List of Washburn Ichabods head football coaches
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The Washburn Ichabods football program is a college football team that represents Washburn University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, a part of NCAA Division II. The team has had 41 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1891.[1] The current coach is Zach Watkins who first took the position for the 2025 season.[2]
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Unknown | 1891–1893 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | Moses W. Games | 1894 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| X | no team | 1895 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 | Walter Griffiths | 1896 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 3 | Paul Coldren | 1897–1898 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .816 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | William Melford | 1899 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 5 | Bennie Owen† | 1900 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 6 | Lawrence Banks | 1901 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .438 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 7 | H. Ward Page | 1902 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 8 | A. R. Kennedy | 1903 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .938 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 9 | John H. Outland† | 1904–1905 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .725 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 10 | Garfield Weede | 1906–1908 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| 11 | Robert Stewart | 1909–1910 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 12 | William L. Driver | 1911–1912 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 13 | Glen Gray | 1913–1915 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 14 | A. R. Kennedy | 1916–1917 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | .316 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 15 | Ernest Bearg | 1918–1919 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .821 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 16 | Dwight Ream | 1920–1921 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | .474 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 17 | Glenn D. Vosburg | 1922 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 18 | George Woodward | 1923–1926 | 34 | 7 | 23 | 4 | .265 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 19 | Roy Wynne | 1927–1928 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 20 | Ernest Bearg | 1929–1935 | 71 | 37 | 31 | 3 | .542 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| 21 | Elmer Holm | 1936–1941 | 57 | 23 | 31 | 3 | .430 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 22 | Bob Raugh | 1942–1943 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 23 | Dee Errikson | 1944 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 24 | Lew Lane | 1945 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 25 | Dick Godlove | 1946–1958 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .654 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | |||
| 26 | Ralph Brown | 1959–1961 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0 | .370 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 27 | Ellis Rainsberger | 1962–1964 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | .593 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| 28 | Ed Linta | 1965–1966 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 29 | Bill Schaake | 1967–1968 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 30 | Harold Elliott | 1969–1970 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .550 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 31 | Bob Noblitt | 1971–1973 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | .383 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 32 | Larry Elliott | 1974–1978 | 51 | 29 | 21 | 1 | .578 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 33 | Gary Hampton | 1979–1980 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | .300 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 34 | Glenn Jagodzinske | 1981–1982 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 35 | George Tardiff | 1983–1984 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| 36 | Larry Elliott | 1984–1989 | 65 | 23 | 42 | 0 | .354 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| 37 | Dennis Caryl | 1990–1993 | 39 | 7 | 32 | 0 | .179 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 38 | Andy Williams | 1993 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 39 | Tony DeMeo | 1994–2001 | 85 | 32 | 53 | 0 | .376 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 40 | Craig Schurig | 2002–2024 | 251 | 141 | 110 | 0 | .562 | 120 | 97 | — | .553 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | ||
| 41 | Zach Watkins | 2025–present | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 2 | 7 | — | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
