List of Bethel Threshers head football coaches
The Bethel Threshers football program is a college football team that represents Bethel College in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 21 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1914.
The current coach is Martin Mathis.[1] Mathis replaces James Dotson, who held the position for one season[2] after the sudden resignation of Travis Graber on July 27, 2012.[3]
As of the conclusion of the 2012 season, only two coaches (George Buhr and Jimmie Corns) managed career winning percentages above .500. Corns was the only one to do so across multiple seasons. Two coaches ended their tenures without a single win: Walter Miller in 1928 and James Dotson in 2012. Kent Rogers coached the most games (150), the most wins (69), and the most seasons (19) from 1979-1994.
Only two coaches achieved post-season play: Kent Rogers managed to bring a squad team to post-season play. Mike Moore took his 2006 team to the 2006 NAIA Football National Championship, losing in the first round to the Missouri Valley Vikings.
Key
| 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 | ||
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William E. Schroeder | 1914–1916 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Gus A. Hauray, Jr. | 1922–1927 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 0 | .147 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Walter Miller | 1928 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Otto D. Unruh | 1919–1942 1967–1969 | 135 | 53 | 76 | 6 | .415 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Member Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.[7] |
| 5 | Robert Tully | 1946–1948 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | .260 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | J. M. Fretz | 1949–1951 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | .192 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | David Unruh | 1952 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Gilbert Galle | 1953 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .278 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Milton Goering | 1954–1959 | 44 | 14 | 28 | 2 | .341 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | George Buhr | 1957 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Wesley Buller | 1960–1964 | 45 | 17 | 26 | 2 | .400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Eugene Reusser | 1965–1966 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | .056 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Lee Cissel | 1970–1971 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Jimmie Corns | 1972–1976 | 45 | 23 | 22 | 0 | .511 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Jim Paramore | 1977–1978 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Kent Rogers | 1979–1994 | 150 | 69 | 80 | 1 | .463 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 17 | George Papageorgiou | 1995–1999 | 47 | 18 | 29 | 0 | .383 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Mike Moore | 1999–2009 | 98 | 47 | 51 | 0 | .480 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 19 | Travis Graber | 2010–2011 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | .095 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | James Dotson[2] | 2012 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Martin Mathis[1] | 2013–2014 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .227 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Morris Lolar | 2015– | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | .300 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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.[4]
- ↑ 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.[5]
- ↑ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Bethel College Names Marty Mathis to Head Football Position". KCACSports.com. November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
- 1 2 "Dotson named interim head football coach". Bethel College. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
- ↑ Corbitt, Ken (August 1, 2012). "Ottawa playing for injured teammate". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Otto Unruh". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 28, 2010.