The Syracuse Orange college football team represents the Syracuse University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Orange compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 31 head coaches since it began play during the 1887 season. Fran Brown the current head coach was hired in December of 2023.[1]
Seven coaches have led Syracuse in postseason bowl games: Ben Schwartzwalder, Frank Maloney, Dick MacPherson, Paul Pasqualoni, Doug Marrone, Scott Shafer, and Babers. Two of those coaches also won conference championships: Pasqualoni captured four and Marrone one as a member of the Big East Conference.
Schwartzwalder is the leader in overall wins and seasons coached with 153 wins during his 25 years as head coach. Pete Reynolds has the highest winning percentage at 0.800. Jordan C. Wells has the lowest winning percentage at 0.056. Of the 30 different head coaches who have led the Orange, Frank "Buck" O'Neill, Howard Jones, Tad Jones, Bill Hollenback, Vic Hanson, Clarence Munn, Schwartzwalder, and MacPherson has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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| No. | Name[A 6] | Season(s)[A 7] | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Winston | 1890 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.636 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | William Galbraith | 1891 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Jordan C. Wells | 1892 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0.056 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | George H. Bond | 1894 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.545 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | George O. Redington | 1895–1896 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0.650 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Frank E. Wade | 1897–1899 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0.643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Edwin Sweetland | 1900–1902 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0.778 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Jason B. Parrish | 1903 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Ancil D. Brown | 1903 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Charles P. Hutchins | 1904–1905 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0.700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 15 17 |
Frank "Buck" O'Neill† | 1906–1907 1913–1915 1917–1919 |
77 | 52 | 19 | 6 | 0.714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Howard Jones† | 1908 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Tad Jones† | 1909–1910 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | C. DeForest Cummings | 1911–1912 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0.526 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Bill Hollenback† | 1916 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Chick Meehan | 1920–1924 | 47 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0.787 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Pete Reynolds | 1925–1926 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0.800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Lew Andreas | 1927–1929 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0.589 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Vic Hanson† | 1930–1936 | 59 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 0.602 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Ossie Solem | 1937–1942 1944–1945 |
63 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 0.524 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Clarence Munn† | 1946 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Reaves Baysinger | 1947–1948 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.222 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Ben Schwartzwalder† | 1949–1973 | 247 | 153 | 91 | 3 | 0.626 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | AFCA COY (1959) FWAA COY (1959) |
| 26 | Frank Maloney | 1974–1980 | 78 | 32 | 46 | 0 | 0.410 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 27 | Dick MacPherson† | 1981–1990 | 116 | 66 | 46 | 4 | 0.586 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | AFCA COY (1987) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1987) Bobby Dodd COY (1987) FWAA COY (1987) Sporting News COY (1987) Walter Camp COY (1987) |
| 28 | Paul Pasqualoni | 1991–2004 | 167 | 107 | 59 | 1 | 0.644 | 73 | 34 | 0 | 0.682 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Greg Robinson [A 8] |
2005–2008 | 42 | 5 | 37 | — | 0.119 | 2 | 25 | — | 0.074 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Doug Marrone | 2009–2012 | 50 | 25 | 25 | — | 0.500 | 11 | 17 | — | 0.393 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Scott Shafer | 2013–2015 | 37 | 14 | 23 | — | 0.378 | 7 | 17 | — | 0.292 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Dino Babers | 2016–2023 | 96 | 41 | 55 | — | 0.427 | 20 | 45 | — | 0.308 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Fran Brown | 2024–present | 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.[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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
- ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
- ^ Syracuse did not have a head coach for the 1889 and 1893 seasons.[5]
- ^ Syracuse did not field a team for the 1943 season.
- ^ Due to NCAA sanctions, Syracuse had all wins from the 2005 and 2006 seasons vacated, one from 2005 and four from 2006. Originally, Syracuse was 1–10 (0–8 Big East) in 2005 and 4–8 (1–7 Big East) in 2006.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Fran Brown - Football Coach". Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "All-Time Syracuse Football Coaching Staffs". Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Mink, Nate (March 7, 2015). "NCAA report: Syracuse football placed on 5-year probation, self-vacates 11 wins". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved January 28, 2023.