List of Detroit Titans head football coaches
The Detroit Titans football program was a college football team that represents University of Detroit Mercy as an "independent" program and also in the Missouri Valley Conference, a part of the NCAA University Division. The team has had 18 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1891. The final coach was John Idzik who first took the position for the 1962 season and ended his duties at the end of the final season in 1964.[1]
Key
[edit]| 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
[edit]Statistics correct as of the end of the 1964 college football season, the last season of intercollegiate play (not counting club football).
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Unknown | 1891 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 | William S. Robinson | 1896–1899 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 | John C. Mackey | 1900–1901 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Edward J. Ryan | 1902, 1906 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .577 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | W. Alfred Debo | 1903–1904 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | George A. Kelly | 1907–1910 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | Royal R. Campbell | 1911–1912 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .567 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 7 | George M. Lawton | 1913–1914 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 8 | Harry Costello | 1915–1916 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .385 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 9 | James F. Duffy | 1917–1924 | 56 | 43 | 12 | 1 | .777 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 10 | Germany Schulz† | 1923 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 11 | Gus Dorais† | 1925–1942 | 168 | 113 | 48 | 7 | .693 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| 12 | Chuck Baer | 1945–1950 | 57 | 35 | 21 | 1 | .623 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 13 | Dutch Clark† | 1951–1953 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | .433 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 14 | Wally Fromhart | 1954–1958 | 46 | 19 | 25 | 2 | .435 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 15 | Jim Miller | 1959–1961 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0 | .643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 16 | John Idzik | 1962–1964 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 1 | .232 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.[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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ DeLassus, David. "Detroit Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.