The Emporia State Hornets football program is a college football team that represents Emporia State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, a part of NCAA Division II. The team has had 24 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1893.[1] The current coach is Garin Higgins who first took the position for the 2007 season.[2]
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | no coach | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| – | no team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| X | no coach | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 3 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 4, 6 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 7 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 8 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 9, 12 | Homer Woodson Hargiss | 95 | 61 | 23 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | |||||
| 10 | H. D. McChesney | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 11 | George McLaren | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 13 | 212 | 115 | 82 | 15 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | ||||||
| X | No team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 14 | 109 | 25 | 79 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||||
| 15 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 16 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 17 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||
| 18 | Dave Hoover | 49 | 9 | 40 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 19 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 20 | Larry Kramer | 126 | 71 | 55 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | |||||
| 21 | 44 | 26 | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 23 | 67 | 35 | 32 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||
| 24 | 186 | 106 | 80 | 0 | 88 | 75 | — | 6 | 4 | — | — |