List of Sterling Warriors head football coaches
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The Sterling Warriors football program is a college football team that represents Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas as a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) competition. Sterling has had 36 head football coaches since the school's first recorded football game in 1893. The current head coach is Reggie Langford Jr..
| 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 correct as of the end of the 2025 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | No coach / unknown | 1893–1895, 1898, 1901, 1904–1905, 1907–1909 | 31 | 11 | 18 | 2 | .387 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 | G. W. Benn | 1900 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 | Professor Schaffner | 1902 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .583 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Josiah McCracken | 1903 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Garfield Weede | 1910–1918 | 68 | 34 | 30 | 4 | .529 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Fred A. Dunsmore | 1919 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .056 | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | T. E. McDonald | 1920 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .063 | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | E. H. Faler | 1921 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Warren Woody | 1922–1924 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .692 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .692 | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 9 | E. R. Cowell | 1925–1927 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .432 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .432 | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Art Kahler | 1928–1930 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | .769 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .583 | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Ralph Kirby | 1934 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 12 | Harvey Chrouser | 1935–1939 | 44 | 17 | 21 | 6 | .455 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 13 | Lou Odle | 1940–1941 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .421 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 14 | Lorin Helm | 1942 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 15 | John Paden | 1945 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 16 | Duane Wilson | 1946–1948 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 1 | .212 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 17 | Os Doenges | 1949–1952 | 37 | 5 | 30 | 2 | .162 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 18 | Clair L. Gleason | 1953–1959 | 58 | 29 | 29 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 19 | Benny Fose | 1960 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Sam Wilkey | 1961 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Robert Mistele | 1962–1963 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .194 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .194 | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | Reuben Berry | 1964–1965 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Curt Bennett | 1966–1973, 1981, 1997–2000 | 122 | 59 | 50 | 3 | .496 | 50 | 50 | 2 | .500 | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | Sam Sample | 1974–1976 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 1 | .389 | 10 | 13 | 1 | .438 | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | Les Unruh | 1977–1980 | 36 | 10 | 25 | 1 | .292 | 10 | 21 | 1 | .328 | — | — | — | — | |
| 26 | Scott Downing | 1982–1983 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .750 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .750 | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | Gary D. White | 1984–1987 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 0 | .641 | 24 | 12 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | Hadley Hicks | 1988–1989 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .158 | 3 | 15 | 0 | .167 | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | Kim Raynor | 1990–1993 | 39 | 13 | 26 | 0 | .333 | 12 | 22 | 0 | .353 | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | Bill Bauer | 1994–1996 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | .233 | 7 | 17 | 0 | .292 | — | — | — | — | |
| 31 | Mark Splitter | 2001–2003 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 0 | .133 | 4 | 23 | 0 | .148 | — | — | — | — | |
| 32 | Andy Lambert | 2004–2015 | 123 | 72 | 51 | 0 | .585 | 68 | 40 | 0 | .630 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 33 | Chuck Lambert | 2016–2017 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .739 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 34 | Chase Hansen | 2018–2021 | 41 | 18 | 23 | 0 | .439 | 17 | 20 | 0 | .459 | — | — | — | — | |
| 35 | Darren Jackson II | 2022–2023 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | .190 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | — | |
| 36 | Reggie Langford Jr. | 2024–present | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .136 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | — |