List of Morningside Mustangs head football coaches

The Morningside Mustangs program is a college football team that represents Morningside College in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1898. The current coach is Steve Ryan who first took the position for the 2002 season.[1] The program did not field a varsity team in 2001 as the school transitioned from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).[2]

John L. Griffith was head coach at Morningside for three seasons in the early years of the program.

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
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards
1Robert Van Horne1898, 19006231.417
Xno team1899
Xunknown19015230.400
2Charles G. Flanagan19023120.333
3Everett M. Sweeley19038530.625
4Eli F. Peckumn19047043.214
5John L. Griffith19051907231364.652
6John W. Hollister190819102411103.521
7Harry W. Ewing19119630.667
8Jason M. Saunderson191219412241169711.542
9Stafford Cassell19428260.250
Xno team1943–1944
10Russell Hughes19455221.500
11Les Davis1946194717791.441
12George H. Allen194819502916112.586
13Clayton Droullard195119543316161.500
14Dewey Halford1955197316873923.443
15John Dornon19741976274221.167
16Steve Miller19771979294232.172
17Lyle Eidsness198011380.273
18Tim McGuire19811982227150.318
19Erv Mondt198319886619461.295
20Dave Dolch198919924314281.337
21Charlie Cowdrey19931995335262.182
22Dave Elliott19962000557480.127
Xno team[2]2001
23Steve Ryan200212998310.760

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.[3]
  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.[4]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Morningside Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  2. "Past Seasons, School Records & Honors". Morningside Mustangs. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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