List of Wichita State Shockers head football coaches
The Wichita State Shockers football program was a college football team that represented Wichita State University until the school discontinued football. The team had 32 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1897. The last head coach for the team was Ron Chismar who first took the position for the 1984 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]
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | T. H. Morrison | 1897 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | No coach | 1898 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 02 | Harry Hess | 1899–1901 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 03 | Guy Peverly | 1902 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | No coach | 1903 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 04 | A. F. Holste | 1904 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 05 | Willis Bates | 1905–1908 | 39 | 28 | 8 | 3 | .756 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 06 | Roy K. Thomas | 1909–1911 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .640 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 07 | E. V. Long | 1912–1913 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 08 | Harry Buck | 1914–1915 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .438 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 09 | Quince Banbury | 1918 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Kenneth Cassidy | 1919 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Wilmer D. Elfrink | 1920 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Lamar Hoover | 1916–1922 | 36 | 18 | 14 | 4 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Leonard J. Umnus | 1925–1927 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | .609 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Sam H. Hill | 1923–1929 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 5 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Albert J. Gebert | 1930–1941 | 114 | 68 | 40 | 6 | .623 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Melvin J. Binford | 1944–1945 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .639 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Ralph Graham | 1942–1947 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 0 | .567 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Jim Trimble | 1948–1950 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | .483 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Robert S. Carlson | 1951–1952 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 1 | .289 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Jack Mitchell | 1953–1954 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .711 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Pete Tillman | 1955–1956 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .575 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Woody Woodard | 1957–1959 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 2 | .367 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Hank Foldberg | 1960–1961 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Marcelino Huerta† | 1962–1964 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 | .483 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | George Karras | 1965–1966 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .211 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Boyd Converse | 1967 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Eddie Kriwiel | 1968 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Ben Wilson | 1969–1970 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | .105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Was killed in the Wichita State University football team plane crash on October 2, 1970 |
| 29 | Bob Seaman | 1971–1973 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 0 | .394 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Jim Wright | 1974–1978 | 55 | 17 | 37 | 1 | .318 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Willie Jeffries† | 1979–1983 | 55 | 21 | 32 | 2 | .400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | First African American head coach of an NCAA Division I-A football program Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.[5] |
| 32 | Ron Chismar | 1984–1986 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 0 | .242 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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]
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Wichita State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 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.
- ^ ESPN.com "College Football" May 11, 2010