List of Allegheny Gators head football coaches

The Allegheny Gators football program is a college football team that represents Allegheny College in the North Coast Athletic Conference, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 36 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1893. The current coach is Braden Layer who first took the position for the 2023 season.[1][2]

Key

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

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs Awards
0 No coach 1893–1894, 1896 11 3 8 0 .273 — — — — — — —
X No team 1895 0 0 0 0 – — — — — — — —
1 Charles N. Crosby 1897 4 0 4 0 .000 — — — — — — —
2 Martin Smallwood 1898 8 4 4 0 .500 — — — — — — —
3 Alonzo G. Brown 1899 11 7 2 2 .727 — — — — — — —
4 Fred E. Heckel 1900 8 5 3 0 .625 — — — — — — —
5 Edward N. Eisenberg 1901 12 6 5 1 .542 — — — — — — —
6 William C. Whelan 1902 10 7 3 0 .700 — — — — — — —
7 Walter E. Bachman 1903 12 5 7 0 .417 — — — — — — —
8 Branch Rickey 1904–1905 21 8 13 0 .381 — — — — — — —
9 Clifford B. Lewis 1906 9 2 7 0 .222 — — — — — — —
10 Herbert Sheetz 1907–1908 17 7 7 3 .500 — — — — — — —
11 E. J. Stewart 1909–1910 13 6 5 2 .538 — — — — — — —
12 David L. Dunlap 1911–1912 16 5 9 2 .375 — — — — — — —
14 Charles Hammett 1913–1917, 1919 42 29 9 4 .738 — — — — — — —
13 Carl A. Gilbert 1918 3 2 1 0 .667 — — — — — — —
15 Clarence Applegran 1920 7 1 3 3 .357 — — — — — — —
16 Herb McCracken† 1921–1923 25 16 8 1 .660 — — — — — — —
17 Tom Davies† 1924–1925 15 10 5 0 .667 — — — — — — —
18 Mel Merritt 1926–1928 25 8 15 2 .360 — — — — — — —
19 Harry W. Crum 1929–1931 25 14 7 4 .640 — — — — — — —
20 Waldo S. Tippin 1932–1934 19 3 14 2 .211 — — — — — — —
21 Karl J. Lawrence 1935–1940 42 11 27 4 .310 — — — — — — —
22 Alfred C. Werner 1941–1942 12 2 10 0 .167 — — — — — — —
X No team 1943–1945 0 0 0 0 – — — — — — — —
23 Bob Garbark 1946 7 1 6 0 .143 — — — — — — —
24 Bill Daddio 1947–1951 37 14 18 5 .446 — — — — — — —
25 David C. Henderson 1952–1953 16 2 14 0 .125 — — — — — — —
26 William R. Moore 1954–1957 32 11 19 2 .375 — — — — — — —
27 John R. Chuckran 1958–1969 90 51 37 2 .578 — — — — — 2 —
28 Sam T. Timer 1970–1983 115 60 52 3 .535 — — — — — 2 —
29 Bob Wolfe 1984–1985 20 6 14 0 .300 — — — — — — —
30 Peter Vaas 1986–1989 41 29 11 1 .720 — — — — 1 2 —
31 Ken O'Keefe 1990–1997 90 79 10 1 .883 — — — 5 5 6 1
32 Blair Hrovat 1998–2001 40 26 14 0 .650 — — — — — — —
33 Mark Matlak 2002–2015 121 62 79 0 .440 — — — — 1 1 —
34 B. J. Hammer 2016–2018 30 10 20 0 .333 — — — — — — —
35 Rich Nagy 2019–2022 30 10 20 0 .333 — — — — — — —
36 Braden Layer 2023–present 10 3 7 0 .300 — — — — — — —

Notes

  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.[3]
  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.[4]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

References

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Allegheny Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  2. ^ Topor, Alex (March 3, 2023). "Layer named 36th head coach at Allegheny College". The Meadville Tribune. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.