Lyon Scots football
College football team
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The Lyon Scots football team represents Lyon College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Scots are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) after transitioning from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and participating as an independent for a year in 2023.[2][3] The Scots play their home games at Pioneer Stadium in Batesville, Arkansas.[4]
6th season, 8–35 (.186)
| Lyon Scots football | |
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| First season | 2015 |
| Athletic director | Kevin Jenkins |
| Head coach | Chris Douglas 6th season, 8–35 (.186) |
| Location | Batesville, Arkansas |
| Stadium | Pioneer Stadium (capacity: 2,684) |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | SCAC |
| Colors | Lyon Blue and Lyon Red[1] |
| All-time record | 27–60 (.310) |
| Mascot | Scot |
| Website | lyonscots.com/football |
Their head coach is Chris Douglas, who took over the position for the 2020 season.[5]
History
On June 27, 2013, Lyon College president, Dr. Donald Weatherman, announced the return of American football as a varsity sport after a 62-year hiatus when they last fielded a team as Arkansas College.[6][7]
Lyon has maintained a rivalry with Hendrix College dubbed the "Battle for ScotZilla".[8] The winner receives a trophy of Godzilla wearing traditional Scottish attire. Regarded as one of the most unique trophies in college football, it is a play on Lyon's Scottish heritage and then-Hendrix president William M. Tsutsui's interest in the Godzilla franchise.[9]
Conference affiliations
- Central States Football League (2015–2017)[10]
- Sooner Athletic Conference (2018–2022)[11]
- Independent (2023)
- Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (2024–present)[12]
List of head coaches
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
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirk Kelley[16] | 2015 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2 | Kyle Phelps[17] | 2016–2017 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0.409 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Casey Creehan[18] | 2018–2019 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0.524 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Chris Douglas[19][20] | 2020–present | 33 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0.212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head Coach |
Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Lyon Scots[21] | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | Kirk Kelley | NAIA | — | CSFL | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2016 | Kyle Phelps | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2017 | 2017 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | Casey Creehan | SAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | 2019 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | 2020 | Chris Douglas | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2021 | 2021 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | NCAA | Division III | Independent | 4 | 4 | 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.
