List of Kalamazoo Hornets head football coaches
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The Kalamazoo Hornets football program is a college football team that represents Kalamazoo College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) at the NCAA Division III level. Kalamazoo has had 26 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1892. The team's current head coach is John Krajacic, who was hired after the 2025 season.
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
Statistics updated through the 2025 season:
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | No coach | 1892–1896 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .464 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 | Charles Hall | 1897–1900 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .804 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .944 | — | — | 3 | — | |
| 2 | Maurice Waterbury | 1901 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .286 | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | LeRoy Hornbeck | 1902 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Joseph Rowe | 1903 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Wesley Clapp | 1904 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Rufus Gilbert | 1905, 1907–1908 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .220 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .219 | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Maurice Post | 1906 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .300 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Van Ward | 1909 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .417 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Ivan Doseff | 1910 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | E. J. Mather | 1911–1915 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0 | .520 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Ralph H. Young | 1916–1917, 1919–1922 | 51 | 33 | 16 | 2 | .667 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .854 | — | — | 2 | — | |
| 12 | Paul Staake | 1918 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | Maynard Street | 1923–1924 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .111 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | Chester S. Barnard | 1925–1941 | 134 | 63 | 54 | 17 | .534 | 38 | 33 | 12 | .611 | — | — | 4 | — | |
| 15 | Bob Nulf | 1942–1948 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | .625 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .711 | — | — | 2 | — | |
| 16 | Lloyd Grow | 1949–1952 | 33 | 12 | 20 | 1 | .379 | 9 | 1 | 0} | .450 | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | Rolla Anderson | 1953–1966 | 113 | 56 | 56 | 1 | .500 | 38 | 38 | 1 | .500 | — | — | 2 | — | |
| 18 | Ed Baker | 1967–1983, 1988–1989 | 156 | 62 | 89 | 5 | .413 | 29 | 63 | 3 | .321 | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | Bob Kent | 1984 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Jim Heath | 1985–1987 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 0 | .111 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .133 | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Dave Warmack | 1990–1997 | 72 | 33 | 38 | 1 | .465 | 16 | 23 | 1 | .413 | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | Tim Rogers | 1998–2003 | 56 | 28 | 28 | 0 | .500 | 12 | 22 | 0 | .353 | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Van Nickert | 2004 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | Terrance Brooks | 2005–2007 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .250 | 5 | 16 | 0 | .238 | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | Jamie Zorbo | 2008–2025 | 172 | 59 | 113 | 0 | .343 | 23 | 85 | 0 | .213 | — | — | — | — | |
| 26 | John Krajacic | 2026–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 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.