List of Wichita State Shockers head football coaches

The Wichita State Shockers football program was a college football team that represented Wichita State University until the school discontinued football. The team had 32 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1897. The last head coach for the team was Ron Chismar who first took the position for the 1984 season.[1]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
# 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

#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards/Notes
01T. H. Morrison189711001.000 — — — — — — — —
—No coach18981010.000 — — — — — — — —
02Harry Hess1899–19012210102.500 — — — — — — — —
03Guy Peverly19028431.563 — — — — — — — —
—No coach1903620.750 — — — — — — — —
04A. F. Holste19049450.444 — — — — — — — —
05Willis Bates1905–1908392883.756 — — — — — — — —
06Roy K. Thomas1909–1911251582.640 — — — — — — — —
07E. V. Long1912–1913176110.353 — — — — — — — —
08Harry Buck1914–191516682.438 — — — — — — — —
09Coach Banbury19185140.200 — — — — — — — —
10Kenneth Cassidy19198152.250 — — — — — — — —
11Wilmer D. Elfrink19209342.444 — — — — — — — —
12Lamar Hoover1916–19223618144.556 — — — — — — — —
13Leonard J. Umnus1925–1927231274.609 — — — — — — — —
14Sam H. Hill1923–19293314145.500 — — — — — — — —
15Albert J. Gebert1930–194111468406.623 — — — — — — — —
16Melvin J. Binford1944–1945181161.639 — — — — — — — —
17Ralph Graham1942–19473017130.567 — — — — — — — —
18Jim Trimble1948–19503013143.483 — — — — — — — —
19Robert S. Carlson1951–1952195131.289 — — — — — — — —
20Jack Mitchell1953–1954191351.711 — — — — — — — —
21Pete Tillman1955–1956201181.575 — — — — — — — —
22Woody Woodard1957–19593010182.367 — — — — — — — —
23Hank Foldberg1960–1961211650.762 — — — — — — — —
24Marcelino Huerta†1962–19642914150.483 — — — — — — — —
25George Karras1965–1966194150.211 — — — — — — — —
26Boyd Converse196710271.250 — — — — — — — —
27Eddie Kriwiel1968100100.000 — — — — — — — —
28Ben Wilson1969–1970192170.105 — — — — — — — Was killed in the Wichita State University football team plane crash on October 2, 1970
29Bob Seaman1971–19733313200.394 — — — — — — — —
30Jim Wright1974–19785517371.318 — — — — — — — —
31Willie Jeffries†1979–19835521322.400 — — — — — — — First African American head coach of a NCAA Division I-A football program
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.[5]
32Ron Chismar1984–1986338250.242 — — — — — — — —

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. "Wichita State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 12, 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.
  5. ↑ ESPN.com "College Football" May 11, 2010
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