List of Ottawa Braves head football coaches

The Ottawa Braves program is a college football team that represents Ottawa University in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 28 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1901. The current coach is Kent Kessinger who first took the position for the 2004 season.[1]

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
1J. Nort Atkinson19011902191252.684
XNo team1903---------—----
2Alpha Brummage190419073114161.468
3Norman G. Wann1908190915951.633
4Oscar Dahlene19106231.417
5Red Baughman19117133.357
6Floyd Daniel Hargiss19127070.000
7Porter Craig1913191413562.462
8Arthur Schabinger19151917
1919
309174.367
XNo team1918---------—----
9Robert E. Brannan19201922232201.109
10Edwin Elbel192319274214217.417
11Archie W. Butcher19281929162122.188
12John S. Davis19309180.111
13Charles Erickson193119354018211.463
14Dick Godlove193619425637136.714
XNo team---------—----
15Wally A. Forsberg19461948282062.750
16Richard Peters19491952
19571971
174129423.750
17Paul J. Andree195319552712141.463
18Grover Nutt19569090.000
19Ben Moor197219753718190.486
20Don McLeary19761977181080.556
21John Salavantis197810730.700
22Nyle Salmans197919835224271.471
23Glen Percy198419885021290.420
24Dave Dallas198919967838391.494
25Chris Creighton19972000413290.780
26Ronnie Jones200110640.600
27Patrick Ross2002200321470.6671440.77811
28Kent Kessinger2004present15288640.57980460.635243

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. "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Braves. p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  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.
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