The Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes program is a college football team that represents Kansas Wesleyan University in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 20 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1903. The current coach is Myers Hendrickson, who assumed the role in early 2019. Hendrickson had been an assistant under the previous head coach Matt Drinkall [1] who was hired in January 2014. [2] Drinkall replaced coach Dave Dallas who first took the position for the 1997 season [3] and resigned at the end of the 2013 season. [4]
Key
| 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
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | No coach | 1893, 1899–1902 |
9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | 1894–1898 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Albert B. Cowden | 1903, 1905 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | 1904 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | George Miller | 1906 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | C. L. Williams | 1908–1909 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | 1910–1913 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | George R. Edwards | 1914, 1917 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .267 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | W. F. Ragle | 1915 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | George Williams | 1916 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | 1918 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Ernest C. Quigley | 1919 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | J. Elwood Davis | 1920 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Alexander Brown Mackie | 1921–1937 | 126 | 73 | 40 | 13 | .631 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Gene Johnson | 1938–1942 | 44 | 19 | 16 | 9 | .534 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No Team | 1943–1945 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Virgil Baer | 1946–1948 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Wally A. Forsberg | 1949–1951 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | .411 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Gene Bissell | 1952–1961 1963–1978 |
162 | 76 | 81 | 5 | .485 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Daffin Backstrom | 1962 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Ron Dupree | 1979–1980 1996 |
29 | 11 | 18 | 0 | .379 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Jon Bingesser | 1981–1984 | 40 | 13 | 26 | 1 | .338 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jack Welch | 1985–1986 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Brad Jenkins | 1987–1995 | 89 | 49 | 40 | 0 | .551 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Dave Dallas | 1997–2013 | 175 | 94 | 81 | 0 | .537 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Matt Drinkall | 2014–2018 | 59 | 42 | 17 | — | .712 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Myers Hendrickson | 2019–2021 | 35 | 31 | 4 | — | .886 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Matt Myers | 2022–present | 22 | 16 | 6 | — | .727 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
See also
Notes
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since. [6]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [7]
References
- ^ "Hendrickson named KWU Head Football Coach". KWCH-TV 12. January 28, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ Davidson, Bob (January 30, 2014). "Wesleyan Welcome: Drinkall takes over Coyote football program". Salina Journal. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Kansas Wesleyan Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ "Head Football Coach Dave Dallas Resigns from Wesleyan". SalinaRadio.com. December 26, 2013. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.