List of Sterling Warriors head football coaches

The Sterling Warriors football program is a college football team that represents Sterling College (Kansas) in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 34 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1893.[1] The current head coach is Darren Jackson II.

Josiah McCracken coached the team in 1903, after his appearance in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
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 2023 college football season.[5]

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
No coach 1893–1895 4 2 2 0 .500
X No team 1896–1897 0 0 0 0
No coach 1898 1 1 0 0 1.000
X no team 1899 0 0 0 0
2 G. W. Benn 1900 3 2 1 0 .667
Unknown 1901 6 2 4 0 .333
2 Professor Schaffner 1902 6 3 2 1 .583
3 Josiah McCracken 1903 7 2 5 0 .286
Unknown 1904–1905 10 2 7 1 .250
X No team 1906 0 0 0 0
Unknown 1907–1909 10 4 5 1 .450
4 Garfield Weede 1910–1918 68 34 30 4 .529
5 Coach Dunsmore 1919 9 0 8 1 .056
6 T. E. McDonald 1920 8 0 7 1 .063
7 E. H. Faler 1921 7 1 6 0 .143
8 Warren Woody 1922–1924 26 16 8 2 .654
Unknown 1925 7 1 5 1 .214
9 E. R. Cowell 1926–1927 15 8 7 0 .533
10 Art Kahler 1928–1930 26 19 5 2 .769
X No team 1931–1933 0 0 0 0
11 Ralph Kirby 1934 8 0 8 0 .000
12 Harvey Chrouser 1935–1939 44 17 21 6 .455
13 Lou Odle 1940–1941 19 7 10 2 .421
14 Lorin Helm 1942 8 0 8 0 .000
X No team 1943–1944 0 0 3 0 .000
15 John Paden 1945 3 0 3 0 .000
16 Duane Wilson 1946–1948 26 5 20 1 .212
17 Os Doenges 1949–1952 37 5 30 2 .162
18 Clair L. Gleason 1953–1959 58 29 29 0 .500
19 Benny Fose 1960 9 1 8 0 .111
20 Sam Wilkey 1961 9 2 7 0 .222
21 Robert Mistele 1962–1963 18 3 14 1 .194
22 Reuben Berry 1964–1965 18 3 14 1 .194
23 Curt Bennett 1966–1973 67 32 32 3 .500
24 Sam Sample 1974–1976 28 9 18 1 .339
25 Les Unruh 1977–1980 36 10 25 1 .292
26 Curt Bennett 1981 9 5 4 0 .556
27 Scott Downing 1982–1983 18 13 4 1 .750
28 Gary D. White 1984–1987 39 25 14 0 .641
29 Hadley Hicks 1988–1989 19 4 15 0 .211
30 Kim Raynor 1990–1993 39 13 26 0 .333
31 Bill Bauer 1994–1996 30 8 22 0 .267
32 Curt Bennett 1997–2000 40 19 21 0 .475
33 Mark Splitter 2001–2003 30 4 26 0 .133
34 Andy Lambert 2004–2015 81 46 35 0 .568
35 Chuck Lambert 2016–2017 23 17 6 0 .739 15 3 0 .833
36 Chase Hansen 2018–2021 41 18 23 0 .439 17 20 0 .459
37 Darren Jackson II 2022– 21 4 17 0 .190 3 12 0 .200

See also

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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.[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

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  1. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Sterling College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "scwarriors.com Online Schedule". Sterling Warriors. Retrieved September 5, 2019.