List of Benedictine Ravens head football coaches
The Benedictine Ravens football program is a college football team that represents Benedictine College in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 15 head coaches overall since its first recorded football game in 1920. The current coach is Joel Osborn who first took the position for the 2021 season.[1]
Key[edit]
| 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 | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches[edit]
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malachy Sullivan | 1920–1921 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 | Larry Quigley | 1922–1927 | 47 | 22 | 20 | 5 | .521 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Robert Schmidt | 1928–1931 | 33 | 10 | 20 | 3 | .348 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Larry Mullins | 1932–1936 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .864 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Marty Peters | 1937–1941 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 4 | .634 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 6 | Rev. Michael Carroll | 1942 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 7 | Marty Peters | 1946–1947 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .324 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 8 | Bob Walsh | 1948–1949 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 9 | Leo Deutsch | 1950–1952 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 10 | Ivan Schottel | 1953–1962 | 90 | 52 | 36 | 2 | .589 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| 11 | John Baricevic | 1970–1973 | 30 | 9 | 20 | 1 | .317 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 12 | George Tardiff | 1974–1976 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| 13 | Matt May | 1977–1978 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| 14 | Larry Wilcox | 1979–2020 | 458 | 305 | 153 | 0 | .666 | — | — | — | 7 | 14 | 2 | — | ||
| 15 | Joel Osborn | 2021– | 35 | 26 | 9 | 0 | .743 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- ^ Zenner, Brandon (January 14, 2021). "Northwest assistant Joel Osborn named Benedictine football coach". News-Press. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.