The Bethany Swedes football program (historically known as the "Terrible Swedes") is a college football team that represents Bethany College in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 17 head coaches on record since its first recorded football game in 1893. [1]
The current head coach is Curran White who took over for the 2019 season. [2] White replaced Paul Hubbard who took the position after the conclusion of the 2014 season and the departure of Manny Matsakis. [3] Matsakis was hired in March 2013 [4] to replace Jamie Cruce who first took the position for the 2006 season and resigned after completion of the 2012 season. [5] [6]
The two most successful coaches in terms of winning percentage are Bennie Owen and Ted Kessinger, both who have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [7] [8]
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason [A 1] | ||||
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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] |
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 |
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1 | A. W. Kjellstrand | 1893–1894 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
X | no team | 1895–1900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
X | Unknown | 1901 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .688 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2 | Bennie Owen† | 1902–1904 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | .767 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | College Football Hall of Fame (1951) | |
X | no team | 1905–1914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
3 | E. O. Brown | 1915–1916 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .233 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Quince Banbury | 1917–1919 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 2 | .286 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
5 | Guy C. Omer | 1920–1921 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .618 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
6 | Adrian Lindsey | 1922–1926 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 2 | .610 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
7 | George Carlson | 1927–1933 | 56 | 21 | 29 | 6 | .429 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
8 | Elmer Schaake | 1934–1937 | 34 | 13 | 19 | 2 | .412 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (1972) [12] | |
9 | Ray D. Hahn | 1938–1942 1946–1956 |
136 | 55 | 77 | 4 | .419 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
X | no team | 1943–1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
10 | Hal Collins | 1957–1960 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | .368 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
11 | Phil Miller | 1961–1964 | 36 | 16 | 18 | 2 | .472 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
12 | Keith Rasmussen | 1965–1973 | 84 | 43 | 38 | 3 | .530 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
13 | Van Hollaway | 1974–1975 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
14 | Ted Kessinger† | 1976–2003 | 277 | 219 | 57 | 1 | .792 | 198 | 40 | 1 | .831 | 3 | 9 | 16 | — |
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (2005) NAIA Hall of Fame (2003) College Football Hall of Fame (2010) KCAC Coach of the Year (11 times) |
15 | Tony Johnson | 2004–2006 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 0 | .241 | 7 | 20 | 0 | .259 | — | — | — | — | |
16 | Jamie Cruce | 2007–2012 | 62 | 28 | 34 | 0 | .452 | 22 | 33 | 0 | .411 | — | — | — | — | |
17 | Manny Matsakis | 2013–2014 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .364 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | ||
18 | Paul Hubbard | 2015–2018 | 43 | 11 | 32 | 0 | .256 | 10 | 27 | 0 | .270 | — | — | — | — | |
19 | Curran White | 2019 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | — | |
20 | Tyrone Carter | 2020–2022 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 0 | .040 | 0 | 20 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |
21 | Mike Grossner | 2023–present | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — |