List of Sterling Warriors head football coaches

Josiah McCracken coached the team in 1903, after his appearance in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

The Sterling Warriors football program is a college football team that represents Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas as a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) competition. Sterling has had 36 head football coaches since the school's first recorded football game in 1893. The current head coach is Reggie Langford Jr..

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. 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
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 college football season.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
— No coach / unknown 1893–1895, 1898, 1901, 1904–1905, 1907–1909 31 11 18 2 .387 — — — — — — —
1 G. W. Benn 1900 3 2 1 0 .667 — — — — — — —
2 Professor Schaffner 1902 6 3 2 1 .583 — — — — — — —
3 Josiah McCracken 1903 7 2 5 0 .286 — — — — — — —
4 Garfield Weede 1910–1918 68 34 30 4 .529 — — — — — — —
5 Fred A. Dunsmore 1919 9 0 8 1 .056 0 8 1 .056 — — — —
6 T. E. McDonald 1920 8 0 7 1 .063 0 7 1 .063 — — — —
7 E. H. Faler 1921 7 1 6 0 .143 1 6 0 .143 — — — —
8 Warren Woody 1922–1924 26 17 7 2 .692 17 7 2 .692 — — 1 —
9 E. R. Cowell 1925–1927 23 9 12 1 .432 9 12 1 .432 — — — —
10 Art Kahler 1928–1930 26 19 5 2 .769 3 2 1 .583 — — — —
11 Ralph Kirby 1934 8 0 8 0 .000 — — — — — — —
12 Harvey Chrouser 1935–1939 44 17 21 6 .455 — — — — — — —
13 Lou Odle 1940–1941 19 7 10 2 .421 — — — — — — —
14 Lorin Helm 1942 8 0 8 0 .000 — — — — — — —
15 John Paden 1945 3 0 3 0 .000 — — — — — — —
16 Duane Wilson 1946–1948 26 5 20 1 .212 — — — — — — —
17 Os Doenges 1949–1952 37 5 30 2 .162 — — — — — — —
18 Clair L. Gleason 1953–1959 58 29 29 0 .500 — — — — — — —
19 Benny Fose 1960 9 1 8 0 .111 1 8 0 .111 — — — —
20 Sam Wilkey 1961 9 1 8 0 .111 1 8 0 .111 — — — —
21 Robert Mistele 1962–1963 18 3 14 1 .194 3 14 1 .194 — — — —
22 Reuben Berry 1964–1965 18 4 14 0 .222 4 14 0 .222 — — — —
23 Curt Bennett 1966–1973, 1981, 1997–2000 122 59 50 3 .496 50 50 2 .500 — — — —
24 Sam Sample 1974–1976 27 10 16 1 .389 10 13 1 .438 — — — —
25 Les Unruh 1977–1980 36 10 25 1 .292 10 21 1 .328 — — — —
26 Scott Downing 1982–1983 18 13 4 1 .750 13 4 1 .750 — — — —
27 Gary D. White 1984–1987 39 25 14 0 .641 24 12 0 .667 — — — —
28 Hadley Hicks 1988–1989 19 3 16 0 .158 3 15 0 .167 — — — —
29 Kim Raynor 1990–1993 39 13 26 0 .333 12 22 0 .353 — — — —
30 Bill Bauer 1994–1996 30 7 23 0 .233 7 17 0 .292 — — — —
31 Mark Splitter 2001–2003 30 4 26 0 .133 4 23 0 .148 — — — —
32 Andy Lambert 2004–2015 123 72 51 0 .585 68 40 0 .630 0 1 1 —
33 Chuck Lambert 2016–2017 23 17 6 0 .739 15 3 0 .833 0 1 1 —
34 Chase Hansen 2018–2021 41 18 23 0 .439 17 20 0 .459 — — — —
35 Darren Jackson II 2022–2023 21 4 17 0 .190 3 12 0 .200 — — — —
36 Reggie Langford Jr. 2024–present 22 3 19 0 .136 2 8 0 .200 — — — —

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See also

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.[1]
  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.[2]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]

References

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  2. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  3. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  4. ^ "Starling College Football 2011 Media Guide" (PDF). Sterling College. p. 53. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
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