- Key
- Coaches
- See also
- Notes
- References
{{use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}The Fort Hays State Tigers football program is a college football team that represents Fort Hays State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, a part of NCAA Division II. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1902.[1] After it was announced that head coach Kevin Verdugo would not return for the 2011 season,[2] Chris Brown was announced as the new head coach.[3] The coach with the most wins for the team was Bob Cortese with 55, and James J. Yeager had the highest winning percentage at {{Winning percentage|8|2|0}} in 1935. Wayne J. McConnell coached the most games for the school, 155 games total from 1956 through 1968. One year coach Andrew Frank Schoeppel went on to become the 29th Governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947 and a U.S. Senator from 1949 until his death. Jim Gilstrap went on to a successful coaching career in the Canadian Football League. Key{{List of college football program head coaches key}}CoachesStatistics correct as of the end of the 2016 college football season. | No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards | | 0 | No Coach | 1902–1912 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | {{Winning percentage|11|10|7}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 1 | Ira Van Cleave | 1913–1914 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|9|4|0}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 2 | W. G. Speer | 1915–1918 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|18|6|0}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | 1 | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 3 | A. J. Robertson | 1919 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|3|6|0}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 4 | Ralph Archer | 1920 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | {{Winning percentage|2|5|1}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 5 | George Woodward | 1921–1922 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | {{Winning percentage|8|5|1}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | 1 | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 6 | William D. "Bill" Weidein | 1923–1928 | 49 | 19 | 25 | 5 | {{Winning percentage|19|25|5}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 7 | Andrew Schoeppel | 1929 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|2|5|0}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 8 | W. C. "Jack" Riley | 1930–1934 | 46 | 21 | 19 | 6 | {{Winning percentage|21|19|6}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | 1 | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 9 | James J. "Jim" Yeager | 1935 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|8|2|0}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | 1 | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 10 | Paul D. Waldorf | 1936–1941 | 54 | 25 | 21 | 8 | {{Winning percentage|25|21|8}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | 1 | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 11 | Bill Bearly | 1942 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|1|8|0}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 12 | Ralph Huffman | 1946–1955 | 88 | 41 | 37 | 10 | {{Winning percentage|41|37|10}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | 1 | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 13 | Wayne J. McConnell | 1956–1968 | 115 | 45 | 67 | 3 | {{Winning percentage|45|67|3}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | 1 | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 14 | Tom Stromgren | 1969–1971 | 29 | 7 | 21 | 1 | {{Winning percentage|7|21|1}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 15 | Bill Giles | 1972–1978 | 71 | 24 | 44 | 3 | {{Winning percentage|24|44|3}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | 1 | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 16 | Bobby Thompson | 1979–1980, 1984 | 31 | 9 | 20 | 2 | {{Winning percentage|9|20|2}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 17 | Jim Gilstrap | 1981–1983 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | {{Winning percentage|20|11|1}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 18 | John Vincent | 1985–1989 | 50 | 22 | 26 | 2 | {{Winning percentage|22|26|2}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 19 | Bob Cortese | 1990–1997 | 90 | 55 | 32 | 3 | {{Winning percentage|55|32|3}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | 2 | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 20 | Jeff Leiker | 1998–2000 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|13|19|0}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 21 | Tim O'Connor | 2001–2004 | 44 | 20 | 24 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|20|24|0}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 22 | Kevin Verdugo | 2005–2010 | 64 | 18 | 47 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|18|47|0}} | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— | | 23 | Chris Brown | 2011–present | 78 | 50 | 29 | 0 | {{Winning percentage|50|29}} | 45 | 27 | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{winpct|45|27}} | 0 | 1 | {{ntsh|0}}— | {{ntsh|0}}— |
Table statistics[1]See also- List of lists of people from Kansas
Notes1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/miaa/fort_hays_state/coaching_records.php |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |title=Fort Hays State Coaching Records |accessdate=March 20, 2011 |first=David |last=DeLassus |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525190416/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/miaa/fort_hays_state/coaching_records.php |archivedate=May 25, 2011 |df= }}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.morningsun.net/sports/x1684100236/Fort-Hays-football-coach-Kevin-Verdugo-will-not-return-in-2011|title=Fort Hays football coach Kevin Verdugo will not return in 2011|first=Kevin|last=Clark|accessdate=November 17, 2010|date=November 10, 2010|publisher=Pittsburg Morning Sun|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726131928/http://www.morningsun.net/sports/x1684100236/Fort-Hays-football-coach-Kevin-Verdugo-will-not-return-in-2011|archivedate=July 26, 2011|df=mdy-all}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.salina.com/News/Story/FHSU-coach|publisher=Salina Journal|accessdate=January 12, 2011|title=Football: Fort Hays State introduces Brown|date=December 11, 2010|first=Connor|last=Nicholl|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728191116/http://www.salina.com/News/Story/FHSU-coach|archivedate=July 28, 2011|df=mdy-all}}
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