List of Ithaca Bombers head football coaches

The Ithaca Bombers football program is a college football team that represents Ithaca College in the Empire 8, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 8 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1930. The current coach is Mike Welch who first took the position for the 1994 season.[1]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
# 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
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2010 college football season.

#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards
1 Leonard Schreck 19305131.300
2 James A. "Bucky" Freeman 19311942, 19467436326.527Inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.[5]
X No team 19431945
3 Harold "Pete" Hatch 194719502512130.480
4 Joseph Hamilton 19511955327223.266
5 Art Orloske 19561957133100.231
6 Richard S. "Dick" Lyon 195819666949200.710
7James "Jim" Butterfield19671993278206711.743218113
8 Mike Welch 19942010184134500.728665

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.[2]
  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.[3]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Ithaca Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today (McLean, Virginia). Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times (New York City). Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  5. "NCAA Record" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. February 3, 1988. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
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