List of Wheaton Thunder head football coaches

The Wheaton Thunder football program is a college football team that represents Wheaton College in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 22 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1900.[1] The current coach is Mike Swider who first took the position for the 1996 season.[2][3]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
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
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season, except the conference win/loss/tie statistics are incomplete.

No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards
No coach19002020.000
XNo team190119110000
No coach19121010.000
XNo team19138350.375
1Jasper Turnbell1914191513670.462
2Bob Robinson19168350.375
No coach19176330.500
XNo team19180000
3Rex Gary1919192012561.458
4Robert S. Woodruff19218620.750
5Jack Conley19221924218112.429
6Dave Gillespie19258170.125
7Ed Coray19261928225143.295001
8Vic Gustafson192919344614275.359060
9Wendel Smith19358251.313010
10Mysterious Walker193619392911144.448020
11,
14
Harvey Chrouser19401941,
19461960
146104348.740
12Albert Graff19429531.611
13Carl E. DeVries19431945191153.658
15Jack Swartz196119687141300.577
16Mal Pearson19691970184131.250
17Gary Taylor19711972182160.111
18Dewey King197319796329340.460030
19Clift Schimmels19809270.222010
20Jim Rexilius19819270.222010
21J. R. Bishop1982199512884431.6608140111
22Mike Swider1996181140410.77393260976

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.[4]
  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.[5]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]

References

  1. Shafer, Ian. "Wheaton College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. DeLassus, David. "Wheaton Thunder Records By Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  3. "Football year-by-year results". Wheaton Thunder. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
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