List of Bethel Threshers head football coaches

The Bethel Threshers football program is a college football team that represents Bethel College in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1914.

Otto Unruh was head coach for two separate time periods, first from 19291942 and then again from 19671969. He is credited with inventing the "T-Wing" offense.

Only two coaches have achieved post-season play: Kent Rogers managed to bring a squad team to post-season play. Mike Moore took his 2006 team to the 2006 NAIA Football National Championship, losing in the first round to the Missouri Valley Vikings.

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
1William E. Schroeder191419167160.143
2Gus A. Hauray, Jr.19221927345290.147
3Walter Miller19287070.000
4Otto D. Unruh19191942
19671969
13553766.415Member Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
5Bob Tully19461948256181.260
6J. M. Fretz19491951265210.192
7David Unruh19529270.222
8Gilbert Galle19539261.278
9Milton Goering195419594414282.341
10George Buhr19579540.556
11Wesley Buller196019644517262.400
12Eugene Reusser19651966181170.056
13Lee Cissel19701971184140.222
14Jimmie Corns197219764523220.511
15Jim Paramore19771978187110.389
16Kent Rogers1979199415069801.4631
17George Papageorgiou199519994718290.383
18Mike Moore199920099847510.4801
19Travis Graber20102011212190.095
20James Dotson[5]2012100100.000
21Martin Mathis[6]20132014235170.233
22Morris Lolar20152017307230.300
23Terry Harrison20172111100.524

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.[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. "Otto Unruh". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
  5. "Dotson named interim head football coach". Bethel College. August 3, 2012. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  6. "Bethel College Names Marty Mathis to Head Football Position". KCACSports.com. November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
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