List of Wheaton Thunder head football coaches

The Wheaton Thunder football program is a college football team that represents Wheaton College in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 22 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1900.[1] The current coach is Mike Swider who first took the position for the 1996 season.[2][3]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
# 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
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season, except the conference win/loss/tie statistics are incomplete.

#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards
No coach 19002020.000
X No team 190119110000
No coach 19121010.000
X No team 19138350.375
1 Jasper Turnbell 1914191513670.462
2 Bob Robinson 19168350.375
No coach 19176330.500
X No team 19180000
3 Rex Gary 1919192012561.458
4 Robert Woodruff 19218620.750
5 Jack Conley 19221924218112.429
6 Dave Gillespie 19258170.125
7 Ed Coray 19261928225143.295001
8 Vic Gustafson 192919344614275.359060
9 Wendel Smith 19358251.313010
10 Mysterious Walker 193619392911144.448020
11,
14
Harvey Chrouser 19401941,
19461960
146104348.740
12 Albert Graff 19429531.611
13 Carl E. DeVries 19431945191153.658
15 Jack Swartz 196119687141300.577
16 Mal Pearson 19691970184131.250
17 Gary Taylor 19711972182160.111
18 Dewey King 197319796329340.460030
19 Clift Schimmels 19809270.222010
20 Jim Rexilius 19819270.222010
21 J. R. Bishop 1982199512884431.6608140111
22 Mike Swider 1996181140410.77393260976

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. Shafer, Ian. "Wheaton College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. DeLassus, David. "Wheaton Thunder Records By Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  3. "Football year-by-year results". Wheaton Thunder. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  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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