List of North Park Vikings head football coaches

The North Park Vikings football program is a college football team that represents North Park University in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had at least 17 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1934,^[1] although records for coach names only begin in 1958.^[2] The current coach is Kyle Rooker who first took the position for the 2019 season.^[3]

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
-	unknown coach/coaches	1934–1942
X	No team		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
-	unknown coach/coaches	1944–1957
1	Harold Swanson	1958–1960	25	17	7	1	.700	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Bob Lord	1961–1963	24	6	18	0	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	James Rooney	1964–1966	24	2	21	1	.104	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Norm Rathje	1967–1968	18	9	9	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Charles E. Emery	1969	9	2	7	0	.222	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	William D. Gourley	1970–1972	27	8	17	2	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Mike Watson	1973–1974	18	6	12	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Gene Mitz	1975–1977	27	2	25	0	.074	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Bill Anderson	1978–1985	72	15	57	0	.208	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Ron Ellett	1986	9	0	9	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Craig Fouhy	1987–1988	18	1	17	0	.056	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Mel Boehland	1989	9	1	8	0	.111	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Tim Rucks	1990–1994	45	9	33	3	.233	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Mike Liljegren	1995–2000	55	9	46	0	.164	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Robin Cooper	2001–2005	50	9	41	0	.180	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Scott Pethtel	2006–2012	70	10	60	0	.143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Mike Conway	2013–2018	60	14	46	0	.233	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Kyle Rooker	2019–present	60	17	43	0	.283	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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