The Presbyterian Blue Hose logo.

The Presbyterian Blue Hose football college football team represents Presbyterian College, currently an FCS independent. The Blue Hose currently compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 15 different head coaches since it began play during the 1913 season.

Presbyterian has played 1,052 games over 104 seasons, appearing in 1 bowl game (1960 Tangerine Bowl). The team's 1,000th game was against Gardner–Webb, the last game of the 2013 season. They lost, 13–20.

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 showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 Everett Booe 1913 8 5 3 0 0.625 — — — — — — — — — 0
2 Erling Theller 1914 6 4 1 1 0.750 — — — — — — — — — 0
3 Walter Johnson 1915–1917, 1919–1940 224 101 104 19 0.493 — — — — — — — — — 0
4 Gifford Shaw 1918 2 2 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — — — 0
5 Lonnie McMillan 1941–1953 121 61 58 2 0.625 — — — — — — — — — 0
6 Bill Crutchfield 1954–1956 28 13 14 1 0.482 — — — — — — — — — 0
7 Frank Jones 1957–1961 49 24 22 3 0.520 — — — — 0 1 0 — — 0
8 Clyde Ehrhardt 1962 10 1 9 0 0.100 — — — — — — — — — 0
9 Cally Gault 1963–1984 234 126 100 8 0.556 44 19 4 0.687 — — — — — 0
10 Elliott Poss 1985–1990 67 29 37 1 0.440 18 23 1 0.440 — — — — — 0
11 John Perry 1991–1996 66 29 37 — 0.440 21 25 — 0.456 — — — — — 0
12 Daryl Dickey 1997–2000 43 28 15 — 0.651 21 12 — 0.636 — — — — — 0
13 Tommy Spangler 2001–2006, 2017–2020 106 54 52 — 0.509 34 20 — 0.630 — — — — — 0
14 Bobby Bentley 2007–2008 23 10 13 — 0.435 — — — — — — — — — 0
15 Harold Nichols 2009–2016 88 21 67 — 0.239 10 34 — 0.227 — — — — — 0
16 Kevin Kelley 2021 11 2 9 — 0.182 0 8 — .000 — — — — — 0
17 Steve Englehart 2022–present 22 5 17 — 0.227 2 14 — 0.125 — — — — — 0

Updated to the conclusion of the 2022 season.

Source[4]

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.[1]
  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.[2]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-12.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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