
Mike Grossner is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, a position he has held since 2023. Grossner served as the head football coach at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas from 2004 to 2018. [1] At Baker, he led the Wildcats to their 500th and 600th all-time victories, building the program to No. 2 in all-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) wins. Grossner was the head football coach at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona from 1997 to 2000. He led his 2000 team to a NJCAA National Football Championship.
Grossner played college football at Bethany and four seasons professionally in the BAFA National Leagues and the Italian Football League from 1990-1993. [2] He was the head football coach at Agua Fria High School in Avondale, Arizona for one season, in 1996. He led the Agua Fria Owls to a record of 8–4 and a playoff appearance in his lone season there and was named Class 4A Coach of the Year. In early 1997, he succeeded Joe Kersting as head football coach at Glendale. [3]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Baker Wildcats (Heart of America Athletic Conference)(2004–2018) | |||||||||
2004 | Baker | 4–6 | 4–6 | T–6th | |||||
2005 | Baker | 3–8 | 3–7 | T–8th | |||||
2006 | Baker | 4–6 | 4–6 | T–7th | |||||
2007 | Baker | 6–5 | 6–4 | T–4th | |||||
2008 | Baker | 8–4 | 8–2 | 3rd | L NAIA First Round | 12 | |||
2009 | Baker | 7–3 | 7–3 | 4th | 24 | ||||
2010 | Baker | 7–4 | 7–3 | 4th | 24 | ||||
2011 | Baker | 7–3 | 6–3 | 4th | 21 | ||||
2012 | Baker | 8–3 | 7–2 | 3rd | L NAIA First Round | 14 | |||
2013 | Baker | 11–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 5 | |||
2014 | Baker | 8–3 | 6–3 | T–3rd | 16 | ||||
2015 | Baker | 11–2 | 10–1 | 1st (South) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 5 | |||
2016 | Baker | 14–1 | 11–0 | 1st (South) | L NAIA Championship | 2 | |||
2017 | Baker | 10–2 | 4–1 | T–1st (South) | L NAIA First Round | 9 | |||
2018 | Baker | 9–3 | 4–0 | 1st (South) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | ||||
Baker: | 117–55 | 95–42 | |||||||
Bethany Swedes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2023–present) | |||||||||
2023 | Bethany | 1–10 | 0–5 | 6th (Kissinger) | |||||
2024 | Bethany | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Bethany: | 1–10 | 0–5 | |||||||
Total: | 118–65 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Glendale Gauchos (Western States Football League)(1997–2000) | |||||||||
1997 | Glendale | 7–4 | 4–4 | 5th | W Valley of the Sun Bowl | ||||
1998 | Glendale | 5–5 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
1999 | Glendale | 5–6 | 3–4 | 5th | L Valley of the Sun Bowl | ||||
2000 | Glendale | 10–1 | 7–1 | 1st | W Valley of the Sun Bowl | ||||
Glendale: | 27–16 | 17–14 | |||||||
Total: | 27–16 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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