Tiffin Dragons football
College football team
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The Tiffin Dragons football team represents Tiffin University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Dragons have been members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), fielding their team in the G-MAC since 2008. They play their home games at Frost–Kalnow Stadium in Tiffin, Ohio.[2]
First season1986
Athletic directorKelly Daniel (interim)
Rudy Brownell (interim)
Rudy Brownell (interim)
Head coachBrett Ekkens
2nd season, 8–4 (.667)
2nd season, 8–4 (.667)
LocationTiffin, Ohio
| Tiffin Dragons football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1986 |
| Athletic director | Kelly Daniel (interim) Rudy Brownell (interim) |
| Head coach | Brett Ekkens 2nd season, 8–4 (.667) |
| Location | Tiffin, Ohio |
| Stadium | Frost–Kalnow Stadium (capacity: 4,500) |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | G-MAC |
| Colors | Dragon green and Tiffin gold[1] |
| All-time record | 174–227–3 (.434) |
| Bowl record | 0–2 (.000) |
| Conference championships | |
| 2 GLFC (2006–2007) 2 G-MAC (2019–2020) | |
| Mascot | Blaze the Dragon |
| Website | gotiffindragons.com |
The team's head coach is Brett Ekkens, who assumed the position for the 2024 season.
Conference affiliations
- NAIA independent (1986–1993)
- Mid-States Football Association (1994–2002)
- NCAA Division II independent (2003–2005)
- Great Lakes Football Conference (2006–2007)
- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2008–2017)[3]
- Great Midwest Athletic Conference (2018–present)[4]
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 | CC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Kirkhart | 1986–1989 | 40 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0.175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Bob Wolfe | 1990–1997 | 83 | 35 | 47 | 1 | 0.428 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0.300 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 3 | Cam Cruickshank | 1998–2002 | 53 | 19 | 34 | 0 | 0.358 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0.417 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Nate Cole[8] | 2003–2007 | 55 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0.655 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 5 | Dave Walkowsky[9] | 2008–2010 | 32 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0.063 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0.032 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Gary Goff[10] | 2011–2018 | 88 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 0.432 | 29 | 47 | 0 | 0.382 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Cris Reisert[11] | 2019–2023 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0.744 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0.852 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Brett Ekkens | 2024–present | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.778 | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results since 1986
| 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 | ||||||||
| Tiffin Dragons | ||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Roger Kirkhart | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1990 | 1990 | Bob Wolfe | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 8 | 2 | 1 | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | 7 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 1994 | MSFA | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd (Mideast) | 2 | 2 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | 16 | |||
| 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4th (Mideast) | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th (Mideast) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | — | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6th (Mideast) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1998 | 1998 | Cam Cruickshank | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th (Mideast) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1999 | 1999 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th (Mideast) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th (Mideast) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4th (Mideast) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 2 | 8 | 0 | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 2003 | 2003 | Nate Cole | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2006 | GLFC | 10 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference champions | 22 | |||
| 2007 | 2007 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Dave Walkowsky | GLIAC | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–11th | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | 2009 | 0 | 11 | 0 | T–11th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7th (South) | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | Gary Goff | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7th (South) | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2012 | 2012 | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–5th (South) | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–6th (South) | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–10th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | G-MAC | 9 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | Cris Reisert | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 23 | |||
| 2020–21 | 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | L America's Crossroads[12] | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 14 | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | Brett Ekkens | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | L America's Crossroads[13] | — | |||
Notable former players
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.