List of Ball State Cardinals head football coaches

The Ball State Cardinals football program is a college football team that represents Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference a part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. In nearly a century of play in college football over four affiliations (Indiana Collegiate Conference, Independent, Conference of Midwestern Universities, and the MAC), the Cardinals have had sixteen head coaches.

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

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2020 college football season.[4]

No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards
1Paul "Billy" Williams19241925163130.188
2Norman G. Wann19261927151032.733
3Paul B. Parker192819297322.571
4Lawrence McPhee193019343915231.397
5John Magnabosco1935–1942
1944–1952
128684614.58635206.6341
N/ANo Team19430000
6George Serdula19531955241491.604890.470
7Jim Freeman195619614818282.39613221.375
8Ray Louthen196219675337133.7262682.7504
9Wave Myers196819702915140.517
10Dave McClain197119777446253.6421340.7641
11Dwight Wallace197819847740370.51930270.5261
12Paul Schudel1985199411260484.55448333.589022
13Bill Lynch199520029037530.41130340.468011
14Brady Hoke200320086930390.43527200.57401
15Stan Parrish20082010246180.2505110.31201
16Pete Lembo201120156233290.53223170.57502
17Mike Neu20165521340.38213250.3421

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.[1]
  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.[2]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Football Year By Year Records. ballstatesports.com.
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