List of Rhode Island Rams head football coaches
The Rhode Island Rams football team represents Rhode Island University in college football. The team competes in the Colonial Athletic Association as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had twenty head coaches since it began to play during the 1895 college football season. Since the start of the 2014 season, Jim Fleming has served as head coach of the Rams.
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]
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall Tyler | 1898–1901, 1903–1908 | 51 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 0.539 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | George Cobb | 1909–1911, 1913–1914 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 0.513 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Robert Bingham | 1912 | 9 | 6 | 3 | – | 0.667 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 | Jim Baldwin | 1915–1916 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0.400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Fred Murray | 1917, 1919 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0.219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Frank Keaney | 1920–1940 | 169 | 70 | 87 | 12 | 0.450 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Bill Beck | 1941, 1946–1949 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0.361 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Paul Cieurzo | 1942, 1945 | 9 | 5 | 4 | – | 0.556 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Hal Kopp | 1950, 1952–1955 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0.707 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 10 | Ed Doherty | 1951 | 8 | 3 | 5 | – | 0.375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Herb Maack | 1956–1960 | 41 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0.439 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 12 | John Chironna | 1961–1962 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0.306 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Jack Zilly | 1963–1969 | 64 | 21 | 41 | 2 | 0.344 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Jack Gregory | 1970–1975 | 49 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 0.469 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Bob Griffin | 1976–1992 | 202 | 94 | 107 | 1 | 0.468 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | – | – |
| 16 | Floyd Keith | 1993–1999 | 78 | 25 | 53 | – | 0.321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 17 | Tim Stowers | 2000–2007 | 80 | 33 | 47 | – | 0.413 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Darren Rizzi | 2008 | 12 | 3 | 9 | – | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Joe Trainer | 2009–2013 | 56 | 12 | 44 | – | 0.214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Jim Fleming | 2014–present | 104 | 37 | 67 | – | 0.356 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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.[1]
- ^ 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.[2]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.