List of Lindenwood Lions head football coaches

The Lindenwood Lions football program is a college football team that represents Lindenwood University. The team has had 5 head coaches since organized football began in 1990. The Lions have played in more than 300 games in its 25 seasons. In those seasons, two coaches have led the Lions to postseason bowl games: Dan Kratzer and, Patrick Ross. Ross is the only coach to have won a conference championship with the Lions, he has won three. Ross, has also won a postseason game with the Lions. Ross is the all-time leader in games coached and years coached, in wins, and winning percentage. Jeff Driskill is, in terms of winning percentage, the least successful coach the Lions have had as he has a .177 winning percentage.^[1]

Key

General
#	Number of coaches^{[A 1]}
CCs	Conference championships^[2]
NCs	National championships
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

Overall games
GC	Games coached
OW	Wins
OL	Losses
OT	Ties^{[A 2]}
O%	Winning percentage

Conference games
CW	Wins
CL	Losses
CT	Ties
C%	Winning percentage

Postseason games
PW	Wins
PL	Losses
PT	Ties

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division II football season

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CCs	NCs	National awards
1	David Schroeder	1990–1991	20	11	8	1	.575	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Jeff Driskill	1992–1994	31	5	25	1	.177	0	5	—	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Dan Kratzer	1995–2000	64	29	35	0	.453	25	25	—	.500	0	1	—	—	—	—
4	Rick Gorzynski	2001–2003	33	7	26	0	.212	6	25	—	.194	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Patrick Ross	2004–2016	150	93	57	0	.620	76	45	—	.628	5	5	—	3	—	—
6	Jed Stugart	2017–present	67	36	31	0	.537	25	22	—	.532	1	2	—	2	—	—

Notes

^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Lions. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[3]

References

^[3]

^ DeLassus, David. "Lindenwood Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 7, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
^ Lindenwood was not a member of a conference until 1994, and 2011.
^ ^a ^b Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.

[2] A running total of the number of coaches of the Lions. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.

[5] Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[3]

[1] DeLassus, David. "Lindenwood Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 7, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.

[3] Lindenwood was not a member of a conference until 1994, and 2011.

[Ties-4] Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.

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