List of Chicago Maroons head football coaches

The Chicago Maroons football program is a college football team that represents University of Chicago in the University Athletic Association, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 12 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1892. The current coach is Todd Gilcrist, Jr., who took over for Chris Wilkerson.[1]

Football legend Amos Alonzo Stagg was the first head coach at Chicago.

Key edit

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 edit

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs Awards
1 Amos Alonzo Stagg 1892–1932 412 270 113 29 .691 National Champions: 1905, 1913
Big Ten Conference Champions: 1899, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1922, 1924
2 Clark Shaughnessy 1933–1939 55 17 34 4 .345
3 Walter Hass 1963–1975 60 11 48 1 .192
4 Bob Lombardi 1976–1978 24 9 15 0 .375
5 Tom Kurucz 1979 8 2 6 0 .250
6 Robert Larsen 1980–1982 27 3 23 1 .130
7 Mick Ewing 1983–1987 44 18 26 0 .409
8 Rich Parrinello 1988 9 3 6 0 .333
9 Greg Quick 1989–1993 49 11 38 0 .224
10 Dick Maloney 1994–2012 176 94 82 0 .525 University Athletic Association conference champions: 1998, 2000, 2005, 2010
11 Chris Wilkerson 2013–2021 78 51 27 0 .654 University Athletic Association conference champions: 2014
12 Todd Gilcrist Jr. 2022–present 20 13 7 0 .650

Notes edit

  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.[2]
  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.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ex-Panther Wilkerson gets head coaching job at Chicago". Journal Gazette. Mattoon, Illinois. July 31, 2013. p. 7. Retrieved December 31, 2018 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.