The Valparaiso Beacons football program is a college football team that represents Valparaiso University in the Pioneer Football League, a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision.[1] The team has had 20 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1906, although records do not record a coach until 1919.[2] The current coach is Landon Fox who was hired as head coach after the end of the 2018 season.[3]
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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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] |
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 college football season.
No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
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0 | Unknown | 1906–1907 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1 | George Keogan | 1919–1920 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | Earl Goheen | 1921–1922 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .542 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
3 | William Shadoan | 1923–1924 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .618 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Millard Anderson | 1925 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
5 | Conrad Moll | 1926 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
6 | Earl Scott | 1927–1928 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .154 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
7 | Jake Christiansen | 1929–1940 | 97 | 50 | 43 | 4 | .536 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
8 | Victor Dauer | 1941 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
9 | Loren Ellis | 1942 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
X | No Team | 1943–1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
9 | Loren Ellis | 1945 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
10 | Emory Bauer | 1946–1956 | 99 | 59 | 35 | 5 | .621 | 23 | 8 | 1 | .734 | — | 1 | 3 | — | |
11 | Emory Bauer & Walt Reiner | 1957–1964 | 71 | 40 | 29 | 2 | .577 | 25 | 20 | 1 | .554 | — | — | 1 | — | |
10 | Emory Bauer | 1965–1967 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 0 | .333 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | — | — | 3 | — | |
12 | Norm Amundsen | 1968–1976 | 87 | 44 | 40 | 3 | .523 | 21 | 24 | 0 | .467 | — | — | 2 | — | |
13 | Bill Koch | 1977–1988 | 117 | 43 | 71 | 3 | .380 | 20 | 46 | 2 | .309 | — | — | — | — | |
14 | Tom Horne | 1989–2004 | 169 | 67 | 101 | 1 | .399 | 25 | 61 | 1 | .293 | — | — | 2 | — | |
15 | Stacy Adams | 2005–2009 | 55 | 15 | 40 | 0 | .273 | 6 | 28 | 0 | .176 | — | — | — | — | |
16 | Dale Carlson | 2010–2013 | 43 | 3 | 40 | 0 | .070 | 3 | 29 | 0 | .094 | — | — | — | — | |
Int | Mike Gravier (interim) | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | ||
17 | Dave Cecchini | 2014–2018 | 55 | 17 | 38 | 0 | .309 | 13 | 27 | 0 | .325 | — | — | — | — | |
18 | Landon Fox | 2019–present | 52 | 17 | 35 | 0 | .327 | 14 | 21 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | — |