The Mercer college football team represents Mercer University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Bears competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 21nbsp; head coaches, since it began play during the 1891 season. From 2019 to 2023, Drew Cronic was the head coach at Mercer. [1]
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] |
No. | Name [A 6] |
Season(s) [A 7] |
GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | Dave Beggs | 1891 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
2 | George Stallings | 1893 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
3 | J. D. Winston | 1896 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
4 | Gordon Saussy | 1897 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
5 | E. E. Tarr | 1906 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
6 | H. R. Schenker | 1907 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
7 | Frank Blake | 1908–1909 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0.400 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
8 | Charles C. Stroud | 1910–1912 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0.571 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.417 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
9 | Lewie Hardage | 1913 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.313 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.100 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
10 | Fred A. Robins | 1914 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
11 | Jake Zellars | 1915–1916 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0.500 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
12 | David Peacock | 1916 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
13 | Maxwell James | 1919 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
14 | Josh Cody | 1920–1922 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0.345 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.214 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
15 | Stanley L. Robinson | 1923–1925 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0.464 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0.633 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
16 | Bernie Moore† | 1926–1928 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0.500 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.571 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
17 | Lake Russell | 1929–1940 | 112 | 46 | 61 | 5 | 0.433 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
18 | Bobby Hooks | 1941 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
19 | Bobby Lamb | 2013–2019 | 80 | 41 | 39 | — | 0.513 | 24 | 30 | — | 0.444 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
20 | Drew Cronic | 2020–2023 | 45 | 28 | 17 | — | 0.622 | 22 | 10 | — | 0.688 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
21 | Mike Jacobs | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |