List of Coast Guard Bears head football coaches

The Coast Guard Bears football program is a college football team that represents United States Coast Guard Academy in the New England Football Conference, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 15 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1922, including hall of fame member Otto Graham The current coach is C. C. Grant who first took the position for the 2020 season.

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]}

No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	PW	PL	CCs	NCs
1	Raymond V. Marron	1922–1923	6	0	6	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Walter R. Richards	1926–1928	19	6	11	2	.368	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Johnny Merriman	1929–1945	128	46	72	10	.398	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Nelson Nitchman	1946–1958	93	45	43	5	.511	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Frank Kapral	1966–1967	16	0	16	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Tad Schroeder	1968–1973	60	29	31	0	.483	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Otto Graham^†	1959–1965 1974–1975	77	44	32	1	.578	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
8	Bill Hickey	1976–1979	38	11	26	1	.303	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Larry Rutledge	1980–1982	28	7	21	0	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Bob Campiglia	1983–985	30	11	19	0	.367	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Thomas H. Bell	1986–1992	64	36	28	0	.563	—	—	—	1	-	—	—
12	Bill Schmitz	1993–1996	39	20	19	0	.513	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
13	Chuck Mills	1997	11	9	2	0	.818	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
14	Bob Estock	1998	9	1	8	0	.111	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Bill George	1999–2019	201	75	126	0	.373	—	—	—	—	—	2	—
16	C. C. Grant	2020–present	51	22	29	0	.431	—	—	—	—	—	0	—

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