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

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

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 11 8 3 — .727 — — — — — — — —

See also

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.[5]
  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.[6]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Hendrickson named KWU Head Football Coach". KWCH-TV 12. January 28, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ DeLassus, David. "Kansas Wesleyan Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
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