List of Ball State Cardinals head football coaches
The Ball State Cardinals football program is a college football team that represents Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference a part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. In nearly a century of play in college football over four affiliations (Indiana Collegiate Conference, Independent, Conference of Midwestern Universities, and the MAC), the Cardinals have had sixteen head coaches.
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]Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 college football season.[4]
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul "Billy" Williams | 1924–1925 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | |||||||||
| 2 | Norman G. Wann | 1926–1927 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .733 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Paul B. Parker | 1928–1929 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Lawrence McPhee | 1930–1934 | 39 | 15 | 23 | 1 | .397 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | John Magnabosco | 1935–1942 1944–1952 |
128 | 68 | 46 | 14 | .586 | 35 | 20 | 6 | .634 | — | — | 1 | — | |
| N/A | No Team | 1943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | George Serdula | 1953–1955 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .604 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .470 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Jim Freeman | 1956–1961 | 48 | 18 | 28 | 2 | .396 | 13 | 22 | 1 | .375 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Ray Louthen | 1962–1967 | 53 | 37 | 13 | 3 | .726 | 26 | 8 | 2 | .750 | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| 9 | Wave Myers | 1968–1970 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 0 | .517 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Dave McClain | 1971–1977 | 74 | 46 | 25 | 3 | .642 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .764 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 11 | Dwight Wallace | 1978–1984 | 77 | 40 | 37 | 0 | .519 | 30 | 27 | 0 | .526 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 12 | Paul Schudel | 1985–1994 | 112 | 60 | 48 | 4 | .554 | 48 | 33 | 3 | .589 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 13 | Bill Lynch | 1995–2002 | 90 | 37 | 53 | 0 | .411 | 30 | 34 | 0 | .468 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 14 | Brady Hoke | 2003–2008 | 69 | 30 | 39 | 0 | .435 | 27 | 20 | 0 | .574 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Stan Parrish | 2008–2010 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | .250 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .312 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Pete Lembo | 2011–2015 | 62 | 33 | 29 | 0 | .532 | 23 | 17 | 0 | .575 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Mike Neu | 2016–2024 | 103 | 40 | 63 | 0 | .388 | 25 | 43 | 0 | .368 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Int | Colin Johnson[A 5] | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 18 | Mike Uremovich | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
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.[1]
- ^ 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.[2]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]
- ^ Johnson served as the interim head coach for the final two games of the 2024 season after Mike Neu was fired from the head coach position
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Football Year By Year Records. ballstatesports.com.