List of Alderson Broaddus Battlers head football coaches

The Alderson Broaddus Battlers football program was a college football team that represented Alderson Broaddus University as an NCAA Division II independent.

The team had eleven head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1905.[1] The program ceased play in 1930,[2] but in 2012 it was announced that it will begin playing once again starting with the 2012 season under new head coach Dennis Creehan.[3] He would play with them until 2016 after stepping down to coach at The Spring League.[4]

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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Prex Merrill was the Alderson Broaddus head coach in 1910.
 
Fred Chenoweth, a 1918 graduate of West Virginia University, coached the team from 1925 to 1927.
List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Term G W L T PCT CW CL CT PCT PW PL PT CCs NCs Awards
1 Randolph Howard 1905–1907 8 1 5 2 0.250
X No team 1908
-- Unknown 1909 2 1 1 0 0.500
2 Prex Merrill 1910 4 1 3 0 0.250
-- Unknown 1911–1917 18 4 13 1 0.250
X No team 1918
-- Unknown 1919–1920 11 4 5 1 0.409
3 Courtland Pollard 1921 8 2 6 0 0.250
4 Bill Latto 1922 6 3 3 0 0.500
5 Roman Krawchuck 1923 9 5 4 0 0.556
6 Furman Nuss 1924 9 3 4 2 0.444
7 Fred Chenoweth 1925–1927 22 6 14 2 0.318
8 Hunter Hardman 1928–1930 29 11 15 3 0.431
X No team 1931–2011
9 Dennis Creehan 2012–2016 44 27 17 0 0.614
10 Sal Dewalt 2017–2019 32 8 24 0 0.250
11 Travis Everhart 2020–2022 26 1 25 0 0.038

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.[5]
  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.[6]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[7]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 college football season.

References

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  1. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Alderson-Broaddus College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Broaddus College Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  3. ^ "A-B To Start Football in 2012". Alderson–Broaddus College. August 22, 2011. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  4. ^ Hooke, Jonathon. "Creehan to No Longer Coach Football at AB Following 2016 season; Will Remain Athletic Director". Alderson Broaddus University Athletics. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.