List of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens head football coaches

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The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens college football team represents the University of Delaware in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Fightin' Blue Hens compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 23 head coaches (and one interim head coach) since it began play during the 1889 season, and Danny Rocco is currently the head coach.[1]

The team has played more than 1,159 games over 123 seasons.[1] Harold "Tubby" Raymond is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 300 victories during his 36 years with the program.[1] William D. Murray has the highest winning percentage, with .747.[1] Ira L. Pierce has the lowest winning percentage, as his team lost all six of their games in 1896.[1]

Of the 23 different head coaches who have led the Blue Hens, Murray,[2] David M. Nelson,[3] and Raymond[4] have been inducted as head coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches[]

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL C% PW PL DC CC NC Awards
— No Coach 1889–1895 31 14 13 4 0.516 — — — — — — — 0 —
1 Ira Pierce 1896 6 0 6 0 .000 — — — — — — — 0 —
2 Herbert Rice 1897–1901 41 16 20 4 0.450 — — — — — — — 0 —
3 Clarence A. Short 1902, 1906 16 8 6 2 0.563 — — — — — — — 0 —
4 Nathan Mannakee 1903–1905 23 8 13 2 0.392 — — — — — — — 0 —
5 E. Pratt King 1907 6 0 5 1 0.084 — — — — — — — 0 —
6 William McAvoy 1908–1916, 1922–1924 98 42 43 13 0.494 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
7 Stan Baumgartner 1917 7 2 5 0 0.286 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
8 Milton Aronowitz 1918 5 1 2 2 0.400 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
9 Burton Shipley 1919–1920 17 5 10 2 0.353 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
10 Sylvester Derby 1921 9 5 4 0 0.556 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
11 R. M. Forstburg 1925–1926 16 7 9 0 0.437 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
12 Joseph J. Rothrock 1927–1928 16 4 11 1 0.281 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
13 Gus Ziegler 1929–1930 18 6 10 2 0.389 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
14 Charles Rogers 1931–1933 25 12 9 4 0.560 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
15 Skip Stahley 1934 8 4 3 1 0.563 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
16 Lyal Clark 1935–1937 24 5 18 1 0.230 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
17 Stephen Grenda 1938–1939 16 4 12 0 0.250 — — — 0 0 — — 0 —
18 William D. Murraydagger 1940–1950 67 49 16 2 0.747 3 0 1.000 1 0 — 1 1 —
19 David M. Nelsondagger 1951–1965 128 84 42 2 0.664 26 15 0.634 1 0 — 3 1 —
20 Tubby Raymonddagger 1966–2001 422 300 119 3 0.714 108 41 0.725 21 15 1 9 3 AFCA College Division Coach of the Year (1971–1972)
21 K. C. Keeler 2002–2012 138 86 52 — 0.623 49 41 0.544 11 3 1 3 1 AFCA Coach of the Year (2010)
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2010)
22 Dave Brock 2013−2016 41 19 22 — 0.463 11 16 0.407 0 0 0 0 0 —
int Dennis Dottin-Carter 2016 5 2 3 — 0.400 2 3 0.400 0 0 0 0 0 —
23 Danny Rocco 2017–2021 54 31 23 — 0.574 20 17 0.541 2 2 1 1 0 —

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]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of end of 2021 season

References[]

General

  • "Delaware Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2012.

Specific

  1. ^ a b c d e "Football Year by Year Results". University of Delaware Athletics. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bill Murray". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "David "The Admiral" Nelson". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. ^ "Tubby Raymond". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  5. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 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 November 24, 2009. 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 October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
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