The McPherson Bulldogs football program is a college football team that represents McPherson College in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 30 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1920.[1]
Pete Sterbick began with the program starting the 2012 season[2] and resigned at the end of the 2013 season.[3] On December 5, 2013, McPherson announced that defensive coordinator Steve Fox was promoted to head coach.[4] Fox resigned after one season to take a position as assistant coach at Cisco College where he can be near his family.[5]
In December 2014, McPherson hired Paul Mierkiewicz as the 30th head coach of the program.[6]
School records of the program go back to 1920, but other records show a player named Pop Hollinger played football for McPherson in 1917 or earlier.[7] It is possible that records are incorrect, incomplete, or that there was no official coach before the 1920 season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W. E. Daniel | 1920 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 | Dutch Lonborg | 1921–1922 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 3 | Floyd Mishler | 1923–1924 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| 4 | George Gardner | 1925–1929 | 39 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 3 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 5 | Melvin J. Binford | 1930–1935 | 53 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 6 | Lester Selves | 1936 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 7 | W. P. Astle | 1937–1939 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 8 | Thomas C. Hayden | 1940–1942, 1946 | 33 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |||
| X | No team | 1943–1945 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Rolla Reiling | 1947 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 10 | F. M. Hardacre | 1948–1949 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 11 | Woody Woodard | 1950–1952 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| 12 | Sid Smith | 1953–1966, 1971–1972 | 145 | 62 | 82 | 1 | 56 | 71 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 13 | Dwight McSpadden | 1967–1968 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 14 | William Knuckles | 1969–1970 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 15 | Don Rominger | 1973–1977 | 47 | 11 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 16 | John Gragg | 1978 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 17 | Lou Serrone | 1979 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 18 | Lee Dobyns | 1980 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 19 | Dave Cripe | 1981–1983 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 20 | Steve Phipps | 1984–1985 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 21 | Dan Thiessen | 1986–1992 | 65 | 21 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 43 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 22 | Bruce Grose | 1993–1997 | 48 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 23 | Steve Kazor | 1998–1999 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 24 | Dan Davis | 2000–2001 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 25 | David Cunningham | 2002–2006 | 50 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 26 | Brian Ward | 2007–2009 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| 27 | Joe Bettasso | 2010–2011 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| 28 | Pete Sterbick[8] | 2012–2013 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | — | – | – | — | |||
| 29 | Steve Fox | 2014 | 11 | 4 | 7 | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 30 | Paul Mierkiewicz | 2015–2018 | 41 | 7 | 34 | — | 6 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 31 | Jeremiah Fiscus | 2019– | 27 | 14 | 13 | — | 14 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |