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The McPherson Bulldogs football program is a college football team that represents McPherson College in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 30 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1920.[1]

Pete Sterbick began with the program starting the 2012 season[2] and resigned at the end of the 2013 season.[3] On December 5, 2013, McPherson announced that defensive coordinator Steve Fox was promoted to head coach.[4] Fox resigned after one season to take a position as assistant coach at Cisco College where he can be near his family.[5]

In December 2014, McPherson hired Paul Mierkiewicz as the 30th head coach of the program.[6]

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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School records of the program go back to 1920, but other records show a player named Pop Hollinger played football for McPherson in 1917 or earlier.[10] It is possible that records are incorrect, incomplete, or that there was no official coach before the 1920 season.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs Awards
1 W. E. Daniel 1920 11 5 3 3 .591 — — — — — — — —
2 Dutch Lonborg 1921–1922 19 10 9 0 .526 7 9 0 .438 — — — —
3 Floyd Mishler 1923–1924 18 10 6 2 .611 10 6 2 .611 — — 1 —
4 George Gardner 1925–1929 39 10 25 4 .308 6 22 3 .242 — — — —
5 Melvin J. Binford 1930–1935 53 23 26 4 .472 9 13 4 .423 — — — —
6 Lester Selves 1936 9 5 3 1 .611 3 1 1 .700 — — — —
7 W. P. Astle 1937–1939 27 9 15 3 .389 4 10 2 .313 — — — —
8 Thomas C. Hayden 1940–1942, 1946 33 8 22 3 .288 9 11 2 .455 — — — —
X No team 1943–1945 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
9 Rolla Reiling 1947 7 1 6 0 .143 0 6 0 .000 — — — —
10 F. M. Hardacre 1948–1949 17 1 16 0 .059 0 12 0 .000 — — — —
11 Woody Woodard 1950–1952 26 18 7 1 .712 13 5 0 .722 — — 1 —
12 Sid Smith 1953–1966, 1971–1972 145 62 82 1 .431 56 71 1 .441 — — — —
13 Dwight McSpadden 1967–1968 18 2 16 0 .111 2 16 0 .111 — — — —
14 William Knuckles 1969–1970 17 1 16 0 .059 1 15 0 .063 — — — —
15 Don Rominger 1973–1977 47 11 35 1 .245 7 16 1 .313 — — — —
16 John Gragg 1978 9 5 4 0 .556 5 3 0 .625 — — — —
17 Lou Serrone 1979 9 3 6 0 .333 3 5 0 .375 — — — —
18 Lee Dobyns 1980 9 2 7 0 .222 5 11 0 .313 — — — —
19 Dave Cripe 1981–1983 27 4 22 1 .167 4 22 1 .167 — — — —
20 Steve Phipps 1984–1985 18 2 16 0 .111 2 16 0 .111 — — — —
21 Dan Thiessen 1986–1992 65 21 44 0 .323 19 43 0 .306 — — — —
22 Bruce Grose 1993–1997 48 16 32 0 .333 13 27 0 .325 — — — —
23 Steve Kazor 1998–1999 20 12 8 0 .600 9 7 0 .563 — — — —
24 Dan Davis 2000–2001 19 4 15 0 .211 3 15 0 .167 — — — —
25 David Cunningham 2002–2006 50 24 26 0 .480 21 24 0 .467 — — — —
26 Brian Ward 2007–2009 31 17 14 0 .548 14 13 0 .519 — 1 — —
27 Joe Bettasso 2010–2011 22 14 8 0 .636 13 5 0 .722 — 1 1 —
28 Pete Sterbick[11] 2012–2013 20 9 11 0 .450 8 9 0 .471 — – – —
29 Steve Fox[4] 2014 11 4 7 — .364 4 5 — .444 — — — —
30 Paul Mierkiewicz[6] 2015–2018 41 7 34 — .171 6 31 — .162 — — — —
31 Jeremiah Fiscus 2019– 27 14 13 — .519 14 13 — .519 — — — —

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.[7]
  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.[8]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  2. ^ "Pete Sterbick Named Head Football Coach at McPherson". McPherson College. February 25, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  3. ^ "Head Football Coach Pete Sterbick Resigns from McPherson College". KCACSports.com. November 25, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Fox Promoted to Head Coach of Bulldog Football". Victory Sports Network. December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "Fox Steps Down as Head Football Coach of McPherson College". McPherson Bulldogs. December 3, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Bulldogs hires Paul Mierkiewicz to head program". McPherson Sentinel. December 29, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "The Pop Hollinger Story". Overstreet's Comic Book Price Guide (reprint). Archived from the original on July 20, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  11. ^ "McPherson College Names Pete Sterbick as Head Football Coach". Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. February 25, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
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