The Lindenwood Lions football program is a college football team that represents Lindenwood University. The team has had 5 head coaches since organized football began in 1990. The Lions have played in more than 300 games in its 25 seasons. In those seasons, two coaches have led the Lions to postseason bowl games: Dan Kratzer and, Patrick Ross. Ross is the only coach to have won a conference championship with the Lions, he has won three. Ross, has also won a postseason game with the Lions. Ross is the all-time leader in games coached and years coached, in wins, and winning percentage. Jeff Driskill is, in terms of winning percentage, the least successful coach the Lions have had as he has a .177 winning percentage.[1]

Key

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 NCAA Division II football season
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs NCs National awards
1 David Schroeder 1990–1991 20 11 8 1 .575 — — — — — — — — — —
2 Jeff Driskill 1992–1994 31 5 25 1 .177 0 5 — .000 — — — — — —
3 Dan Kratzer 1995–2000 64 29 35 0 .453 25 25 — .500 0 1 — — — —
4 Rick Gorzynski 2001–2003 33 7 26 0 .212 6 25 — .194 — — — — — —
5 Patrick Ross 2004–2016 150 93 57 0 .620 76 45 — .628 5 5 — 3 — —
6 Jed Stugart 2017–present 57 33 24 0 .579 24 17 — .585 1 2 — 2 — —

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Lions. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
  2. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]

References

[3]

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Lindenwood Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 7, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  2. ^ Lindenwood was not a member of a conference until 1994, and 2011.
  3. ^ a b Whiteside, Kelly (2006-08-25). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
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