| Teamname: | Kalamazoo Hornets football |
| Firstyear: | 1892 |
| Athleticdirector: | Becky Hall |
| Headcoach: | Jamie Zorbo |
| Headcoachyear: | 16th |
| Hcwins: | 46 |
| Hclosses: | 96 |
| Stadium: | Angell Field |
| Stadiumbuilt: | 1946 |
| Stadcapacity: | 2,458 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Ncaadivision: | III |
| Conference: | MIAA |
| Pastaffiliations: | Independent (1892–1895) |
| Atwins: | 428 |
| Atlosses: | 557 |
| Atties: | 41 |
| Conftitles: | 14 MIAA (1897–1899, 1916, 1919, 1921, 1930, 1934, 1936–1937, 1946–1947, 1962–1963) |
| Mascotdisplay: | Hornets |
| Websitename: | hornets.kzoo.edu |
| Websiteurl: | https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/fball/history/index |
The Kalamazoo Hornets football team represents Kalamazoo College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Hornets are members of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA), fielding its team in the MIAA since 1892. The Hornets play their home games at Angell Field in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[1]
The team's head coach is Jamie Zorbo, who took over the position for the 2008 season.[2]
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No coach | 1892–1896 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Charles Hall | 1897–1900 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Maurice Waterbury | 1901 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Leroy Hornbeck | 1902 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Joseph Rowe | 1903 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Wes Clapp | 1904 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Rufus Gilbert | 1905, 1907–1908 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Maurice Post | 1906 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 9 | Van Ward | 1909 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 10 | Ivan Doseff | 1910 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 11 | Ralph H. Young | 1916–1917, 1919–1922 | 51 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 12 | Paul Staake | 1918 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Maynard Street | 1923–1924 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 14 | Chester S. Barnard | 1925–1941 | 134 | 63 | 54 | 17 | 38 | 33 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Bob Nulf | 1942, 1946–1948 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 16 | Lloyd Grow | 1949–1952 | 33 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Rolla Anderson | 1953–1966 | 113 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Ed Baker | 1967–1983, 1988–1989 | 158 | 64 | 89 | 5 | 28 | 55 | 3 | |||
| 19 | Bob Kent | 1984 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Jim Heath | 1985–1987 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Dave Warmack | 1990–1997 | 72 | 33 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 23 | 1 | |||
| 22 | Tim Rogers | 1998–2003 | 56 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Van Nickert | 2004 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Terrance Brooks[3] | 2005–2007 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Jamie Zorbo[4] | 2008–present | 142 | 46 | 96 | 0 | 20 | 68 | 0 |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Kalamazoo Hornets | ||||||||||||||
| 1892 | 1892 | No coach | — | — | Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1893 | 1893 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1894 | 1894 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1895 | 1895 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1896 | 1896 | MIAA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1897 | 1897 | Charles Hall | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | |||
| 1898 | 1898 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1899 | 1899 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1900 | 1900 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1901 | 1901 | Maurice Waterbury | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1902 | 1902 | Leroy Hornbeck | 3 | 5 | 1 | T–5th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1903 | 1903 | Joseph Rowe | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1904 | 1904 | Wes Clapp | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1905 | 1905 | Rufus Gilbert | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1906 | 1906 | Maurice Post | IAAUS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5th | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | 1907 | Rufus Gilbert | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1908 | 1908 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1909 | 1909 | Van Ward | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1910 | 1910 | Ivan Doseff | NCAA | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4th | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | 1911 | E. J. Mather | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1912 | 1912 | 2 | 3 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1913 | 1913 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1914 | 1914 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1915 | 1915 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1916 | 1916 | Ralph H. Young | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | |||
| 1917 | 1917 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1918 | 1918 | Paul Staake | 1 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1919 | 1919 | Ralph H. Young | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | |||
| 1920 | 1920 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1921 | 1921 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 3 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1922 | 1922 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3rd | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1923 | 1923 | Maynard Street | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1924 | 1924 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1925 | 1925 | Chester S. Barnard | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1926 | 1926 | 3 | 4 | 1 | T–2nd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1927 | 1927 | 3 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1928 | 1928 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1929 | 1929 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6th | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 5 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 3 | 2 | 2 | T–2nd | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 3 | 3 | 1 | T–1st | 2 | 1 | 1 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 1 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1938 | 1938 | 3 | 4 | 1 | T–3rd | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1939 | 1939 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1942 | 1942 | Bob Nulf | 4 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| No team from 1943 to 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Bob Nulf | NCAA | — | MIAA | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | 4 | 1 | 3 | T–1st | 3 | 0 | 2 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1949 | 1949 | Lloyd Grow | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1950 | 1950 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1951 | 1951 | 2 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1952 | 1952 | 3 | 4 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1953 | 1953 | Rolla Anderson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1954 | 1954 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | College Division | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1958 | 1958 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | 2 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1960 | 1960 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1963 | 1963 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 1964 | 1964 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 5 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 3 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1967 | 1967 | Ed Baker | 2 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1968 | 1968 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1969 | 1969 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1970 | 1970 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | Division III | 4 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1974 | 1974 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 3 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 5 | 2 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | Bob Kent | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1985 | 1985 | Jim Heath | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1986 | 1986 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | Ed Baker | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6th | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1989 | 1989 | 1 | 7 | 1 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | Dave Warmack | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1991 | 1991 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | Tim Rogers | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1999 | 1999 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | Van Nickert | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2005 | 2005 | Terrance Brooks | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2006 | 2006 | 2 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Jamie Zorbo | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | — | — | |||||||||||