List of Waynesburg Yellow Jackets head football coaches

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Red Roberts was a first team "All-American" at Centre College in 1921.

The Waynesburg Yellow Jackets football program is a college football team that represents Waynesburg University in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 21 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1895. The current coach is Cornelius Coleman who first took the position for the 2022 season.[1][2]

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]

Statistics correct as of 2023.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
1 Thomas D. Whittles 1895 3 3 0 0 1.000
2 Unknown 1896–1916 90 37 48 5 .439
3 Frank N. Wolf 1921–1922, 1928–1941 129 65 63 1 .508
4 Red Roberts 1923 8 3 4 1 .438
5 Britain Patterson 1924 10 7 2 1 .750
6 Katy Easterday 1925–1927 26 9 13 4 .423
7 Mark L. Booth 1942 8 2 6 0 .250
8 Asa G. Wiley 1946 8 0 7 1 .063
9 Stan Keck 1947–1950 35 17 15 3 .529
10 John F. Wiley 1951–1954 32 22 9 1 .703
11 John Popovich 1955–1958 32 12 16 4 .438
12 Peter Mazzaferro 1959–1962 34 12 19 3 .397
13 Mike Scarry 1963–1965 26 17 8 1 .673
14 Carl DePasqua 1966–1967 20 19 1 0 .950 1
15 Darrell Lewis 1968–1972 45 20 25 0 .444
16 Hayden Buckley 1973–1982 87 52 32 3 .615
17 William Tornabene 1983–1986 38 16 21 1 .434
18 Ty Clarke 1987–1993 67 28 39 0 .418
19 Dan Baranik 1994–2000 64 32 32 0 .500
20 Jeff Hand 2001–2004 41 24 17 0 .585
21 Rick Shepas 2005–2016 124 69 55 0 .556
22 Chris Smithley 2017–2021 45 9 36 0 .200
23 Cornelius Coleman 2022–present 20 6 14 0 .300

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.[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[edit]

  1. ^ "Waynesburg College Football Media Guide". Sidearm DMG. p. 79. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  2. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Waynesburg University (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.