List of Elon Phoenix head football coaches

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Reddy Rowe was the first head coach at Elon.

The Elon Phoenix football program is a college football team that represents Elon University in the Colonial Athletic Association,[1] a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The team has had 21 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1909.[2] The current head coach is Rich Skrosky, who took over for the 2014 season[3] after Jason Swepson was fired at the end of his third season.[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
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

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Coaches[]

Statistics correct through the second game of the 2017 college football season.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
1 Reddy Rowe 1909 7 4 2 1 .643 — — — — — — —
S No team 1910–1918 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Jack Johnson 1919 3 1 2 0 .333 — — — — — — —
3 Frank Corboy 1920–1925 51 17 31 3 .363 — — — — — — —
4 A. R. Van Cleave 1926 10 0 10 0 .000 — — — — — — —
5 Peahead Walker 1927–1936 88 44 41 3 .517 — — — — — 4 —
6 Horace Hendrickson 1937–1941 44 31 12 1 .716 — — — — — 2 —
X No team 1942–1945 0 0 0 0 – — — — — — — —
7 Hap Perry 1946–1947 20 8 11 1 .425 — — — — — — —
8 James Mallory 1948–1952 49 28 18 3 .602 — — — — — — —
9 Sid Varney 1953–1959 62 24 36 2 .403 — — — — — 1 —
10 George Tucker 1960–1964 50 29 20 1 .590 — — — — — 2 —
11 Gary Mattocks 1965–1966 20 3 17 0 .150 — — — — — — —
12 Shirley Wilson 1967–1976 108 72 34 2 .676 — — — 1 4 5 —
13 Jerry Tolley 1977–1981 62 49 11 2 .806 — — — 2 1 4 2
14 Wright Anderson 1982–1983 20 14 6 0 .700 — — — — — — —
15 Macky Carden 1984–1988 51 34 17 0 .667 — — — — — — —
16 Leon Hart 1989–1995 74 37 37 0 .500 — — — — — — —
17 Al Seagraves 1996–2003 89 40 49 0 .449 — — — — — — —
18 Paul Hamilton 2004–2005 22 6 16 0 .273 — — — — — — —
19 Pete Lembo 2006–2010 57 35 22 0 .614 — — — — — — —
20 Jason Swepson[4] 2011–2013 34 10 24 0 .294 5 19 — .208 — — —
21 Rich Skrosky 2014–2016 34 7 27 0 .206 4 20 0 .167 — — — —
22 Curt Cignetti 2017— 2 1 1 0 .500

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. ^ "Elon University Accepts Invitation To Join The CAA In 2014-15". CAA. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Elon Phoenix (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  3. ^ DeLassus, David. "Elon Phoenix". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Elon fires coach Jason Swepson". ESPN.com. November 25, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  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.
  8. ^ "Football - Year by Year Results" (PDF). Elon Phoenix. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
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