The Valparaiso Beacons football program is a college football team that represents Valparaiso University in the Pioneer Football League, a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision.[1] The team has had 20 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1906, although records do not record a coach until 1919.[2] The current coach is Landon Fox who was hired as head coach after the end of the 2018 season.[3]

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

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 college football season.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
0 Unknown 1906–1907 2 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — — —
1 George Keogan 1919–1920 16 10 6 0 .625 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Earl Goheen 1921–1922 12 5 4 3 .542 — — — — — — —
3 William Shadoan 1923–1924 17 9 5 3 .618 — — — — — — —
4 Millard Anderson 1925 7 1 6 0 .143 — — — — — — —
5 Conrad Moll 1926 6 1 4 1 .250 — — — — — — —
6 Earl Scott 1927–1928 13 2 11 0 .154 — — — — — — —
7 Jake Christiansen 1929–1940 97 50 43 4 .536 — — — — — — —
8 Victor Dauer 1941 8 0 8 0 .000 — — — — — — —
9 Loren Ellis 1942 8 4 4 0 .500 — — — — — — —
X No Team 1943–1944 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — —
9 Loren Ellis 1945 7 6 1 0 .857 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Emory Bauer 1946–1956 99 59 35 5 .621 23 8 1 .734 — 1 3 —
11 Emory Bauer & Walt Reiner 1957–1964 71 40 29 2 .577 25 20 1 .554 — — 1 —
10 Emory Bauer 1965–1967 27 9 18 0 .333 4 13 0 .235 — — 3 —
12 Norm Amundsen 1968–1976 87 44 40 3 .523 21 24 0 .467 — — 2 —
13 Bill Koch 1977–1988 117 43 71 3 .380 20 46 2 .309 — — — —
14 Tom Horne 1989–2004 169 67 101 1 .399 25 61 1 .293 — — 2 —
15 Stacy Adams 2005–2009 55 15 40 0 .273 6 28 0 .176 — — — —
16 Dale Carlson 2010–2013 43 3 40 0 .070 3 29 0 .094 — — — —
Int Mike Gravier (interim) 2013 1 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 — — —
17 Dave Cecchini 2014–2018 55 17 38 0 .309 13 27 0 .325 — — — —
18 Landon Fox 2019–present 41 14 27 0 .341 13 15 0 .464 — — — —

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

References

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Valparaiso Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  2. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Valparaiso Crusaders (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  3. ^ TN, Streamline Technologies | Nashville. "Landon Fox Hired to Lead Valpo Football Program". www.valpoathletics.com. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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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