List of Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs head football coaches

The Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southwest Minnesota State University in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, a part of the NCAA Division II. The team has had 10 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1968. The current coach is Cory Sauter who first took the position for the 2010 season.[1]

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

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No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs Awards
1 John Rutter 1968–1970 26 7 19 0 .269
2 Ralph Young 1971–1972 20 3 17 0 .150
3 Mike Sterner 1973–1976 36 9 27 0 .250
4 Lew Shaver 1977–1978 19 3 16 0 .158
5 Gary M. Buer 1979–1992 145 70 70 5 .500
6 Brent Jeffers 1993–1996 41 12 29 0 .293
7 Ron Flowers 1997–1999 32 14 18 0 .438
8 Curt Strasheim 2000–2003 44 14 30 0 .318
9 Eric Eidsness 2004–2009 66 26 40 0 .394
10 Cory Sauter 2010–2021 122 45 77 0 .369
11 Scott Underwood 2022–present 22 5 17 0 .227

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Southwest Minnesota State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.