Adams State Grizzlies football
College football team
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The Adams State Grizzlies football team represents Adams State University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Grizzlies are members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), fielding its team in the RMAC since 1957. The Grizzlies play their home games at Rex Stadium in Alamosa, Colorado. The team was formally known as the Adams State Indians.
First season1930
Athletic directorKatelyn Smith
Head coachLevi Gallas
1st season, 0–11 (.000)
1st season, 0–11 (.000)
LocationAlamosa, Colorado
| Adams State Grizzlies football | |
|---|---|
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| First season | 1930 |
| Athletic director | Katelyn Smith |
| Head coach | Levi Gallas 1st season, 0–11 (.000) |
| Location | Alamosa, Colorado |
| Stadium | Rex Stadium (capacity: 1,500) |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | RMAC |
| Colors | Green and white[1] |
| All-time record | 381–437–19 (.467) |
| Bowl record | 2–0 (1.000) |
| Conference championships | |
| 8 | |
| Division championships | |
| 2 | |
| Rivalries | Fort Lewis[2] |
| Mascot | Grizzly bear |
| Website | asugrizzlies.com/football |
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Their current head coach is Levi Gallas, who has held the position since 2024.[3]
Conference affiliations
- Independent (1930–1945)
- New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference (1946–1955)
- Independent (1956)
- Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1957–present)
List of head coaches
Key
| 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 | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clifton White[7] | 1930–1937 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0.392 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Henry Canine[8] | 1938 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Vernon Hopper[7] | 1939–1942 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0.316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Neal Mehring[7] | 1946–1947 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.733 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 5 | William C. Heiss[7] | 1948–1949 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0.676 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.722 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Orval Steffen[7] | 1950–1951 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0.333 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Michael Stimack[7] | 1952–1956 | 44 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0.330 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.521 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | Ernie Smith[9] | 1957–1958 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0.079 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.150 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Darrell Mudra[10] | 1959–1962 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0.878 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.938 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Donald McKillip[7] | 1963–1967, 1969 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 0.684 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Gene Carpenter[11] | 1968 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.889 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Ron Harms[7] | 1970–1973 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0.611 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0.750 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Bill Schade[7] | 1974–1976 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0.519 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0.545 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | James Paronto[12] | 1977–1980 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0.537 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0.576 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 15 | Richard Ulrich[7] | 1981 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.389 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Joel Swisher[7] | 1982–1983 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0.421 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Jeff Geiser[7] | 1984–1996 | 135 | 65 | 68 | 2 | 0.489 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 0.506 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 |
| 18 | David Elsenrath[13] | 1997–1999 | 31 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0.290 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Wayne McGinn[7] | 2000–2007 | 87 | 35 | 52 | 0 | 0.402 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Marty Heaton[14] | 2008–2014 | 77 | 42 | 35 | 0 | 0.545 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 0.540 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Timm Rosenbach[15] | 2015–2017 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0.281 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0.310 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Josh Blankenship[16] | 2018–2020 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0.364 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0.400 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Jarrell Harrison[17] | 2021–2024 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0.136 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0.139 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Levi Gallas[3] | 2025–present | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Adams State Indians | ||||||||||||||
| 1930 | 1930 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1938 | 1938 | Henry Canine | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1939 | 1939 | Vernon Hopper | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1942 | 1942 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team from 1943 to 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Neal Mehring | NCAA | — | NMIC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | William C. Heiss | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | Orval Steffen | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1951 | 1951 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1952 | 1952 | Michael Stimack | 2 | 5 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1953 | 1953 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1954 | 1954 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | College Division | Independent | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | Ernie Smith | RMAC | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6th | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | 1958 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | Darrell Mudra | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1960 | 1960 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — | ||||
| 1963 | 1963 | Donald McKillip | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1964 | 1964 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 8 | 2 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — | ||||||||
| 1967 | 1967 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1968 | 1968 | Gene Carpenter | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1969 | 1969 | Donald McKillip | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1st (Mountain) | 6 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — | |||
| 1970 | 1970 | Ron Harms | NAIA | Division I | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3rd (Mountain) | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–1st (Mountain) | 5 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | Bill Schade | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | No. 15 | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | James Paronto | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1978 | 1978 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | No. 10 | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | Richard Ulrich | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1982 | 1982 | Joel Swisher | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | 1983 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | Jeff Geiser | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | No. 20 | |||
| 1985 | 1985 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2nd[a] | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | L NAIA Semifinals | No. 16 | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA First Round | No. 1 | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | No. 16 | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | NCAA | Division II | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 3 | 7 | 1 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| Adams State Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | 1997 | David Elsenrath | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | Wayne McGinn | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Marty Heaton | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | Timm Rosenbach | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | Josh Blankenship | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| No team in 2020 due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Jarrell Harrison | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2025 | 2025 | Levi Gallas | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
- Adams State forfeited three victories including a conference win over Western New Mexico
Notes
- 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.
