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Jimmy R. Haygood played quarterback for Vanderbilt before leading the Reddies for almost two decades.

The Henderson State Reddies college football team represents Henderson State University in the Great American Conference (GAC). The Reddies compete in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The program has had 18 head coaches since it began play in 1905.[1]

The team has played 1,028 games in 116 seasons of Reddie football. In that time, Scott Maxfield led the Reddies to four postseason bowl games. Seven coaches have won conference championships: Bo Rowland, Bo Sherman, Duke Wells, Jim Mack Sawyer, Clyde Berry, Sporty Carpenter, and Scott Maxfield. Jimmy Haygood also claimed four Arkansas state championships.

Sporty Carpenter is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 119 victories during his 19 years at Henderson. J.H. Lassiter has the highest winning percentage with .833. Patrick Nix has the lowest winning percentage with .136.

The current head coach is Scott Maxfield, who was hired in 2005.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
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

List of Head Football Coaches and Statistics[1]
No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% PW PL PT CC NC Awards
1 J.B. Webster 1905 3 2 1 0 0.667 — — — 0 0 —
2 J.H. Lassiter 1906 3 2 0 1 0.883 — — — 0 0 —
3 Jimmy R. Haygood 1907-1918[note 1] 1920-1924 110 49 52 9 0.486 — — — 0 0 —
4 Bill Watson 1919 6 1 4 1 0.250 — — — 0 0 —
5 Bo Rowland 1925-1930 53 39 10 4 0.774 — — — 4 0 —
6 Bo Sherman 1931-1934 28 21 7 0 0.750 — — — 3 0 —
7 Solon B. Sudduth 1935-1938 32 8 22 2 0.281 — — — 0 0 —
8 Lloyd Grow 1939 9 4 4 1 0.500 — — — 0 0 —
9 Tom Murphy 1940 9 3 5 1 0.389 0 0 0 0 0 —
10 Duke Wells 1941-1961 162 73 78 11 0.484 0 0 0 2 0 —
11 Jim Mac Sawyer 1962-1966 48 19 26 3 0.427 0 0 0 1 0 —
12 Clyde Berry 1967-1970 40 26 14 0 0.650 0 0 0 1 0 —
13 Sporty Carpenter 1971-1989 200 119 76 5 0.608 0 0 0 5 0 —
14 Ken Turner 1990-1993 41 17 21 3 0.451 0 0 0 0 0 —
15 Ronnie Kerr 1994-1998 54 19 34 1 0.361 0 0 0 0 0 —
16 Patrick Nix 1999-2000 22 3 19 — 0.136 0 0 — 0 0 —
17 Jesse Branch 2001-2004 43 12 31 — 0.279 0 0 — 0 0 —
18 Scott Maxfield 2005–present 187 125 62 — 0.668 1 3 — 4 0 2010 Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year

2012 & 2013 Liberty Mutual AFCA/National Coach of the Year Finalist

2012 & 2013 Great American Conference Coach of the Year

2013 AFCA Super Region 3 Coach of the Year[5]

Notes

  1. ^ 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]
  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.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
  1. ^ The college yearbooks contradict these official dates in at least three places. The 1916 yearbook describes Latin professor, women's basketball coach, and assistant football coach R.T. Proctor having to assume athletic director duties and get the football team into shape. The 1917 yearbook says that "coach [Haygood] was back at his old job last year [1916 football season]". The 1918 yearbook lists Dean of Men and former assistant coach John Wesley Rogers as athletic director and head football and baseball coach.

References

  1. ^ a b "FOOTBALL RECORD BOOK NEW SUMMER 2020 UPDATE (PDF)" (PDF). Henderson State University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Scott Maxfield - Head Football Coach - General Coaches". Henderson State University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
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