Tiffin Dragons football
First season1986
Athletic directorKelly Daniel (interim)
Rudy Brownell (interim)
Head coachBrett Ekkens
1st season, 0–0 (–)
StadiumFrost–Kalnow Stadium
(capacity: 4,500)
Year builtc. 1930s
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationTiffin, Ohio
NCAA divisionDivision II
ConferenceG-MAC
Past conferencesNAIA independent (1986–1993)
MSFA (1994–2002)
D-II independent (2003–2005)
GLFC (2006–2007)
GLIAC (2008–2017)
All-time record166–223–3 (.427)
Bowl record0–1 (.000)
Playoff appearances2 (NAIA D-II)
1 (NCAA D-II)
Playoff record2–2 (NAIA D-II)
0–1 (NCAA D-II)
Conference titles2 GLFC (2006–2007)
2 G-MAC (2019–2020)
ColorsDragon green and Tiffin gold[1]
   
MascotDragon
Websitegotiffindragons.com

The Tiffin Dragons football team represents Tiffin University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Dragons are members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), fielding its team in the G-MAC since 2008. The Dragons play their home games at Frost–Kalnow Stadium in Tiffin, Ohio.[2]

The team's head coach is Brett Ekkens, who took over the position for the 2024 season.

Conference affiliations

List of head coaches

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, and championships
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC
1 Roger Kirkhart 1986–1989 40 7 33 0 0.175 – – – – – – – –
2 Bob Wolfe 1990–1997 83 35 47 1 0.428 6 14 0 0.300 2 2 0 –
3 Cam Cruickshank 1998–2002 53 19 34 0 0.358 10 14 0 0.417 – – – –
4 Nate Cole[8] 2003–2007 55 36 19 0 0.655 9 1 0 0.900 – – – 2
5 Dave Walkowsky[9] 2008–2010 32 2 30 0 0.063 1 30 0 0.032 – – – –
6 Gary Goff[10] 2011–2018 88 38 50 0 0.432 29 47 0 0.382 – – – –
7 Cris Reisert[11] 2019–2023 48 38 10 0 0.744 30 4 0 0.852 0 1 – 2
8 Brett Ekkens 2024–present 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 – – – – –

Year-by-year results since 1986

National champions Conference champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth
Season Year Head coach Association Division Conference Record Postseason Final ranking
Overall Conference
Win Loss Tie Finish Win Loss Tie
Tiffin Dragons
1986 1986 Roger Kirkhart NAIA Division II Independent 2 8 0 — —
1987 1987 1 9 0 — —
1988 1988 2 8 0 — —
1989 1989 2 8 0 — —
1990 1990 Bob Wolfe 1 8 1 — —
1991 1991 4 6 0 — —
1992 1992 4 6 0 — —
1993 1993 8 2 1 L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal 7
1994 1994 MSFA 8 4 0 T–2nd (Mideast) 2 2 0 L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal 16
1995 1995 4 6 1 4th (Mideast) 1 3 0 — —
1996 1996 2 8 0 5th (Mideast) 2 4 0 — —
1997 1997 — 4 7 0 6th (Mideast) 1 5 0 — —
1998 1998 Cam Cruickshank 6 5 0 4th (Mideast) 3 3 0 — —
1999 1999 5 6 0 5th (Mideast) 2 4 0 — —
2000 2000 3 7 0 T–5th (Mideast) 2 4 0 — —
2001 2001 3 8 0 4th (Mideast) 3 3 0 — —
2002 2002 2 8 0 N/A — —
2003 2003 Nate Cole NCAA Division II Independent 6 5 0 — —
2004 2004 5 6 0 — —
2005 2005 6 5 0 — —
2006 2006 GLFC 10 1 0 T–1st 4 1 0 Conference co-champions 22
2007 2007 9 2 0 1st 5 0 0 Conference champions —
2008 2008 Dave Walkowsky GLIAC 1 9 0 T–11th 1 10 0 — —
2009 2009 0 11 0 T–11th 0 10 0 — —
2010 2010 1 10 0 7th (South) 0 10 0 — —
2011 2011 Gary Goff 0 11 0 7th (South) 0 10 0 — —
2012 2012 3 8 0 T–5th (South) 2 8 0 — —
2013 2013 2 9 0 T–6th (South) 1 8 0 — —
2014 2014 5 6 0 T–7th 4 6 0 — —
2015 2015 5 6 0 T–10th 4 6 0 — —
2016 2016 8 3 0 4th 7 3 0 — —
2017 2017 6 5 0 T–4th 5 4 0 — —
2018 2018 G-MAC 9 2 0 T–2nd 6 2 0 — —
2019 2019 Cris Reisert 9 2 0 1st 7 0 0 L NCAA Division II First Round 23
2020–21 2020 6 0 0 1st 5 0 0 Conference champions —
2021 2021 8 3 0 T–2nd 5 2 0 — —
2022 2022 6 5 0 T–2nd 6 2 0 L America's Crossroads[12] —
2023 2023 11 1 0 1st 9 0 0 L NCAA Division II Second Round

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. ^ "Our Brand | Tiffin University". Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Frost-Kalnow Stadium". ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Tiffin joins Great Midwest Athletic Conference". March 30, 2017. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Tiffin University Joins Great Midwest Athletic Conference Membership". greatmidwestsports.com. August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  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.
  8. ^ "Ex-UT player new football coach at Tiffin". The Blade. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  9. ^ Tjarks, Jonathan (February 29, 2012). "Georgia Tech Hires Dave Walkowsky From CFL As New Special Teams Coach". SB Nation Atlanta. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  10. ^ "Goff leaves TU, but leaves a positive mark". advertiser-tribune.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  11. ^ "Life has come 'full circle' for new TU football coach Cris Reisert". advertiser-tribune.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  12. ^ "Truman Football Wins Third-Straight America's Crossroads Bowl". glvcsports.com. December 3, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2023.

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