List of Bethel Threshers head football coaches

The Bethel Threshers football program is a college football team that represents Bethel College in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1914.

Otto Unruh was head coach for two separate time periods, first from 1929–1942 and then again from 1967–1969. He is credited with inventing the "T-Wing" offense.

Only two coaches have achieved post-season play: Kent Rogers managed to bring a squad team to post-season play. Mike Moore took his 2006 team to the 2006 NAIA Football National Championship, losing in the first round to the Missouri Valley Vikings.

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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No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs Awards
1 William E. Schroeder 1914–1916 7 1 6 0 .143
2 Gus A. Hauray, Jr. 1922–1927 34 5 29 0 .147
3 Walter Miller 1928 7 0 7 0 .000
4 Otto D. Unruh 1919–1942
1967–1969
135 53 76 6 .415 Member Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
5 Bob Tully 1946–1948 25 6 18 1 .260
6 J. M. Fretz 1949–1951 26 5 21 0 .192
7 David Unruh 1952 9 2 7 0 .222
8 Gilbert Galle 1953 9 2 6 1 .278
9 Milton Goering 1954–1959 44 14 28 2 .341
10 George Buhr 1957 9 5 4 0 .556
11 Wesley Buller 1960–1964 45 17 26 2 .400
12 Eugene Reusser 1965–1966 18 1 17 0 .056
13 Lee Cissel 1970–1971 18 4 14 0 .222
14 Jimmie Corns 1972–1976 45 23 22 0 .511
15 Jim Paramore 1977–1978 18 7 11 0 .389
16 Kent Rogers 1979–1994 150 69 80 1 .463 1
17 George Papageorgiou 1995–1999 47 18 29 0 .383
18 Mike Moore 1999–2009 98 47 51 0 .480 1
19 Travis Graber 2010–2011 21 2 19 0 .095
20 James Dotson[5] 2012 10 0 10 0 .000
21 Martin Mathis[6] 2013–2014 23 5 17 0 .233
22 Morris Lolar 2015–2017 30 7 23 0 .300
23 Terry Harrison 2017–2021 53 30 23 0 .566
24 A. B. Stokes 2022–present 21 15 5 0 .714

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.[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.
  4. ^ "Otto Unruh". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 28, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Dotson named interim head football coach". Bethel College. August 3, 2012. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  6. ^ "Bethel College Names Marty Mathis to Head Football Position". KCACSports.com. November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.