List of Elon Phoenix head football coaches

Reddy Rowe was the first head coach at Elon.

The Elon Phoenix football program is a college football team that represents Elon University in the Colonial Athletic Association,[1] a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The team has had 21 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1909.[2] The current head coach is Rich Skrosky, who took over for the 2014 season[3] after Jason Swepson was fired at the end of his third season.[4]

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]

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Coaches

Statistics correct as of the start of the 2014 college football season.

# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
1 Reddy Rowe 1909 7 4 2 1 .643
S No team 19101918 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Jack Johnson 1919 3 1 2 0 .333
3 Frank Corboy 19201925 51 17 31 3 .363
4 A. R. VanCleave 1926 10 0 10 0 .000
5 Peahead Walker 19271936 88 44 41 3 .517 4
6 Horace Hendrickson 19371941 44 31 12 1 .716 2
X No team 19421945 0 0 0 0
7 Hap Perry 19461947 20 8 11 1 .425
8 James Mallory 19481952 49 28 18 3 .602
9 Sid Varney 19531959 62 24 36 2 .403 1
10 George Tucker 19601964 50 29 20 1 .590 2
11 Gary Mattocks 19651966 20 3 17 0 .150
12 Shirley Wilson 19671976 108 72 34 2 .676 1 4 5
13 Jerry Tolley 19771981 62 49 11 2 .806 2 1 4 2
14 Wright Anderson 19821983 20 14 6 0 .700
15 Macky Carden 19841988 51 34 17 0 .667
16 Leon Hart 19891995 74 37 37 0 .500
17 Al Seagraves 19962003 89 40 49 0 .449
18 Paul Hamilton 20042005 22 6 16 0 .273
19 Pete Lembo 20062010 57 35 22 0 .614
20 Jason Swepson[4] 20112013 34 10 24 0 .294 5 19 .208
21 Rich Skrosky 2014

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. "Elon University Accepts Invitation To Join The CAA In 2014-15". CAA. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. Shafer, Ian. "Elon Phoenix (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  3. DeLassus, David. "Elon Phoenix". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Elon fires coach Jason Swepson". ESPN.com. November 25, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  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. "Football - Year by Year Results" (PDF). Elon Phoenix. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
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