List of Detroit Titans head football coaches

The Detroit Titans football program was a college football team that represents University of Detroit Mercy as an "independent" program and also in the Missouri Valley Conference, a part of the NCAA University Division. The team has had 18 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1891. The final coach was John Idzik who first took the position for the 1962 season and ended his duties at the end of the final season in 1964.[1]

Key

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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

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Statistics correct as of the end of the 1964 college football season, the last season of intercollegiate play (not counting club football).

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
0 Unknown 1891 1 1 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — —
1 William S. Robinson 1896–1899 20 13 5 2 .700 — — — — — — —
2 John C. Mackey 1900–1901 12 6 6 0 .500 — — — — — — —
3 Edward J. Ryan 1902, 1906 13 7 5 1 .577 — — — — — — —
4 W. Alfred Debo 1903–1904 12 6 6 0 .500 — — — — — — —
5 George A. Kelly 1907–1910 14 7 5 2 .571 — — — — — — —
6 Royal R. Campbell 1911–1912 15 8 6 1 .567 — — — — — — —
7 George M. Lawton 1913–1914 15 6 6 3 .500 — — — — — — —
8 Harry Costello 1915–1916 13 4 7 2 .385 — — — — — — —
9 James F. Duffy 1917–1924 56 43 12 1 .777 — — — — — — —
10 Germany Schulz† 1923 9 4 3 2 .556 — — — — — — —
11 Gus Dorais† 1925–1942 168 113 48 7 .693 — — — — — — 1
12 Chuck Baer 1945–1950 57 35 21 1 .623 — — — — — 1 —
13 Dutch Clark† 1951–1953 30 13 17 0 .433 — — — — — 1 —
14 Wally Fromhart 1954–1958 46 19 25 2 .435 — — — — — 1 —
15 Jim Miller 1959–1961 28 18 10 0 .643 — — — — — — —
16 John Idzik 1962–1964 28 6 21 1 .232 — — — — — — —

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Detroit Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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