The Baker Wildcats football program is a college football team that represents Baker University in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1890.[1] The current coach is Miguel Regalado who first took the position for the 2023 season.[2]
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 | Salem Goodale | 1890–1891 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .722 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2 | Frank Crawford | 1892 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
3 | Charles Thomas | 1893 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .929 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
X | No team | 1894–1908 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Theodore M. Stuart | 1909 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .875 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
5 | Louis D. Scherer | 1910–1912 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | .391 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
6 | Edward C. Gallagher | 1913–1914 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
7 | Thomas D. Shepherd | 1915 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
8 | Karl Schlademan | 1916–1918 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | .348 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
9 | Arthur F. Smith | 1919 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
10 | Emil Liston | 1920–1937 | 181 | 97 | 66 | 18 | .586 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
11 | C. W. Ridgeway | 1938–1939 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
12 | Emil Liston | 1940–1942 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
X | No team | 1943–1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
13 | Karl Spear | 1946–1962 | 152 | 87 | 61 | 4 | .586 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
14 | James Irick | 1963–1975 | 117 | 50 | 63 | 4 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
15 | Joe Girardi | 1976–1979 | 41 | 25 | 15 | 1 | .622 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | ||
16 | Charlie Richard† | 1980–1990 | 152 | 123 | 28 | 1 | .813 | — | — | — | 11 | 12 | 8 | — | ||
17 | Dan Harris | 1991 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .722 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
18 | Charlie Richard† | 1992–1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | ||
19 | Steve Schottel | 1995 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
20 | John Frangoulis | 1996–2003 | 84 | 45 | 39 | 0 | .536 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
21 | Mike Grossner | 2004–2018 | 172 | 117 | 55 | 0 | .680 | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||
22 | Jason Thoren | 2019–2022 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 0 | .714 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||||
23 | Miguel Regalado | 2023–present | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |