List of Presbyterian Blue Hose head football coaches

The Presbyterian Blue Hose football college football team represents Presbyterian College, currently an FCS independent. The Blue Hose currently compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 15 different head coaches since it began play during the 1913 season.

Presbyterian has played 1,052 games over 104 seasons, appearing in 1 bowl game (1960 Tangerine Bowl). The team's 1,000th game was against Gardner–Webb, the last game of the 2013 season. They lost, 13–20.

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	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC	CC
1	Everett Booe	1913	8	5	3	0	0.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Erling Theller	1914	6	4	1	1	0.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Walter Johnson	1915–1917, 1919–1940	224	101	104	19	0.493	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Gifford Shaw	1918	2	2	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Lonnie McMillian	1941–1953	121	61	58	2	0.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Bill Crutchfield	1954–1956	28	13	14	1	0.482	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Frank Jones	1957–1961	49	24	22	3	0.520	—	—	—	—	0	1	0	—	—
8	Clyde Ehrhardt	1962	10	1	9	0	0.100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Cally Gault	1963–1984	234	126	100	8	0.556	44	19	4	0.687	—	—	—	—	—
10	Elliott Poss	1985–1990	67	29	37	1	0.440	18	23	1	0.440	—	—	—	—	—
11	John Perry	1991–1996	66	29	37	—	0.440	21	25	—	0.456	—	—	—	—	—
12	Daryl Dickey	1997–2000	43	28	15	—	0.651	21	12	—	0.636	—	—	—	—	—
13	Tommy Spangler	2001–2006, 2017–2020	106	54	52	—	0.509	34	20	—	0.630	—	—	—	—	—
14	Bobby Bentley	2007–2008	23	10	13	—	0.435	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Harold Nichols	2009–2016	88	21	67	—	0.239	10	34	—	0.227	—	—	—	—	—
16	Kevin Kelley	2021	11	2	9	—	0.182	0	8	—	.000	—	—	—	—	—
17	Steve Englehart	2022–2025	46	21	25	—	0.457	12	20	—	0.375	—	—	—	—	—
18	Matt Rahl	2026–present	0	0	0	—	–	0	0	—	–	—	—	—	—	—

v t e Presbyterian Blue Hose football
Venues	Old Bailey Stadium (1928–2002) Bailey Memorial Stadium (2002–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1960 Tangerine Bowl Newberry: Bronze Derby
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

List of Presbyterian Blue Hose head football coaches

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