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

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
# 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]

Coaches

#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards/Notes
01T. H. Morrison189711001.000
No coach18981010.000
02Harry Hess189919012210102.500
03Guy Peverly19028431.563
No coach1903620.750
04A. F. Holste19049450.444
05Willis Bates19051908392883.756
06Roy K. Thomas19091911251582.640
07E. V. Long19121913176110.353
08Harry Buck1914191516682.438
09Coach Banbury19185140.200
10Kenneth Cassidy19198152.250
11Wilmer D. Elfrink19209342.444
12Lamar Hoover191619223618144.556
13Leonard J. Umnus19251927231274.609
14Sam H. Hill192319293314145.500
15Albert J. Gebert1930194111468406.623
16Melvin J. Binford19441945181161.639
17Ralph Graham194219473017130.567
18Jim Trimble194819503013143.483
19Robert S. Carlson19511952195131.289
20Jack Mitchell19531954191351.711
21Pete Tillman19551956201181.575
22Woody Woodard195719593010182.367
23Hank Foldberg19601961211650.762
24Marcelino Huerta196219642914150.483
25George Karras19651966194150.211
26Boyd Converse196710271.250
27Eddie Kriwiel1968100100.000
28Ben Wilson19691970192170.105 Was killed in the Wichita State University football team plane crash on October 2, 1970
29Bob Seaman197119733313200.394
30Jim Wright197419785517371.318
31Willie Jeffries197919835521322.400 First African American head coach of a NCAA Division I-A football program
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.[5]
32Ron Chismar19841986338250.242

See also

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.[2]
  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.[3]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Wichita State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. ESPN.com "College Football" May 11, 2010
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