Bob Cortese

Bob Cortese
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1943-03-08) March 8, 1943
Playing career
1964	Colorado
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1989	Mesa State
1990–1997	Fort Hays State
2000–2001	Oklahoma Wranglers
2004	Grand Rapids Rampage
Head coaching record
Overall	133–60–6 (college) 91–22–2 (high school)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Bob Cortese (born March 8, 1943) is a former American football player and coach. He was the 19th head college football coach for the Fort Hays State University Tigers located in Hays, Kansas and he held that position for eight seasons, from 1990 until 1997. His career coaching record at Fort Hays was 55 wins, 32 losses, and 3 ties. This ranks him first at Fort Hays in total wins and fifth at Fort Hays in winning percentage.^[1]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Mesa State Mavericks (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1980–1989)
1980	Mesa State	3–6
1971	Mesa State	7–3
1982	Mesa State	11–1–1		1st	L NAIA Championship
1983	Mesa State	11–1–1		1st	L NAIA Championship
1984	Mesa State	6–4
1985	Mesa State	9–2		1st	L NAIA Semifinal
1986	Mesa State	7–3–1		1st	L NAIA Quarterfinal
1987	Mesa State	11–1		1st	L NAIA Semifinal
1988	Mesa State	8–2			L NAIA First Round
1989	Mesa State	9–1
Mesa State:		–	–
Fort Hays State (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1990–1997)
1990	Fort Hays State
1991	Fort Hays State
1992	Fort Hays State
1993	Fort Hays State
1994	Fort Hays State
1995	Fort Hays State
1996	Fort Hays State
1997	Fort Hays State
Fort Hays State:		– –	–
Total:		– –
National championship Conference title Conference division title

Arena League

Team	Year	Regular Season				Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
OKW	2000	7	7	.500	3rd in AC Western	1	1	.500	Lost to San Jose SaberCats in Conference Semifinals.
OKW	2001	5	9	.357	4th in AC Western	0	0	.000	–
OKW Total		12	16	.429	–	1	1	.500
GRR	2004	1	7	.125	5th in AC Central	0	0	.000	–
GRR Total		1	7	.125	–	0	0	–
Total^[2]		13	23	.361		1	1	.500

References

↑ Fort Hays State University coaching records
↑ "Bob Cortese Coaching Record". www.arenafan.com. ArenaFan. Retrieved April 22, 2016.

External links

Colorado Mesa Mavericks head football coaches

A. E. McCullough (1925)
Orlando Lindesmith (1926)
Harry Penhallow (1927)
George Hayman (1928)
John Whalley (1929)
No team (1930)
Elmer Schwalm (1931–1933)
Chris Bartlett (1934)
Ralph Prator (1935–1938)
Pete Carlston (1939–1941)
Bery Hitt (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Jay Tolman (1946–1949)
Bus Bergman (1950–1965)
Jack Perrin (1966–1979)
Bob Cortese (1980–1989)
James Paronto (1990–1993)
Jay Hood (1994–1997)
Joe Ramunno (1998–2011)
Russ Martin (2012– )

Fort Hays State Tigers head football coaches

No coach (1902)
No team (1903)
No coach (1904–1909)
No team (1910–1911)
No coach (1912)
Ira Van Cleave (1913–1914)
W. G. Speer (1915–1918)
Alfred J. Robertson (1919)
George Woodward & Ralph Archer (1920)
George Woodward (1921–1922)
William D. Weidein (1923–1928)
Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1929)
W. C. Riley (1930–1934)
James J. Yeager (1935)
Paul D. Waldorf (1935–1941)
Bill Bearley (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Ralph Huffman (1946–1955)
Wayne J. McConnell (1956–1968)
Tom Stromgren (1969–1971)
Bill Giles (1972–1978)
Bobby Thompson (1979–1980)
Jim Gilstrap (1981–1983)
John Vincent (1985–1989)
Bob Cortese (1990–1997)
Jeff Leiker (1998–2000)
Tim O'Connor (2001–2004)
Kevin Verdugo (2005–2010)
Chris Brown (2011– )

Oklahoma Wranglers

Formerly the Memphis Pharaohs and the Portland Forest Dragons
Founded in 1995
Folded in 2001
Based in Memphis, Tennessee (1995–1996), Portland, Oregon (1997–1999) and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2000–2001)

The Franchise

Arenas

Head Coaches

Frease
Brock
Cortese

Playoff Appearances (2)

1995
2000

Hall of Fame Members

Ben Bennett

Seasons (7)

1990s	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001

Grand Rapids Rampage

Founded in 1998
Folded in 2010
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan

The Franchise

Arenas

Van Andel Arena

Head Coaches

Playoff Appearances (6)

Division Championships (1)

2001

Hall of Fame Members

Seasons (11)

1990s	1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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