List of Ithaca Bombers head football coaches

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The Ithaca Bombers football program is a college football team that represents Ithaca College in the Empire 8, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 10 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1930. The current coach is Michael Toerper who first took the position for the 2022 season.[1][2]

Key[edit]

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[edit]

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
1 Leonard Schreck 1930 5 1 3 1 .300 — — — — — — —
2 James A. "Bucky" Freeman 1931–1942, 1946 74 36 32 6 .527 — — — — — — — Inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.[6]
X No team 1943–1945 — — — — — — — — — — — —
3 Harold "Pete" Hatch 1947–1950 25 12 13 0 .480 — — — — — — —
4 Joseph Hamilton 1951–1955 32 7 22 3 .266 — — — — — — —
5 Art Orloske 1956–1957 13 3 10 0 .231 — — — — — — —
6 Richard S. "Dick" Lyon 1958–1966 69 49 20 0 .710 — — — — — — —
7 James "Jim" Butterfield† 1967–1993 278 206 71 1 .743 — — — 21 8 11 3
8 Mike Welch 1994–2016 247 169 78 0 .684 — — — 6 6 5 —
9 Dan Swanstrom 2017–2021 43 32 11 0 .744 — — — 6 6 5 —
10 Michael Toerper 2022– 25 21 4 0 .840 — — — 3 2 1 —

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.[3]
  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.[4]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Michael Toerper Selected as Next Head Coach of Ithaca Football". Ithaca Bombers. February 22, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Ithaca Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "NCAA Record" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. February 3, 1988. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
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