List of Northern Colorado Bears head football coaches

Head coach Joe Glenn led the Bears to two consecutive NCAA Division II National Football Championship titles.

The Northern Colorado Bears football program is a college football team that represents University of Northern Colorado in the Big Sky Conference, a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship. The team has had 16 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1892.[1] The current coach is Earnest Collins, Jr. who first took the position for the 2011 season.[2]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
# 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
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season.

#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards
unknown 18921010.000
1 John Lister 1893, 189518964040.000
no team 1894
unknown 18971010.000
no team 1898
2 Arthur Kendel 189919007142.286
no team 19011904
3 Samuel E. Abbott 19054022.250
no team 19061916
4 Ralph Glaze 191719189270.222
5 William E. Search 19191921121101.125
6 George Cooper 192219274715293.351421
7 William H. "Navy Bill" Saunders 192819312912134.48310121
8 John W. Hancock 19321943
19461953
16077785.49712
no team 19441945
9 Joe Lindahl 195419628336434.458
10 William C. "Bill" Heiss 196319652812142.464
11 Bob Blasi 19661984181107713.5995
12 Ron Simonson 198519884313300.302
13 Joe Glenn 1989199913399340.744702810532
14 Kay Dalton 200020056935340.5071
15 Scott Downing 20062010569470.161
16 Earnest Collins, Jr. 20112012225170.227412

Notes

  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

  1. Shafer, Ian. "Northern Colorado (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  2. DeLassus, David. "Northern Colorado Bears Records By Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  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.
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