List of Carroll Pioneers head football coaches

Jack Fries was first a player and then later head coach at Carroll.

The Carroll Pioneers football program is a college football team that represents Carroll University in the Midwest Conference, a part of NCAA Division III. The team has had 28 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1896. The current coach is Mike Budziszewski who first took the position for the 2020 season.[1][2] Former head coach Matty Bell was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.[3]

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
1 Ward A. Wescott 1896 10 5 3 2 .600 — — — — — — — —
2 J. G. Britton 1898 10 3 5 2 .400 — — — — — — — —
3 John D. Schwender 1899–1905 26 15 9 2 .615 — — — — — — — —
4 Mark D. Nave 1901–1903 19 8 7 4 .526 — — — — — — — —
5 Harrison McJohnston 1908 6 1 5 0 .167 — — — — — — — —
6 Wilfred C. Bleamaster 1909–1911 20 12 6 2 .650 — — — — — — — —
7 William Davies 1912 9 2 6 1 .278 — — — — — — — —
8 Henry W. Lever 1913 7 2 2 3 .500 — — — — — — — —
9 John Edmund Fries 1914–1920 30 11 14 5 .450 — — — — — — — —
10 Roy E. Haberman 1919 7 4 3 0 .571 — — — — — — — —
11 C. C. Boone 1921 7 1 6 0 .143 — — — — — — — —
12 Matty Bell† 1922 7 3 4 0 .429 — — — — — — — —
13 Norris Armstrong 1923–1930 61 44 11 6 .770 — — — — — — — —
14 Vincent P. Batha 1931 6 1 4 1 .250 — — — — — — — —
15 Glenn Thistlethwaite 1932–1933 13 10 2 1 .808 — — — — — — — —
16 Elmer A. Lampe 1934–1937 28 17 7 4 .679 — — — — — — — —
17 John W. Breen 1938–1948 69 37 25 7 .587 — — — — — — — —
18 Francis J. McCormick 1949–1957 69 37 31 1 .543 — — — — — — — —
19 Lisle Blackbourn 1958 8 6 2 0 .750 — — — — — — — —
20 Vince DiFrancesca 1959–1971 110 62 43 5 .586 — — — — — — — —
21 Steve Miller 1972–1976 46 30 15 1 .663 — — — — — — — —
22 Robert Larsen 1977 9 4 5 0 .444 — — — — — — — —
23 Mark W. Williams 1978–1981 36 12 24 0 .333 — — — — — — — —
24 Merle Masonholder 1978–2000 175 88 87 0 .503 — — — — — — — —
25 Jeff Voris 2001–2005 49 15 34 0 .306 — — — — — — — —
26 Henny Hiemenz 2006–2010 53 30 23 0 .566 — — — — — — — —
27 Mark Krzykowski 2011–2019 90 42 48 0 .467 — — — — — — — —
28 Mike Budziszewski 2020–present 30 17 13 0 .567 — — — — — — — —

Details

The following are details on coaches that do not have articles on Wikipedia. For coaches with articles on Wikipedia, see links in the table above.

Ward A. Wescott

Playing history

Oconto Eleven

Wescott played for the Oconto, Wisconsin town team in 1895 and played a game against the team that would become the Green Bay Packers. Wescott was both a player and trainer, receiving accolades for his abilities to teach the game as well as to play.[7]

Coaching history

Carroll College

Wescott was the second head coach at Carroll and he held that position for the 1896 season. Preliminary reports predicted a "lively" season.[8] Wescott's players were predicted as promising before the season began.[9]

Controversy was stirred up after a game against Milwaukee East High School on October 17, 1896. Carroll won the game 4-0, but the opposing team disputed the result.[10] The next season's game was cancelled because Carroll was regularly using "ringers" or players that were brought in to the team from outside the school specifically to win games. [11]

High school

Wescott later went on to coach the successful Eau Claire, Wisconsin high school team in 1902.[12]

J. G. Britton

Britton was the head coach during a game witnessed by Miss Anna Sackett, who found the game to be so brutal that she revoked $5,000 (a sizeable sum at the time) from her will that had been bequested to Carroll College. She claimed that the "players were brutes" and would no longer support the school if they continued play.[13] Later that same year (October 29), she died and left none of the funds to the college.[14]

Charles C. Boone

Boone pictured in The Hinakaga 1922, Carroll yearbook

While Boone was the coach, college president William Arthur Ganfield boasted that within four years' time Carroll would be beating the Wisconsin Badgers in football.[15] In his one year of coaching, the team fell far short of that mark with its one win for the season and was outscored by 119 to 14 and left fans and the school administration sorely disappointed.

