List of Dickinson State Blue Hawks head football coaches

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The Dickinson State Blue Hawks program is a college football team that represents Dickinson State University in the Dakota Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 15 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1925. The former coach is Hank Biesiot who first took the position for the 1976 season. The current coach is Pete Stanton. Stanton was an assistant for 14 years with Biesiot.[1]

Key[edit]

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[edit]

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs Awards
1 C. O. Braden 1925–1926 2 1 1 0 .500
2 Roy McLeod 1927 2 1 0 1 .750
3 Harry J. Wienbergen 1928–1952 134 51 70 13 .429
4 Joe Gerlach 1944–1945 7 2 3 2 .429
5 Loy Young 1950 8 5 2 1 .688
6 Forrest Lothrop 1953–1955 20 10 10 0 .500
7 Paul Kemp 1956 6 4 2 0 .667
8 Bob Tracy 1957–1962 44 25 18 1 .580
9 Roger Huffman 1963–1965 24 15 7 2 .667
10 Orlo Sundre 1966–1967 16 3 13 0 .188
11 Morris Martin 1968–1970 24 10 11 3 .479
12 Herb Hollyman 1971 8 2 6 0 .250
13 Bob Lasater 1972–1975 36 21 14 1 .597
14 Hank Biesiot 1976–2013 379 258 121 1 .680
15 Pete Stanton 2014– 112 85 27 .759

Notes[edit]

  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[edit]

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Dickinson State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.