List of Detroit Titans head football coaches

The Detroit Titans football program was a college football team that represents University of Detroit Mercy as an "independent" program and also in the Missouri Valley Conference, a part of the NCAA University Division. The team has had 18 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1891. The final coach was John Idzik who first took the position for the 1962 season and ended his duties at the end of the final season in 1964.[1]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
# Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 1964 college football season, the last season of intercollegiate play (not counting club football).

#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards
0 Unknown 189111001.000
1 William S. Robinson 18961899201352.700
2 John C. Mackey 1900190112660.500
3 Edward Ryan 1902, 190613751.577
4 Alfred W. Debo 1903190412660.500
5 George A. Kelly 1907191014752.571
6 Royal R. Campbell 1911191215861.567
7 George M. Lawton 1913191415663.500
8 Harry Costello 1915191613472.385
9 James F. Duffy 191719245643121.777
10Germany Schulz19239432.556
11Gus Dorais19251942168113487.6931
12 Chuck Baer 194519505735211.6231
13Dutch Clark195119533013170.4331
14 Wally Fromhart 195419584619252.4351
15 Jim Miller 195919612818100.643
16 John Idzik 19621964286211.232

Notes

  1. Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
  2. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Detroit Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
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