Vincent P. Batha

Vincent P. Batha, head football coach 1931

Athletics

Playing history

Batha played tackle[16] for Carroll. The school honored his legacy by inducting him into their "Hall of Fame" in 1973[17] as a "charter member" of the group.[18]

Coaching history

Batha later became the 16th head football coach for his alma mater[19] and he held that position for the 1931 season.[20] His career coaching record at Carroll College was 1 win, 4 losses, and 1 tie. This ranks him 26th at Carroll College in total wins and 25th at Carroll College in winning percentage.[21] He would remain with the program as assistant coach[22] under Glenn Thistlethwaite beginning in 1932.[23] Coach Batha's poor performance was called the worst start in seven years for the program, which was attributed to weakness at the end positions and turnover in the backfield.[24]

Batha also was the head basketball coach at Carroll from 1931 until 1934, posting the 12th-most wins at the history of the school (as of 2007-2008 season) with a record of 29-13.[25] He also was assistant Athletic Director and head coach of the track and field and cross country running teams.[26]

Academics

While at Carroll, Batha also was an instructor of physics,[27] mathematics,[28] and physical education.[29] Carroll college set up a memorial carillon in his memory.[30] One of his greatest joys was helping young men succeed in college and life.[31]

Batha earned a Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1929 and completed research on platinum and its reflective power as varied by temperature.[32]

During World War II, Batha served as a flight instructor at Carroll for the United States Army Air Corps. The eight-week curriculum consisted of mathematics, navigation, and aviation operation. The program was coordinated through the college and taught at Waukesha County Airport.[33]

Personal life

Batha was very active in the Boy Scouts of America and was awarded the Silver Beaver in 1949.[34] He was also active with the Kiwanis organization.[35] He was killed in an automobile accident on December 21, 1956.[36]

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.[4]
  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.[5]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Carroll names Mike Budziszewski head football coach". cciw.org. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Mike Budziszewski - Head Football Coach - Staff Directory". Carroll University Athletics. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "Hall of Famers: Matty "Moanin' Matty" Bell". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Before They Were the Packers By Denis J. Gullickson, Carl Hanson
  8. ^ The Milwaukee Journal September 3, 1896
  9. ^ Chicago Tribune "PREPARING FOR GREAT GAMES AT THE MADISON UNIVERSITY" March 26, 1896
  10. ^ Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "The Duffel Bag-This Week 100 years ago" October 17, 1996
  11. ^ The Milwaukee Journal "Events on the Gridiron" October 9, 1896
  12. ^ Leader-Telegram "City dominated state football in the early 1900s" By Richard D. Cornell and Jerry Poling, November 2, 2008
  13. ^ Chicago Daily Tribune "Costly Ball Game", November 6, 1898
  14. ^ Waukesha Freeman Archived 2008-10-26 at the Wayback Machine "Football cost $5000-One Game Expensive for Carroll College" November 3, 1898
  15. ^ Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune "Carroll's New President Talks of Centre's Teams" September 28, 1921
  16. ^ Carroll College Yearbook "Football - Season 1919" page 135
  17. ^ Carroll University Archived 2006-09-14 at archive.today Alumni Hall of Fame
  18. ^ Milwaukee Journal "Carroll Honors 12 Alumni" Oct 4, 1973
  19. ^ Chicago Tribune "HANLEY ORDERS 2 DRILLS DAILY DESPITE THE HEAT" September 15, 1931
  20. ^ Stevens Point Daily Journal "Sports--Nineteen Candidates Report for Workouts" September 15, 1931
  21. ^ Carroll College/University Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine Football coaching records
  22. ^ Chicago Daily Tribune "Thistlethwaite Takes Carroll Coaching Job" May 14, 1932
  23. ^ New York Times "Thistlethwaite Gets Post" May 14, 1932
  24. ^ The Milwaukee Sentinel "Pioneers Play Viking Eleven" November 6, 1931
  25. ^ Carroll University Basketball results
  26. ^ Carroll University Yearbook 1930
  27. ^ Waukesha Daily Freeman June 15, 1949
  28. ^ Waukesha County Obituaries
  29. ^ Sheboygan Journal "Sports" March 6, 1931
  30. ^ Wisconsin Academy Review Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1957), Walter E. Scott
  31. ^ The TKE (Tau Kappe Epsilon) "The Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. TKE Leadership Academy" winter 2008
  32. ^ Scientific Commons "Temperature effect on reflecting power of platinum and measurement of thickness of gold film" by Vincent P. Batha, 1929
  33. ^ Carroll University "From the College Archives" October 15, 2001
  34. ^ Pottawatomie Area Council, Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver recipients
  35. ^ Milwaukee Road Magazine March 1951, page 8
  36. ^ "Bells will be Batha memorial". The Milwaukee Sentinel. January 24, 1957. p. 6. Retrieved November 28, 2011.