List of Coast Guard Bears head football coaches

The Coast Guard Bears football program is a college football team that represents United States Coast Guard Academy in the New England Football Conference, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 15 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1922, including hall of fame member Otto Graham The current coach is C. C. Grant who first took the position for the 2020 season.

Coach Otto Graham was inducted into both the college and professional Football halls of fame.
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

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Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 college football season.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
1 Raymond V. Marron 1922–1923 6 0 6 0 .000
2 W. R. Richards 1926–1929 27 7 17 3 .315
3 Johnny Merriman 1930–1945 121 46 66 9 .417
4 Nelson Nitchman 1946–1958 93 45 43 5 .511
5 Frank Kapral 1966–1967 16 0 16 0 .000
6 Tad Schroeder 1968–1973 60 29 31 0 .483
7 Otto Graham 1959–1965
1974–1975
77 44 32 1 .578 1
8 Bill Hickey 1976–1979 38 11 26 1 .303
9 Larry Rutledge 1980–1982 28 7 21 0 .250
10 Bob Campiglia 1983–985 30 11 19 0 .367
11 Thomas H. Bell 1986–1992 64 36 28 0 .563 1 -
12 Bill Schmitz 1993–1996 39 20 19 0 .513 1
13 Chuck Mills 1997 11 9 2 0 .818 1
14 Bob Estock 1998 9 1 8 0 .111
15 Bill George 1999–2019 201 75 126 0 .373 2
16 C. C. Grant 2020–present 31 10 21 0 .323 0

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.