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List of Carthage Firebirds head football coaches

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The Carthage Firebirds football program, previously known as Redmen and more recently as Red Men, with the change to "Firebirds" occurring on February 19, 2021,[1] is a college football team that represents Carthage College in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, a part of NCAA Division III. The team has had 22 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1895. The current coach is Matt Popino, who first took the position for the 2024 season.[2]

Key

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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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Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 college football season.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
1 Ralph McKee 1895–1900 26 20 5 1 .788
2 Ben Mathis 1901 2 1 1 0 .500
3 Wilber Larrick 1902–1904 8 3 2 3 .563
4 Bud Hendrickson 1905 6 4 2 0 .667
5 Carl Sundberg 1906 5 3 2 0 .600
6 Russell Osborne 1907 7 2 5 0 .286
7 J. Arthur Baird 1908–1914 46 24 19 3 .554
8 Stewart Clark 1915–1919 15 8 7 0 .533
9 Forest Loudin 1916–1920 23 8 13 2 .391
10 Lewis Omer 1921–1935 120 50 52 18 .492
11 Hub Wagner 1936–1942 55 20 29 6 .418 1
X No team during WWII 1943–1944
12 Paul LaVinn 1945–1946 13 2 10 1 .192 0 4 0
13 Roscoe W. Scott 1947–1949 25 11 12 2 .480 6 9 1
14 Loel D. Frederickson 1950–1951 18 2 16 0 .111 1 9 0
15 Art Keller 1952–1982 272 178 87 7 .667 105 53 3 2[B 1] 8
16 Ken Wagner 1983–1984 18 6 12 0 .333 5 11 0
17 Roger Scott 1985–1987 27 6 21 0 .222 6 18 0
18 Jack Synold 1988–1991 36 12 24 0 .333 10 22 0
19 Mike Larry 1992–1994 27 2 25 0 .074 2 19 0
20 Tim Rucks 1995–2012 175 95 79 1 .546 55 67 1 2 1 1
21 Mike Yeager 2012–2017 53 23 30 0 .434 16 21 0 .432
22 Dustin Hass 2018–2023 52 19 33 0 .365 19 28 0 .404
23 Matt Popino 2024–present 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

table reference[7][8][9]

Notes

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Table header 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.[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]

Table content notes

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  1. ^ The 1971 NAIA Division II Semifinal Playoff Game against Westminster (PA) ended in a tie score 28-28. Because it was a playoff situation, Westminster was "declared winner based on penetrations" and was allowed to advance to the finals. While officially a "tie game" the tournament situation renders the result the same as a loss.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Carthage Selects Firebirds as New Team Name" (Press release). Carthage College. February 19, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Ramczyk, Mike (January 7, 2024). "New Carthage coach Matt Popino ready to stress love, energy and relationships". Kenosha News. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  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.
  6. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Arthur T. "Art" Keller (1971)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  7. ^ DeLassus, David. "Carthage Redmen". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  8. ^ "All-time football records". Carthage Red Men. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  9. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Carthage College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2013.