Adams State Grizzlies football

Adams State Grizzlies football
First season1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Athletic directorKatelyn Smith
Head coachLevi Gallas
1st season, 0–0 (–)
StadiumRex Stadium
(capacity: 1,500)
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationAlamosa, Colorado
NCAA divisionDivision II
ConferenceRMAC
Past conferencesIndependent (1930–1945, 1956)
NMIC (1946–1955)
All-time record381–437–19 (.467)
Bowl record2–0 (1.000)
Playoff appearances2
Playoff record2–2
Conference titles8
Division titles2
RivalriesFort Lewis[1]
ColorsGreen and white[2]
   
MascotGrizzly bear
Websiteasugrizzlies.com
The Adams State football team in action against the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions in 2015.

The Adams State Grizzlies football team represents Adams State University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Grizzlies are members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), fielding its team in the RMAC since 1957. The Grizzlies play their home games at Rex Stadium in Alamosa, Colorado. The team was formally known as the Adams State Indians.

Their current head coach is Levi Gallas, who has held the position since 2024.[3]

Conference affiliations

List of 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

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, and championships
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC
1 Clifton White[7] 1930–1937 37 12 20 5 0.392 – – – – – – – – –
2 Henry Canine[8] 1938 6 1 4 1 0.250 – – – – – – – – –
3 Vernon Hopper[7] 1939–1942 19 6 13 0 0.316 – – – – – – – – –
4 Neal Mehring[7] 1946–1947 15 11 4 0 0.733 9 1 0 0.900 – – – – 1
5 William C. Heiss[7] 1948–1949 17 11 5 1 0.676 6 2 1 0.722 – – – – –
6 Orval Steffen[7] 1950–1951 18 5 11 2 0.333 5 4 1 0.550 – – – – –
7 Michael Stimack[7] 1952–1956 44 14 29 1 0.330 12 11 1 0.521 – – – – 1
8 Ernie Smith[9] 1957–1958 19 1 17 1 0.079 1 8 1 0.150 – – – – –
9 Darrell Mudra[10] 1959–1962 37 32 4 1 0.878 15 1 0 0.938 1 0 0 0 3
10 Donald McKillip[7] 1963–1967, 1969 57 39 18 0 0.684 6 4 0 0.600 1 0 0 1 0
11 Gene Carpenter[11] 1968 9 8 1 0 0.889 – – – – – – – – –
12 Ron Harms[7] 1970–1973 36 21 13 2 0.611 18 6 0 0.750 – – – 1 1
13 Bill Schade[7] 1974–1976 27 14 13 0 0.519 12 10 0 0.545 – – – – –
14 James Paronto[12] 1977–1980 41 22 19 0 0.537 19 14 0 0.576 – – – – 1
15 Richard Ulrich[7] 1981 9 3 5 1 0.389 3 4 1 0.438 – – – – –
16 Joel Swisher[7] 1982–1983 19 7 10 2 0.421 7 7 2 0.500 – – – – –
17 Jeff Geiser[7] 1984–1996 135 65 68 2 0.489 42 41 1 0.506 2 2 0 – 1
18 David Elsenrath[13] 1997–1999 31 9 22 0 0.290 8 16 0 0.333 – – – – –
19 Wayne McGinn[7] 2000–2007 87 35 52 0 0.402 28 36 0 0.438 – – – – –
20 Marty Heaton[14] 2008–2014 77 42 35 0 0.545 34 29 0 0.540 – – – – –
21 Timm Rosenbach[15] 2015–2017 32 9 23 0 0.281 9 20 0 0.310 – – – – –
22 Josh Blankenship[16] 2018–2020 22 8 14 0 0.364 8 12 0 0.400 – – – – –
23 Jarrell Harrison[17] 2021–2024 44 6 38 0 0.136 5 31 0 0.139 – – – – –

Year-by-year results

National champions Conference champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth

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Season Year Head coach Association Division Conference Record Postseason Final ranking
Overall Conference
Win Loss Tie Finish Win Loss Tie
Adams State Indians
1930 1930 Clifton White NCAA — Independent 0 1 2 — —
1931 1931 2 1 1 — —
1932 1932 1 2 1 — —
1933 1933 2 1 0 — —
1934 1934 1 3 0 — —
1935 1935 1 5 1 — —
1936 1936 3 4 0 — —
1937 1937 2 3 0 — —
1938 1938 Henry Canine 1 4 1 — —
1939 1939 Vernon Hopper 3 2 0 — —
1940 1940 0 5 0 — —
1941 1941 1 3 0 — —
1942 1942 2 3 0 — —
No team from 1943 to 1945
1946 1946 Neal Mehring NCAA — NMIC 5 1 0 1st 4 0 0 Conference champion —
1947 1947 6 3 0 2nd 5 1 0 — —
1948 1948 William C. Heiss 6 2 0 2nd 3 1 0 — —
1949 1949 5 3 1 2nd 3 1 1 — —
1950 1950 Orval Steffen 2 5 2 3rd 2 2 1 — —
1951 1951 3 6 0 3rd 3 2 0 — —
1952 1952 Michael Stimack 2 5 1 T–3rd 2 5 1 — —
1953 1953 3 6 0 T–3rd 3 3 0 — —
1954 1954 3 6 0 2nd 3 2 0 — —
1955 1955 6 4 0 T–1st 4 1 0 Conference co-champion —
1956 1956 College Division Independent 0 8 0 — —
1957 1957 Ernie Smith RMAC 0 9 1 6th 0 4 1 — —
1958 1958 1 8 0 5th 1 4 0 — —
1959 1959 Darrell Mudra 8 1 0 2nd 3 1 0 — —
1960 1960 7 0 1 1st 4 0 0 Conference champion —
1961 1961 8 2 0 1st 4 0 0 Conference champion —
1962 1962 9 1 0 1st 4 0 0 W Mineral Water —
1963 1963 Donald McKillip 6 4 0 2nd 3 1 0 — —
1964 1964 6 3 0 2nd 2 1 0 — —
1965 1965 5 4 0 3rd 1 2 0 — —
1966 1966 8 2 0 W Mineral Water —
1967 1967 8 1 0 — —
1968 1968 Gene Carpenter 8 1 0 — —
1969 1969 Donald McKillip 6 4 0 1st (Mountain) 6 1 0 L Conference championship —
1970 1970 Ron Harms NAIA Division I 4 3 2 3rd (Mountain) 4 2 0 — —
1971 1971 5 4 0 T–1st (Mountain) 5 1 0 L Conference championship —
1972 1972 6 3 0 1st 5 1 0 Conference champion —
1973 1973 6 3 0 T–2nd 4 2 0 — —
1974 1974 Bill Schade 5 4 0 T–2nd 3 3 0 — —
1975 1975 6 3 0 2nd 6 1 0 — No. 15
1976 1976 3 6 0 9th 3 6 0 — —
1977 1977 James Paronto 3 7 0 6th 3 6 0 — —
1978 1978 6 4 0 T–2nd 5 3 0 — —
1979 1979 5 5 0 T–4th 4 4 0 — —
1980 1980 8 3 0 T–1st 7 1 0 Conference co-champion No. 10
1981 1981 Richard Ulrich 3 5 1 5th 3 4 1 — —
1982 1982 Joel Swisher 3 4 2 4th 3 3 2 — —
1983 1983 4 6 0 T–4th 4 4 0 — —
1984 1984 Jeff Geiser 6 3 0 2nd 6 2 0 — No. 20
1985 1985 4 5 0 T–3rd 4 3 0 — —
1986 1986 2 8 0 5th 2 4 0 — —
1987 1987 5 6 0 2nd[a] 4 2 0 — —
1988 1988 10 3 1 2nd 3 1 1 L NAIA Seminfinals No. 16
1989 1989 9 2 0 1st 7 0 0 L NAIA First Round No. 1
1990 1990 5 4 0 2nd 3 1 0 — —
1991 1991 6 4 0 6th 2 4 0 — No. 16
1992 1992 NCAA Division II 3 7 0 7th 1 6 0 — —
1993 1993 4 6 0 5th 3 4 0 — —
1994 1994 3 7 1 T–5th 2 4 1 — —
1995 1995 4 6 0 T–4th 3 4 0 — —
1996 1996 4 7 0 T–7th 2 6 0 — —
Adams State Grizzlies
1997 1997 David Elsenrath NCAA Division II RMAC 1 10 0 T–8th 1 7 0 — —
1998 1998 4 6 0 6th 3 5 0 — —
1999 1999 4 6 0 T–4th 4 4 0 — —
2000 2000 Wayne McGinn 3 7 0 T–5th 3 5 0 — —
2001 2001 2 9 0 T–8th 1 7 0 — —
2002 2002 5 6 0 T–4th 4 4 0 — —
2003 2003 4 7 0 7th 3 5 0 — —
2004 2004 7 4 0 T–2nd 6 2 0 — —
2005 2005 6 5 0 4th 5 3 0 — —
2006 2006 6 5 0 4th 4 4 0 — —
2007 2007 2 9 0 7th 2 6 0 — —
2008 2008 Marty Heaton 5 6 0 5th 5 4 0 — —
2009 2009 5 6 0 T–5th 5 4 0 — —
2010 2010 5 6 0 T–5th 4 5 0 — —
2011 2011 7 4 0 T–4th 5 4 0 — —
2012 2012 9 2 0 3rd 7 2 0 — —
2013 2013 7 4 0 4th 5 4 0 — —
2014 2014 4 7 0 T–6th 3 6 0 — —
2015 2015 Timm Rosenbach 3 8 0 T–7th 3 6 0 — —
2016 2016 2 8 0 10th 2 8 0 — —
2017 2017 4 7 0 T–6th 4 6 0 — —
2018 2018 Josh Blankenship 4 7 0 T–6th 4 6 0 — —
2019 2019 4 7 0 7th 4 6 0 — —
No team in 2020 due to COVID-19
2021 2021 Jarrell Harrison NCAA Division II RMAC 1 10 0 9th 1 8 0 — —
2022 2022 2 9 0 9th 2 7 0 — —
2023 2023 3 8 0 8th 2 7 0 — —
2024 2024 0 11 0 10th 0 9 0 — —
  1. ^ Adams State forfeited three victories including a conference win over Western New Mexico

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.[4]
  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.[5]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]

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  3. ^ "Adams State hires football coach". Alamosa Citizen. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
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  14. ^ "Article clipped from The Daily Sentinel". The Daily Sentinel. November 23, 2007. p. 21. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  15. ^ "Timm Rosenbach Takes Over As Head Coach For Adams State Football". Adams State University Athletics. December 22, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  16. ^ World, Bill Haisten Tulsa (January 3, 2021). "Josh Blankenship, son of Owasso's Bill Blankenship, to be introduced as Broken Arrow football coach". Tulsa World. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  17. ^ Arnold, Patti (October 8, 2021). "Making history: For first time, 2 Black head coaches meet in RMAC football". Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. p. 13. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
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