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List of Emporia State Hornets head football coaches

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Current head coach Garin Higgins.

The Emporia State Hornets football program is a college football team that represents Emporia State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, a part of NCAA Division II. The team has had 24 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1893.[1] The current coach is Garin Higgins who first took the position for the 2007 season.[2]

Key

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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

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Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 college football season.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
X no coach 1893–1896 5 1 4 0 .200
no team 1897–1898 0 0 0 0
X no coach 1899 4 2 2 0 .500
1 John Lamb 1900 9 5 3 1 .611
2 Fred A. Williams 1901 9 2 6 1 .278
3 Horace Botsford 1902–1903 20 7 10 3 .425
4, 6 Paul Samson 1904–1906
1908
32 16 16 0 .500
5 Owen Samuels 1907 7 1 6 0 .143
7 Fred Honhart 1909–1911 23 13 8 2 .609
8 George Crispin 1912–1913 18 9 9 0 .500
9, 12 Homer Woodson Hargiss 1914–1917
1920–1927
95 61 23 11 .700 4
10 H. D. McChesney 1918 4 2 2 0 .500
11 George McLaren 1919 8 1 5 2 .250
13 Fran Welch 1928–1942
1946–1954
212 115 82 15 .578 1 6
X No team 1943–1945 0 0 0 0
14 Keith Caywood 1955–1966 109 25 79 5 .252 1
15 Ron Blaylock 1967–1968 19 6 11 2 .368
16 Jim Lance 1969–1970 18 7 11 0 .389
17 Harold Elliott 1971–1973 29 17 11 1 .603 1 2
18 Dave Hoover 1974–1978 49 9 40 0 .184
19 Bob Seaman 1979–1982 40 10 30 0 .250
20 Larry Kramer 1983–1994 126 71 55 0 .563 2 3 1
21 Manny Matsakis 1995–1998 44 26 18 0 .591
22 Jerry Kill 1999–2000 22 11 11 0 .500
23 Dave Wiemers 2001–2006 67 35 32 0 .522 1 1 1
24 Garin Higgins 2007–present 186 106 80 0 .570 88 75 .540 6 4

See also

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Notes

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  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.[3]
  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.[4]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Emporia State University. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  2. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Emporia State University (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.