List of Wheaton Thunder head football coaches

The Wheaton Thunder football program is a college football team that represents Wheaton College in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 22 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1900.[1] The current coach is Mike Swider who first took the position for the 1996 season.[2][3]

## Key[edit]

Key to symbols in coaches list  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] |  |  |  |

## Coaches[edit]

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 college football season, except the conference win/loss/tie statistics are incomplete.

No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards

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- | No coach | 1900 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
X | No team | 1901-1911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
- | No coach | 1912 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
X | No team | 1913 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
1 | Jasper Turnbell | 1914-1915 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
2 | Bob Robinson | 1916 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
- | No coach | 1917 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
X | No team | 1918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
3 | Rex Gary | 1919-1920 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .458 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
4 | Robert S. Woodruff | 1921 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
5 | Jack Conley | 1922-1924 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | .429 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
6 | Dave Gillespie | 1925 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
7 | Ed Coray | 1926-1928 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | .295 | 0 | 0 | 1 |  | — | — | — | — |
8 | Vic Gustafson | 1929-1934 | 46 | 14 | 27 | 5 | .359 | 0 | 6 | 0 |  | — | — | — | — |
9 | Wendel Smith | 1935 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  | — | — | — | — |
10 | Mysterious Walker | 1936-1939 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 4 | .448 | 0 | 2 | 0 |  | — | — | — | — |
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14 | Harvey Chrouser | 1940-1941,
1946-1960 | 146 | 104 | 34 | 8 | .740 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
12 | Albert Graff | 1942 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
13 | Carl E. DeVries | 1943-1945 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .658 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
15 | Jack Swartz | 1961-1968 | 71 | 41 | 30 | 0 | .577 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
16 | Mal Pearson | 1969-1970 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .250 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
17 | Gary Taylor | 1971-1972 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — |
18 | Dewey King | 1973-1979 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 0 | .460 | 0 | 3 | 0 |  | — | — | — | — |
19 | Clift Schimmels | 1980 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  | — | — | — | — |
20 | Jim Rexilius | 1981 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  | — | — | — | — |
21 | J. R. Bishop | 1982-1995 | 128 | 84 | 43 | 1 | .660 | 8 | 14 | 0 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
22 | Mike Swider | 1996-2019 | 261 | 209 | 52 | 0 | .801 | 140 | 34 | 0 |  | 15 | 11 | 9 | — |
23 | Jesse Scott | 2020-present | 35 | 28 | 7 | — | .800 | 24 | 3 | 0 |  | 1 | 2 | 0 | — |

## Notes[edit]

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.[4]
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.[5]
4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Wheaton College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Wheaton Thunder Records By Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
3. ^ "Football year-by-year results". Wheaton Thunder. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ 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.

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Wheaton Thunder head football coaches

* No coach (1900)
* No team (1901–1911)
* No coach (1912)
* No team (1913)
* Jasper Turnbell (1914–1915)
* Bob Robinson (1916)
* No coach (1917)
* No team (1918)
* Rex Gary (1919–1920)
* Robert S. Woodruff (1921)
* Jack Conley (1922–1924)
* Dave Gillespie (1925)
* Ed Coray (1926–1928)
* Vic Gustafson (1929–1934)
* Wendel Smith (1935)
* Mysterious Walker (1936–1939)
* Harvey Chrouser (1940–1941)
* Albert Graff (1942)
* Carl E. DeVries (1943–1945)
* Harvey Chrouser (1946–1960)
* Jack Swartz (1961–1968)
* Mal Pearson (1969–1970)
* Gary Taylor (1971–1972)
* Dewey King (1973–1979)
* Clift Schimmels (1980)
* Jim Rexilius (1981)
* J. R. Bishop (1982–1995)
* Mike Swider (1996–2019)
* No team (2020)
* Jesse Scott (2021– )

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