| Teamname: | Tiffin Dragons football |
| Firstyear: | 1986 |
| Athleticdirector: | Kelly Daniel (interim) Rudy Brownell (interim) |
| Headcoach: | Brett Ekkens |
| Headcoachyear: | 1st |
| Hcwins: | 0 |
| Hclosses: | 0 |
| Stadium: | Frost–Kalnow Stadium |
| Stadcapacity: | 4,500 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Tiffin, Ohio |
| Ncaadivision: | II |
| Conference: | G-MAC |
| Pastaffiliations: | NAIA independent (1986–1993) MSFA (1994–2002) D-II independent (2003–2005) GLFC (2006–2007) GLIAC (2008–2017) |
| Atwins: | 166 |
| Atlosses: | 223 |
| Atties: | 3 |
| Bowlwins: | 0 |
| Bowllosses: | 1 |
| Playoffapps: | 2 (NAIA D-II) 1 (NCAA D-II) |
| Playoffs: | 2–2 (NAIA D-II) 0–1 (NCAA D-II) |
| Conftitles: | 2 GLFC (2006–2007) 2 G-MAC (2019–2020) |
| Mascotdisplay: | Dragon |
| Websitename: | gotiffindragons.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://www.gotiffindragons.com/sports/fball/index |
The Tiffin Dragons football team represents Tiffin University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Dragons are members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), fielding its team in the G-MAC since 2008. The Dragons play their home games at Frost–Kalnow Stadium in Tiffin, Ohio.[1]
The team's head coach is Brett Ekkens, who took over the position for the 2024 season.
| 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2 | Bob Wolfe | 1990–1997 | 83 | 35 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | |||
| 3 | Cam Cruickshank | 1998–2002 | 53 | 19 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | |||
| 4 | Nate Cole[4] | 2003–2007 | 55 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| 5 | Dave Walkowsky[5] | 2008–2010 | 32 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | – | – | – | – | |||
| 6 | Gary Goff[6] | 2011–2018 | 88 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 29 | 47 | 0 | – | – | – | – | |||
| 7 | Cris Reisert[7] | 2019–2023 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | |||
| 8 | Brett Ekkens | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | ||||||||
| 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 co-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[8] | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Second Round | |||||