List of Bethany Swedes head football coaches

The Bethany Swedes football program (historically known as the "Terrible Swedes") is a college football team that represents Bethany College in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 17 head coaches on record since its first recorded football game in 1893.[1]

Hall of Fame coach Bennie Owen got his start at Bethany from 1902 to 1904. His teams accumulated a record of 22 wins, 6 losses, and 2 ties.

The current head coach is Curran White who took over for the 2019 season.[2] White replaced Paul Hubbard who took the position after the conclusion of the 2014 season and the departure of Manny Matsakis.[3] Matsakis was hired in March 2013[4] to replace Jamie Cruce who first took the position for the 2006 season and resigned after completion of the 2012 season.[5][6]

The two most successful coaches in terms of winning percentage are Bennie Owen and Ted Kessinger, both who have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[7][8]

Key

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

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season.[12]

No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards
1A. W. Kjellstrand189318944220.500
Xno team189519000000
XUnknown19018521.688
2Bennie Owen1902190432262.767College Football Hall of Fame (1951)
Xno team190519140000
3E. O. Brown19151916153111.233
4Quince Banbury19171919215142.286
5Guy C. Omer19201921171061.618
6Adrian Lindsey192219264124152.6101
7George Carlson192719335621296.429
8Elmer Schaake193419373413192.412Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (1972)[13]
9Ray D. Hahn19381942
19461956
13655774.4191
Xno team194319450000
10Hal Collins195719603411203.368
11Phil Miller196119643616182.472
12Keith Rasmussen196519738443383.530111
13Van Hollaway19741975207130.350
14Ted Kessinger19762003277219571.792198401.8313916Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (2005)
NAIA Hall of Fame (2003)
College Football Hall of Fame (2010)
KCAC Coach of the Year (11 times)
15Tony Johnson20042006297220.2417200.259
16Jamie Cruce200720126228340.45222330.411
17Manny Matsakis20132014228140.3646120.333
18Paul Hubbard201520184311320.25610270.270
19Curran White20190000000

See also

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.[9]
  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.[10]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[11]

References

  1. Shafer, Ian. "Bethany College-KS (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  2. Moritz, Larry (December 6, 2018). "Bethany introduces White as head coach". The Salina Journal. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  3. "Bethany College Announces Paul Hubbard as New Head Football Coach". Victory Sports Network. December 16, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  4. "Bethany College announces new Head Football Coach". Today in Kansas. March 26, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  5. Cormack, Beth (March 25, 2013). "Bethany College announces new Head Football Coach". bethanyswedes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  6. "Bethany College Begins Search for New Head Football Coach". Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. January 4, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  7. "Bennie Owen". National Football Foundation. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  8. "Ted Kessinger". National Football Foundation. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. "BETHANY COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON RECORDS (Including Post-season games) and FOOTBALL HEAD COACHES", published by Bethany College Athletics, 2012
  13. "Elmer Schaake". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
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