Briar Cliff Chargers football
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First season2003
Athletic directorDan McDermott
Head coachNathan Koziol
1st season, 0–0 (–)
1st season, 0–0 (–)
LocationSioux City, Iowa
| Briar Cliff Chargers Football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 2003 |
| Athletic director | Dan McDermott |
| Head coach | Nathan Koziol 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Location | Sioux City, Iowa |
| Stadium | Bishop Heelan Memorial Field (capacity: 1,600) |
| Conference | GPAC |
| Colors | Blue and gold[1] |
| All-time record | 61–188 (.245) |
| Rivalries | Morningside University, Mount Marty University |
| Mascot | Bolt the Charger |
| Website | bcuchargers.com |
The Briar Cliff Chargers football team represents Briar Cliff University in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Chargers are members of the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), fielding its team in the GPAC since 2003. The Chargers play their home games at Bishop Heelan Memorial Field in Sioux City, Iowa.[2][3]
Their head coach is Nathan Koziol, who took over the position in 2026.[4]
- Club team (2001–2002)
- Great Plains Athletic Conference (2003–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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Strittmatter[8] | 2001–2007 | 53 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 0.226 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0.200 |
| 2 | Tom Rethman[9] | 2008–2016 | 99 | 21 | 78 | 0 | 0.212 | 16 | 67 | 0 | 0.193 |
| 3 | Dennis Wagner[10] | 2017–2020 | 42 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0.286 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0.257 |
| 4 | Shane LaDage[11] | 2021–2025 | 55 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 0.262 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 0.300 |
| 5 | Nathan Koziol[4] | 2026–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
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 | |||||||||
| Briar Cliff Chargers | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 2001 | Dick Strittmatter | Club team | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 2002 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | 2003 | NAIA | — | GPAC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | 2004 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Tom Rethman | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | ||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2017 | 2017 | Dennis Wagner | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2020 | 2020 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Shane LaDage | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2025 | 2025 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–6th | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2026 | 2026 | Nathan Koziol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |||||