The Wagner Seahawks college football team represents Wagner College in the Northeast Conference. The Seahawks compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 12 head coaches since it began play during the 1927 season. Since December 2019, Tom Masella has served as head coach at Wagner. [1]
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 | NCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randolph Faries | 1927 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1 | Lucien Kempf | 1927 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2 4 |
Ray Kirchmeyer | 1928–1932 1937–1941 1946 |
72 | 29 | 39 | 4 | 0.431 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0.188 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Frank Spotts | 1933–1936 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0.139 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 5 | Jim Lee Howell | 1947–1953 | 57 | 24 | 30 | 3 | 0.447 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 6 | Bunny Barbes | 1954–1956 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0.104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 7 | Mickey Sullivan | 1957–1961 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0.619 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0.750 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Robert C. Hicks | 1962–1977 | 147 | 77 | 64 | 6 | 0.544 | 42 | 31 | 1 | 0.574 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Bill Russo | 1978–1980 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 10 | Walt Hameline | 1981–2014 | 365 | 224 | 139 | 2 | 0.616 | 69 | 62 | 0 | 0.527 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Jason Houghtaling | 2015–2019 | 56 | 16 | 40 | — | 0.286 | 11 | 20 | — | 0.355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Tom Masella | 2020–present | 35 | 5 | 30 | — | 0.143 | 4 | 19 | — | 0.174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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. [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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since. [3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [4]
- ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
References
- ^ "Wagner College's new head football coach is 'just a kid from Staten Island'". SILive.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ 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.