List of Lindenwood Lions head football coaches

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

General
# Number of coaches[A 1]
CCs Conference championships[2]
NCs National championships
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame
Overall games
GC Games coached
OW Wins
OL Losses
OT Ties[A 2]
O% Winning percentage
Conference games
CW Wins
CL Losses
CT Ties
C% Winning percentage
Postseason games
PW Wins
PL Losses
PT Ties

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2014 NCAA Division II football season
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs NCs National awards
1 Schroeder, DavidDavid Schroeder 1990–1991 20 11 8 1 .575 — — — — — — — — — —
2 Driskill, JeffJeff Driskill 1992–1994 31 5 25 1 .177 0 5 — .000 — — — — — —
3 Kratzer, DanDan Kratzer 1995–2000 64 29 35 0 .453 25 25 — .500 0 1 — — — —
4 Gorzynski, RickRick Gorzynski 2001–2003 33 7 26 0 .212 6 25 — .194 — — — — — —
5 Ross, PatrickPatrick Ross 2004–present 128 87 41 0 .680 59 29 — .670 5 5 — 3 — —

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. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ Lindenwood was not a member of an conference until 1994, and 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Whiteside, Kelly (2006-08-25). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2009-09-25.