List of Pittsburg State Gorillas head football coaches
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Beck at a football game in 2016
The Pittsburg State Gorillas football program is a college football team that represents Pittsburg State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, a part of the NCAA Division II. The team has had 15 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1908. The current coach is Brian Wright.[1]
Key[]
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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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 | ||
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Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] |
Coaches[]
No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards |
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1 | Albert McLeland | 1908 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | John Fuhrer | 1909–1914, 1918 | 50 | 26 | 22 | 2 | .540 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
3 | Ray Courtright | 1915–1917 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | .571 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
4 | Garfield Weede | 1919–1928 | 87 | 46 | 33 | 6 | .576 | 34 | 25 | 4 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
5 | Blue Howell | 1929–1935, 1937 | 71 | 35 | 30 | 6 | .535 | 20 | 18 | 5 | .523 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
6 | Charles Morgan | 1936, 1938–1948 | 102 | 44 | 43 | 15 | .505 | 27 | 23 | 7 | .535 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
7 | Carnie Smith | 1949–1966 | 174 | 116 | 52 | 6 | .684 | 61 | 21 | 4 | .733 | 3 | 1 | 5 | — |
8 | Tom Lester | 1967–1975 | 91 | 48 | 38 | 5 | .555 | 26 | 13 | 2 | .659 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
9 | Ron Randleman | 1976–1981 | 63 | 36 | 25 | 2 | .587 | 26 | 13 | 1 | .663 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
10 | Bruce Polen | 1982–1983 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .684 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
11 | Mike Mayerske | 1984 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
12 | Dennis Franchione | 1985–1989 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 0 | .898 | 37 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 7 | 4 | 5 | — |
13 | Chuck Broyles | 1990–2009 | 247 | 198 | 47 | 2 | .806 | 149 | 29 | 1 | .835 | 20 | 14 | 9 | — |
14 | Tim Beck | 2010–2019 | 117 | 82 | 35 | 0 | .701 | 69 | 34 | 0 | .670 | 6 | 0 | 2 | — |
15 | Brian Wright | 2020–present | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
References[]
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Pittsburg State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 20, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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