The Carthage Firebirds football program, previously known as Redmen and more recently as Red Men, with the change to "Firebirds" occurring on February 19, 2021,[1] is a college football team that represents Carthage College in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, a part of NCAA Division III. The team has had 22 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1895. The current coach is Matt Popino, who first took the position for the 2024 season.[2]
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 7 | 46 | 24 | 19 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 8 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 9 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 10 | 120 | 50 | 52 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 11 | 55 | 20 | 29 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||
| X | No team during WWII | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 12 | Paul LaVinn | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 13 | Roscoe W. Scott | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 14 | Loel D. Frederickson | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 15 | Art Keller | 272 | 178 | 87 | 7 | 105 | 53 | 3 | — | 2 | 8 | — | |||||
| 16 | Ken Wagner | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 17 | Roger Scott | 27 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 18 | Jack Synold | 36 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 19 | Mike Larry | 27 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 20 | Tim Rucks | 175 | 95 | 79 | 1 | 55 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |||||
| 21 | Mike Yeager | 53 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 22 | 52 | 19 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |