List of East Tennessee State Buccaneers head football coaches

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Randy Sanders served as the 18th head coach of the East Tennessee State Buccaneers from 2018–2021.

The East Tennessee State Buccaneers college football team represents the East Tennessee State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Buccaneers competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 19 head coaches since it began play during the 1920 season. Since December 2021, George Quarles has served as head coach at East Tennessee State.[1]

Since 1920, three coaches have led the Buccaneers in postseason bowl games: Star Wood, Hal Littleford, and John Robert Bell. Mike Cavan and Sanders have led East Tennessee State to appearances in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. Three of coaches have also won conference championships: Gene McMurray captured one as a member of the Smoky Mountain Conference; Bell captured one as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference; and Sanders two as a member of the Southern Conference.

Wood is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 65 victories during his 13 years with the program. Sanders has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .619. Jack S. Batey has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .143.

Key[edit]

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[edit]

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Season(s)
[A 6] 		GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards
1 William R. Windes 1920–1921 12 7 5 0 0.583 — — — — — — — — 0 —
2 James Karl Luck 1922–1924 26 12 13 1 0.481 — — — — — — — — 0 —
3 John Robinson 1925–1929 38 13 23 2 0.368 — — — — — — — — 0 —
4 Jack S. Batey 1930–1931 14 1 11 2 0.143 0 5 2 0.143 — — — 0 0 —
5 Gene McMurray 1932–1941
1946 		87 50 32 5 0.603 29 23 2 0.556 — — — 1 0 —
6 Loyd Roberts 1947–1951 45 23 20 2 0.533 5 4 1 0.550 — — — 0 0 —
7 Star Wood 1952–1953
1955–1965 		123 65 52 6 0.553 23 26 0 0.469 3 1 0 0 0 —
8 Hal Littleford 1953 10 5 4 1 0.550 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 0 —
9 John Robert Bell 1966–1972 70 31 34 5 0.479 21 24 4 0.469 1 0 0 1 0 —
10 Roy Frazier 1973–1977 54 16 36 2 0.386 11 20 0 0.355 0 0 0 0 0 —
11 Jack Carlisle 1978–1982 55 21 34 0 0.382 11 20 0 0.355 0 0 0 0 0 —
12 Buddy Sasser 1983–1984 22 9 13 0 0.409 3 10 0 0.231 0 0 0 0 0 —
13 Mike Ayers 1985–1987 33 11 21 1 0.348 6 15 0 0.286 0 0 0 0 0 —
14 Don Riley 1988–1991 44 9 35 0 0.205 6 22 0 0.214 0 0 0 0 0 —
15 Mike Cavan 1992–1996 57 30 27 0 0.526 20 19 0 0.513 1 1 0 0 0 —
16 Paul Hamilton 1997–2003 79 38 41 — 0.481 24 32 — 0.429 0 0 — 0 0 —
17 Carl Torbush 2015–2017 33 11 22 — 0.333 4 12 — 0.250 0 0 — 0 0 —
18 Randy Sanders 2018–2021 42 26 16 — 0.619 14 11 — 0.560 1 2 — 2 0 —
19 George Quarles 2022–2023 22 6 16 — 0.273 3 13 — 0.188 0 0 — 0 0 —
20 Tre Lamb 2024–present 0 0 0 — – 0 0 — – 0 0 — 0 0 —

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Notes[edit]

  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.[2]
  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.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
  6. ^ East Tennessee State did not field teams from 1943–1945 due to World War II and from the 2004–2014 seasons when the program was disbanded.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "East Tennessee State hires George Quarles as head football coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 17, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "East Tennessee State Yearly Totals". Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
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