The Virginia Union Panthers football team represents Virginia Union University in college football. The team competes at the NCAA Division II level as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA). The program has had 24 head coaches since it began to play during the 1899 college football season. Since the start of the 2018 season, Alvin Parker has served as head coach of the Panthers.
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Key
editGeneral | 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
editNo. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | DC | CC | NC |
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1 | James Robert Lincoln Diggs | 1900–1901 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2 | Frank C. Dickey | 1902 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
3 | Henry E. Barco | 1903, 1911–1912 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.313 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
4 | John W. Barco | 1904–1907 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0.433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
5 | Wessley A. Stevens | 1908–1910 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
6 | James E. Garner | 1913–1914 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – |
7 | S. M. F. Fisher | 1915–1916 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | – | – | – | – | – |
8 | Wesley A. Daniel | 1917 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – |
9 | H. L. Harris | 1918 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.750 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.750 | – | – | – | – | – |
10 | Henry B. Hucles | 1919–1920, 1926–1942 | 161 | 92 | 51 | 18 | 0.627 | 70 | 44 | 16 | 0.600 | – | – | – | – | – |
11 | Harold D. Martin | 1921–1923 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0.841 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.917 | – | – | – |
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12 | Thomas W. Harvey | 1924–1925 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.607 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.583 | – | – | – | – | – |
13 | Sam B. Taylor | 1945–1948 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 0.527 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0.383 | – | – | – | – | – |
14 | Bernard Smith | 1949 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – |
15 | Thomas Harris | 1950–1970 | 186 | 98 | 83 | 5 | 0.540 | 86 | 77 | 4 | 0.527 | – | – | – | – | – |
16 | Willard Bailey | 1971–1983, 1995–2003 | 236 | 157 | 73 | 6 | 0.678 | 111 | 44 | 5 | 0.709 | 0 | 5 |
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17 | Joe Taylor | 1984–1991 | 82 | 60 | 19 | 3 | 0.750 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 0.755 | 0 | 3 |
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18 | Richard Macon & Willie Spence | 1992 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.389 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.583 | – | – | – | – | – |
19 | Henry Lattimore | 1993–1994 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0.167 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0.219 | – | – | – | – | – |
20 | Arrington Jones | 2004–2007 | 42 | 21 | 21 | – | 0.500 | 16 | 13 | – | 0.552 | – | – |
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21 | Gregory Richardson | 2008 | 10 | 5 | 5 | – | 0.500 | 3 | 4 | – | 0.429 | – | – | – | – | – |
22 | Michael Bailey | 2009–2013 | 50 | 22 | 28 | – | 0.440 | 17 | 18 | – | 0.486 | – | – |
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23 | Mark James | 2014–2017 | 40 | 26 | 14 | – | 0.650 | 20 | 8 | – | 0.714 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – |
24 | Alvin Parker | 2018–present | 52 | 39 | 13 | – | 0.750 | 29 | 7 | – | 0.806 | 0 | 2 |
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Notes
edit- ^ 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.[1]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[2]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.