List of Wheaton Thunder head football coaches

The Wheaton Thunder football program is a college football team that represents Wheaton College in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 22 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1900.[1] The current coach is Mike Swider who first took the position for the 1996 season.[2][3]

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, except the conference win/loss/tie statistics are incomplete.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
No coach 1900 2 0 2 0 .000
X No team 1901–1911 0 0 0 0
No coach 1912 1 0 1 0 .000
X No team 1913 8 3 5 0 .375
1 Jasper Turnbell 1914–1915 13 6 7 0 .462
2 Bob Robinson 1916 8 3 5 0 .375
No coach 1917 6 3 3 0 .500
X No team 1918 0 0 0 0
3 Rex Gary 1919–1920 12 5 6 1 .458
4 Robert S. Woodruff 1921 8 6 2 0 .750
5 Jack Conley 1922–1924 21 8 11 2 .429
6 Dave Gillespie 1925 8 1 7 0 .125
7 Ed Coray 1926–1928 22 5 14 3 .295 0 0 1
8 Vic Gustafson 1929–1934 46 14 27 5 .359 0 6 0
9 Wendel Smith 1935 8 2 5 1 .313 0 1 0
10 Mysterious Walker 1936–1939 29 11 14 4 .448 0 2 0
11,
14
Harvey Chrouser 1940–1941,
1946–1960
146 104 34 8 .740
12 Albert Graff 1942 9 5 3 1 .611
13 Carl E. DeVries 1943–1945 19 11 5 3 .658
15 Jack Swartz 1961–1968 71 41 30 0 .577
16 Mal Pearson 1969–1970 18 4 13 1 .250
17 Gary Taylor 1971–1972 18 2 16 0 .111
18 Dewey King 1973–1979 63 29 34 0 .460 0 3 0
19 Clift Schimmels 1980 9 2 7 0 .222 0 1 0
20 Jim Rexilius 1981 9 2 7 0 .222 0 1 0
21 J. R. Bishop 1982–1995 128 84 43 1 .660 8 14 0 1 1 1
22 Mike Swider 1996–2019 261 209 52 0 .801 140 34 0 15 11 9
23 Jesse Scott 2020–present 35 28 7 .800 24 3 0 1 2 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.[4]
  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.[5]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Wheaton College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Wheaton Thunder Records By Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  3. ^ "Football year-by-year results". Wheaton Thunder. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.