List of Coast Guard Bears head football coaches
The Coast Guard Bears football program is a college football team that represents United States Coast Guard Academy in the New England Football Conference, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 15 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1922, including hall of fame member Otto Graham The current coach is Bill George who first took the position for the 1999 season.[1]
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 | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2015 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. V. Marron | 1922–1923 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 | W. R. Richards | 1926–1929 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 3 | .315 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | John S. "Johnny" Merriman, Jr. | 1930–1945 | 121 | 46 | 66 | 9 | .417 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Nelson W. Nitchman | 1946–1958 | 93 | 45 | 43 | 5 | .511 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Frank Kapral | 1966–1967 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | Tad Schroeder | 1968–1973 | 60 | 29 | 31 | 0 | .483 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 7 | Otto Graham† | 1959–1965 1974–1975 |
77 | 44 | 32 | 1 | .578 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| 8 | Bill Hickey | 1976–1979 | 38 | 11 | 26 | 1 | .303 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 9 | Larry Rutledge | 1980–1982 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 10 | Bob Campiglia | 1983–1985 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0 | .367 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 11 | Thomas H. Bell | 1986–1992 | 64 | 36 | 28 | 0 | .563 | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | ||
| 12 | Bill Schmitz | 1993–1996 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 0 | .513 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 13 | Chuck Mills | 1997 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 14 | Bob Estock | 1998 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 15 | Bill George | 1999–2019 | 171 | 71 | 111 | 0 | .358 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
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.[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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
References
- ^ DeLassus, David. "United States Coast Guard Academy Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. 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 September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.