List of Baker Wildcats head football coaches

The Baker Wildcats football program is a college football team that represents Baker University in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1890.[1] The current coach is Miguel Regalado who first took the position for the 2023 season.[2]

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.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
1 Salem Goodale 1890–1891 9 6 2 1 .722
2 Frank Crawford 1892 5 2 3 0 .400
3 Charles Thomas 1893 7 6 0 1 .929
X No team 1894–1908 0 0 0 0
4 Theodore M. Stuart 1909 4 3 0 1 .875
5 Louis D. Scherer 1910–1912 23 8 13 2 .391
6 Edward C. Gallagher 1913–1914 16 8 8 0 .500
7 Thomas D. Shepherd 1915 8 5 3 0 .625
8 Karl Schlademan 1916–1918 23 7 14 2 .348
9 Arthur F. Smith 1919 9 4 4 1 .500
10 Emil Liston 1920–1937 181 97 66 18 .586
11 C. W. Ridgeway 1938–1939 18 5 11 2 .333
12 Emil Liston 1940–1942 0 0 0 0
X No team 1943–1945 0 0 0 0
13 Karl Spear 1946–1962 152 87 61 4 .586 2
14 James Irick 1963–1975 117 50 63 4 .444
15 Joe Girardi 1976–1979 41 25 15 1 .622 1 1
16 Charlie Richard 1980–1990 152 123 28 1 .813 11 12 8
17 Dan Harris 1991 9 6 2 1 .722 1
18 Charlie Richard 1992–1994 0 0 0 0 3 2 2
19 Steve Schottel 1995 9 3 6 0 .333
20 John Frangoulis 1996–2003 84 45 39 0 .536 1
21 Mike Grossner 2004–2018 172 117 55 0 .680 6 7 1
22 Jason Thoren 2019–2022 42 30 12 0 .714 1 2
23 Miguel Regalado 2023–present 12 9 3 0 .750 1 1

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.[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

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  1. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Baker University (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Miguel Regalado Selected as the Next Head Football Coach at Baker University". January 17, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  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.