List of Ottawa Braves head football coaches
The Ottawa Braves program is a college football team that represents Ottawa University in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 28 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1901. The current coach is Kent Kessinger who first took the position for the 2004 season.[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]| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. Nort Atkinson | 1901–1902 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .684 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | 1903 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -— | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Alpha Brummage | 1904–1907 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 1 | .468 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Norman G. Wann | 1908–1909 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .633 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Oscar Dahlene | 1910 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .417 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Red Baughman | 1911 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .357 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Floyd Daniel Hargiss | 1912 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Porter Craig | 1913–1914 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .462 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Arthur Schabinger | 1915–1917 1919 |
30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | .367 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | 1918 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -— | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Robert E. Brannan | 1920–1922 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 1 | .109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Edwin Elbel | 1923–1927 | 42 | 14 | 21 | 7 | .417 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Archie W. Butcher | 1928–1929 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | .188 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | John S. Davis | 1930 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Charles Erickson | 1931–1935 | 40 | 18 | 21 | 1 | .463 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Dick Godlove | 1936–1942 | 56 | 37 | 13 | 6 | .714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -— | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 | Wally A. Forsberg | 1946–1948 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Richard Peters | 1949–1952 1957–1971 |
174 | 129 | 42 | 3 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Paul J. Andree | 1953–1955 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | .463 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Grover Nutt | 1956 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Ben Moor | 1972–1975 | 37 | 18 | 19 | 0 | .486 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Don McLeary | 1976–1977 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | John Salavantis | 1978 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Nyle Salmans | 1979–1983 | 52 | 24 | 27 | 1 | .471 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Glen Percy | 1984–1988 | 50 | 21 | 29 | 0 | .420 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Dave Dallas | 1989–1996 | 78 | 38 | 39 | 1 | .494 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Chris Creighton | 1997–2000 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 0 | .780 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Ronnie Jones | 2001 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Patrick Ross | 2002–2003 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 28 | Kent Kessinger | 2004–2021 | 172 | 98 | 74 | 0 | .570 | 90 | 56 | 0 | .616 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — |
| 29 | Nick Davis | 2022–present | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .400 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .400 | - | - | 1 | — |
See also
[edit]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]- ^ "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Braves. p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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.