Howard Payne Yellow Jackets football
College football team
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The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets football team represents Howard Payne University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Yellow Jackets are members of the American Southwest Conference (ASC), fielding its team in the conference since 1996. The Yellow Jackets play their home games at Gordon Wood Stadium in Brownwood, Texas.[2]
First season1903
Athletic directorAdam Bright
Head coachCoby Gipson
1st season, 4–6 (.400)
1st season, 4–6 (.400)
LocationBrownwood, Texas
| Howard Payne Yellow Jackets football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1903 |
| Athletic director | Adam Bright |
| Head coach | Coby Gipson 1st season, 4–6 (.400) |
| Location | Brownwood, Texas |
| Stadium | Gordon Wood Stadium (capacity: 7,500) |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | ASC |
| Colors | Navy and yellow gold[1] |
| All-time record | 536–563–42 (.488) |
| Bowl record | 1–0 (1.000) |
| Conference championships | |
| 19 | |
| Rivalries | McMurry Hardin–Simmons |
| Mascot | Yellowjackets |
| Website | hpusports.com |
Their head coach is Coby Gipson, who took over the position for the 2025 season.
Conference affiliations
- Independent (1903–1916)
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1917–1925)
- Texas Conference (1926–1942; 1946–1955)
- Lone Star Conference (1957–1986)
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1987–1995)
- American Southwest Conference (1996–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 | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | 1903–1908; 1914–1916 | 33 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0.303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Elmer Simpson | 1909; 1911 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Gwinn Henry | 1912–1913 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0.433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Arnold L. Kirkpatrick | 1917–1923 | 52 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 0.644 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.733 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | T. B. Amis | 1924–1927 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0.639 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0.775 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 6 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | 1928–1934; 1946–1947 | 86 | 58 | 20 | 8 | 0.721 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0.778 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| 7 | J. McAdoo Keaton | 1935–1942 | 80 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 0.713 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0.860 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| 8 | Felton T. Wright | 1948–1950 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0.500 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Carl Anderson | 1951–1952 | 46 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 0.565 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 10 | Guy B. Gardner | 1953–1955 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0.655 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Bennie B. Williams | 1956–1961 | 118 | 44 | 72 | 2 | 0.381 | 23 | 50 | 2 | 0.315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Rusty Russell | 1962–1963 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.211 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0.077 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Joe James | 1964–1967 | 41 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 0.402 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0.280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | James Cameron | 1968–1971 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0.524 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0.469 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 15 | Dean Slayton | 1972–1978 | 72 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 0.403 | 21 | 34 | 1 | 0.384 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Harold Mayo | 1979–1981 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0.217 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0.095 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Bill Hicks | 1982–1985 | 40 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 0.238 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0.087 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Jerry Millsapps | 1986–1987 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Bill Anderson | 1988–1991 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0.571 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0.581 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 20 | Vance Gibson | 1992–2004 | 131 | 89 | 42 | 0 | 0.679 | 65 | 26 | 0 | 0.714 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 21 | Mike Redwine | 2005–2007 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0.433 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0.440 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Steve Fanara | 2008–2011 | 40 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0.225 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0.156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Roger Geise | 2012–2015 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0.200 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0.217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Hunter Sims | 2016 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Braxton Harris | 2017–2019 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0.233 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0.222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Jason Bachtel | 2020–2022 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0.640 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0.667 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Kevin Bachtel | 2023–2024 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0.368 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Coby Gipson | 2025–present | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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 | ||||||||
| Howard Payne Yellow Jackets | ||||||||||||||
| 1903 | 1903 | Unknown | IAAUS | — | Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1904 | 1904 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1905 | 1905 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| No team in 1906 | ||||||||||||||
| 1907 | 1907 | Unknown | IAAUS | — | Independent | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1908 | 1908 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1909 | 1909 | Elmer Simpson | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| No team in 1910 | ||||||||||||||
| 1911 | 1911 | Elmer Simpson | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1912 | 1912 | Gwinn Henry | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1913 | 1913 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1914 | 1914 | Unknown | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1915 | 1915 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1916 | 1916 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1917 | 1917 | Arnold L. Kirkpatrick | TIAA | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1918 | 1918 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1919 | 1919 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1920 | 1920 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1921 | 1921 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1922 | 1922 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1923 | 1923 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1924 | 1924 | T. B. Amis | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | |||
| 1925 | 1925 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1926 | 1926 | TC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1927 | 1927 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1928 | 1928 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | |||
| 1929 | 1929 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | J. McAdoo Keaton | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | |||
| 1936 | 1936 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1938 | 1938 | 7 | 3 | 1 | T–1st | 6 | 0 | 1 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1939 | 1939 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4th | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1942 | 1942 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| No team from 1943 to 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | NCAA | — | TC | 2 | 5 | 2 | T–4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | Felton T. Wright | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | 4 | 5 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1951 | 1951 | Carl Anderson | 4 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 3 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | |||
| 1952 | 1952 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1953 | 1953 | Guy B. Gardner | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1954 | 1954 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2nd | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | Bennie B. Williams | College Division | — | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1957 | 1957 | LSC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1958 | 1958 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1960 | 1960 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | Rusty Russell | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1963 | 1963 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | 1964 | Joe James | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1965 | 1965 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 5 | 5 | 1 | T–4th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1967 | 1967 | NAIA | — | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | 1968 | James Cameron | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1969 | 1969 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1970 | 1970 | Division I | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 1 | 1 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 1 | W Cowboy Bowl | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | Dean Slayton | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1973 | 1973 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 1 | 8 | 1 | T–7th | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | Harold Mayo | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1980 | 1980 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | Bill Hicks | NCAA | Division II | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |
| 1983 | 1983 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Jerry Millsapps | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1987 | 1987 | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | |
| 1988 | 1988 | Bill Anderson | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1989 | 1989 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | Conference co-champion | 23 | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | Vance Gibson | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | 6 | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | |||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | 23 | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | 13 | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | |
| 1997 | 1997 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | Mike Redwine | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Steve Fanara | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | Roger Geise | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2013 | 2013 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | Hunter Sims | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2017 | 2017 | Braxton Harris | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | Jason Bachtel | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3rd West | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2021 | 2021 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | Kevin Bachtel | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2025 | 2025 | Coby Gipson | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3rd | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
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.
