List of Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs head football coaches

The Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southwest Minnesota State University in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, a part of the NCAA Division II. The team has had 10 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1968. The current coach is Cory Sauter who first took the position for the 2010 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

#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards
1John Rutter19681970267190.269
2Ralph Young19711972203170.150
3Mike Sterner19731976369270.250
4Lew Shaver19771978193160.158
5Gary M. Buer1979199214570705.500
6Brent Jeffers199319964112290.293
7Ron Flowers199719993214180.438
8Curt Strasheim200020034414300.318
9Eric Eidsness200420096626400.394
10Cory Sauter201010460.400

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. "Southwest Minnesota State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  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.
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