List of Morningside Mustangs head football coaches

John L. Griffith was head coach at Morningside for three seasons in the early years of the program.

The Morningside Mustangs program is a college football team that represents Morningside University in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1898. The current coach is Steve Ryan who first took the position for the 2002 season.[1] The program did not field a varsity team in 2001 as the school transitioned from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).[2]

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. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs Awards
1 Robert Van Horne 1898, 1900 6 2 3 1 .417 — — — — — — — —
X no team 1899 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
X unknown 1901 5 2 3 0 .400 — — — — — — — —
2 Charles G. Flanagan 1902 3 1 2 0 .333 — — — — — — — —
3 Everett M. Sweeley 1903 8 5 3 0 .625 — — — — — — — —
4 Eli F. Peckumn 1904 7 0 4 3 .214 — — — — — — — —
5 John L. Griffith 1905–1907 23 13 6 4 .652 — — — — — — — —
6 John W. Hollister 1908–1910 24 11 10 3 .521 — — — — — — — —
7 Harry W. Ewing 1911 9 6 3 0 .667 — — — — — — — —
8 Jason M. Saunderson 1912–1941 224 116 97 11 .542 — — — — — — — —
9 Stafford Cassell 1942 8 2 6 0 .250 — — — — — — — —
X no team 1943–1944 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
10 Russell Hughes 1945 5 2 2 1 .500 — — — — — — — —
11 Les Davis 1946–1947 17 7 9 1 .441 — — — — — — — —
12 George H. Allen 1948–1950 29 16 11 2 .586 — — — — — — — —
13 Clayton Droullard 1951–1954 33 16 16 1 .500 — — — — — — — —
14 Dewey Halford 1955–1973 168 73 92 3 .443 — — — — — — — —
15 John Dornon 1974–1976 27 4 22 1 .167 — — — — — — — —
16 Steve Miller 1977–1979 29 4 23 2 .172 — — — — — — — —
17 Lyle Eidsness 1980 11 3 8 0 .273 — — — — — — — —
18 Tim McGuire 1981–1982 22 7 15 0 .318 — — — — — — — —
19 Erv Mondt 1983–1988 66 19 46 1 .295 — — — — — — — —
20 Dave Dolch 1989–1992 43 14 28 1 .337 — — — — — — — —
21 Charlie Cowdrey 1993–1995 33 5 26 2 .182 — — — — — — — —
22 Dave Elliott 1996–2000 55 7 48 0 .127 — — — — — — — —
X no team[2] 2001 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 Steve Ryan 2002– 273 228 45 0 .835 — — — — — — — —

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.[3]
  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.[4]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

References

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Morningside Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Past Seasons, School Records & Honors". Morningside Mustangs. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.