List of Pittsburg State Gorillas head football coaches

The Pittsburg State Gorillas football program is a college football team that represents Pittsburg State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, a part of the NCAA Division II. The team has had 15 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1908. The current coach is Brian Wright.[1]

Beck at a football game in 2016

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
1Albert McLeland19086222.500
2John Fuhrer1909–1914, 19185026222.540182.182000
3Ray Courtright1915–19172815112.571851.607000
4Garfield Weede1919–19288746336.57634254.571002
5Blue Howell1929–1935, 19377135306.53520185.523001
6Charles Morgan1936, 1938–1948102444315.50527237.535002
7Carnie Smith1949–1966174116526.68461214.733315
8Tom Lester1967–19759148385.55526132.659001
9Ron Randleman1976–19816336252.58726131.663222
10Bruce Polen1982–1983191360.6841040.714001
11Mike Mayerske19849540.556430.571000
12Dennis Franchione1985–1989595360.8983710.974745
13Chuck Broyles1990–2009247198472.806149291.83520149
14Tim Beck2010–20199467270.71355270.671602
15Brian Wright2020–0000000000

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. "Pittsburg State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 20, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 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.
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