Rio Grande RedStorm football
College football team
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The Rio Grande RedStorm football team represents the University of Rio Grande in college football at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) level. The RedStorm have been members of the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) since the program resumed play in 2025.[2] The RedStorm play their home games at Jackson High School's Alumni Field in Jackson, Ohio.[3]
First season1914[a]
Athletic directorJeff Lanham
Head coachMike Bartrum
1st season, 0–0 (–)
1st season, 0–0 (–)
LocationRio Grande, Ohio
| Rio Grande RedStorm football | |
|---|---|
| |
| First season | 1914[a] |
| Athletic director | Jeff Lanham |
| Head coach | Mike Bartrum 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Location | Rio Grande, Ohio |
| Stadium | Alumni Stadium (capacity: 6,000) |
| Conference | AAC |
| Colors | Red and white[1] |
| All-time record | 76–136–9 (.364) |
| Website | rioredstorm.com/football |
Their head coach for the 2025 season was Mark Thurston, who took over the position during the 2024 season before the team began play.[4] The school initially hired former NFL player and Fairmont State running backs coach Quincy Wilson to be their head coach, but he was fired during the 2024 season.[5] Mike Bartrum was hired as head coach ahead of the 2026 season.[6]
Conference affiliations
- Appalachian Athletic Conference (2025–present)[7]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Unknown | 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1939, 1946–1947 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0.382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Davis | 1915–1916 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Kendall B. Taft | 1920 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lester Berridge | 1921 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul R. Lyne | 1923–1929, 1931–1937 | 97 | 38 | 55 | 4 | 0.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Spooner | 1930 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ray Troth[11] | 1938 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Forrest Wyatt[12] | 1940 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mendell Beattie[13] | 1941–1943, 1945 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0.174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Paul Sager[14] | 1948 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Christy E. Arnold[15] | 1949 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mark Thurston[4] | 2025 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | ||||||||
| Rio Grande Redmen | ||||||||||||||
| 1914 | 1914 | Unknown | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1915 | 1915 | Davis | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1916 | 1916 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1917 | 1917 | Unknown | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| No team in 1918 | ||||||||||||||
| 1919 | 1919 | Unknown | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | 1920 | Kendall B. Taft | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1921 | 1921 | Lester Berridge | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1922 | 1922 | Unknown | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1923 | 1923 | Paul R. Lyne | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1924 | 1924 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1925 | 1925 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1926 | 1926 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1927 | 1927 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1928 | 1928 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1929 | 1929 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1930 | 1930 | Spooner | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1931 | 1931 | Paul R. Lyne | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1932 | 1932 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1938 | 1938 | Ray Troth | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1939 | 1939 | Unknown | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1940 | 1940 | Forrest Wyatt | NAIA | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1941 | 1941 | Mendell Beattie | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1942 | 1942 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1943 | 1943 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| No team in 1944 | ||||||||||||||
| 1945 | 1945 | Mendell Beattie | NAIA | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946 | 1946 | Unknown | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1947 | 1947 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | Paul Sager | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | Christy E. Arnold | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| No team from 1950 to 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2025 | Mark Thurston | NAIA | — | AAC | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Notes
- The program was discontinued in 1949. It was relaunched in 2025.
- 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.
