List of Adrian Bulldogs head football coaches

The Adrian Bulldogs football program is a college football team that represents Adrian College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 25 head coaches and one interim head coach since its first recorded football game in 1892.{{Cite web

|last=DeLassus

|first=David

|title=Adrian Coaching Records

|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse

|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/adrian/coaching_records.php

|accessdate=November 15, 2010

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121003213/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/adrian/coaching_records.php

|archivedate=November 21, 2010

}} The current coach is Joe Palka who first took the position for the 2024 season.

Key

Coaches

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.!!Name!!Term!!GC!!OW!!OL!!OT!!O%!!CW!!CL!!CT!!C%!!PW!!PL!!CCs!!class="unsortable"|Awards

0

align="center"|Unknown

align="center"|1892–1902, 1905

align="center"|14

align="center"|2

align="center"|11

align="center"|1

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|2|11|1}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

1

align="center"|E. E. Tarr

align="center"|1903–1904

align="center"|13

align="center"|7

align="center"|6

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|7|6|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

2

align="center"|Coach Huffstrater

align="center"|1906–1910

align="center"|26

align="center"|7

align="center"|15

align="center"|4

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|7|15|4}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

3

align="center"|Tom Leith

align="center"|1911–1912

align="center"|16

align="center"|12

align="center"|4

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|12|4|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

4

align="center"|Coach Brown

align="center"|1913

align="center"|6

align="center"|2

align="center"|4

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|2|4|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

5

align="center"|Frank Coombs

align="center"|1914

align="center"|6

align="center"|3

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|3|3|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

6

align="center"|W. H. Dague

align="center"|1915

align="center"|7

align="center"|2

align="center"|5

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|2|5|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

7

align="center"|Perry Grimm

align="center"|1916–1917

align="center"|4

align="center"|1

align="center"|3

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|1|3|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

X

align="center"|No team

align="center"|1918

align="center"|{{ntsh|0}}—

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

8

align="center"|Harvey E. Orwick

align="center"|1919

align="center"|6

align="center"|4

align="center"|2

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|4|2|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

9

align="center"|B. M. Allman

align="center"|1921–1922

align="center"|8

align="center"|5

align="center"|2

align="center"|1

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|5|2|1}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

10

align="center"|Dale R. "Spank" Sprankle

align="center"|1923–1935

align="center"|115

align="center"|55

align="center"|52

align="center"|8

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|55|52|8}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

11

align="center"|Frank Ballenger

align="center"|1936–1937

align="center"|18

align="center"|4

align="center"|14

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|4|14|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

12

align="center"|Harve A. Oliphant

align="center"|1938–1941

align="center"|32

align="center"|5

align="center"|26

align="center"|1

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|5|26|1}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

X

align="center"|No team

align="center"|1942–1945

align="center"|{{ntsh|0}}—

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

13

align="center"|Lyman E. Abbott

align="center"|1946–1949

align="center"|33

align="center"|12

align="center"|20

align="center"|1

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|12|20|1}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

14

align="center"|John Darnton

align="center"|1950

align="center"|8

align="center"|2

align="center"|6

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|2|6|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

15

align="center"|Theodore "Ted" Boyett

align="center"|1951–1952

align="center"|15

align="center"|3

align="center"|11

align="center"|1

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|3|11|1}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

16

align="center"|Joe Fortunato

align="center"|1953–1955

align="center"|26

align="center"|8

align="center"|17

align="center"|1

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|8|17|1}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

17

align="center"|Robert Gillis

align="center"|1956–1958

align="center"|24

align="center"|9

align="center"|15

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|9|15|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

18

align="center"|Les Leggett

align="center"|1959–1961

align="center"|24

align="center"|9

align="center"|14

align="center"|1

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|9|14|1}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

19

align="center"|Charles Marvin

align="center"|1962–1967

align="center"|47

align="center"|14

align="center"|33

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|14|33|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

20

align="center"|William C. "Bill" Davis

align="center"|1968–1973

align="center"|53

align="center"|21

align="center"|32

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|21|32|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

21

align="center"|Tom Heckert

align="center"|1974–1981

align="center"|72

align="center"|42

align="center"|28

align="center"|2

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|42|28|2}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

22

align="center"|Ron Labadie

align="center"|1982–1989

align="center"|74

align="center"|53

align="center"|21

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|53|21|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

23

align="center"|Jim Lyall

align="center"|1990–2009

align="center"|190

align="center"|97

align="center"|92

align="center"|1

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|97|92|1}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

24

align="center"|Jim Deere{{Cite web|url=http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2010-11/schedule|publisher=Adrian Bulldogs|title=Adrian Bulldogs 2010 schedule/results|accessdate=November 16, 2010}}

align="center"|2010–2023

align="center"|136

align="center"|76

align="center"|60

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|76|60}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

Int.

align="center"|Harry Bailey

align="center"|2023

align="center"|3

align="center"|0

align="center"|3

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|0|3|0}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

25

align="center"|Joe Palka

align="center"|2024–present

align="center"|10

align="center"|6

align="center"|4

align="center"|0

align="center"|{{Winning percentage|6|4}}

align="center"| {{ntsh|0}}—

Details

:The following are details on coaches that do not have articles on Wikipedia. For coaches with articles on Wikipedia, see links in the table above.

=Coach Huffstrater=

An individual with the last name "Huffstrater" was the head coach for 5 seasons, from 1906 until 1910. His coaching record at Adrian was 7 wins, 15 losses and 4 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #12 at Adrian in total wins and #15 at the school in winning percentage ({{Winning percentage|7|15|4}}).{{Cite web

|last = DeLassus

|first= David

|title=Coach Huffstrater Records by Year

|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse

|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4638|accessdate=November 15, 2010}}

=Coach Brown=

A coach with the last name "Brown" was in the position for the 1913 season. Brown's coaching record at Adrian was 2 wins and 4 losses. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #21 at Adrian in total wins and #16 at the school in winning percentage ({{Winning percentage|2|4|0}}).{{Cite web

|last = DeLassus

|first= David

|title=Coach Brown Records by Year

|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse

|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4629|accessdate=November 15, 2010}}"

Notes

References

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