List of West Virginia Tech Golden Bears head football coaches

The West Virginia Tech Golden Bears football program was a college football team that represented West Virginia University Institute of Technology in the Mid-South Conference, a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team had 25 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1907. The final coach was Scott Tinsley who first took the position for the 2008 season.[1] The Golden Bears' program was discontinued following the 2011 season.[2]

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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No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs Awards
0 Unknown 1907–1912 2 0 2 0 .000
1 Robert Fudge 1920 6 1 4 1 .250
2 Red Weaver 1921 8 4 3 1 .563
3 R. C. Garrison 1922 8 5 1 2 .750
4 Homer C. Martin 1923–1926 29 15 9 5 .603
5 C. R. MacGillivray 1927 6 0 6 0 .000
6 Ken Shroyer 1928–1933 44 28 11 5 .693
7 Marshall L. Shearer 1934 5 0 5 0 .000
8 Steve Harrick 1935–1946 74 34 39 1 .466
9 Charles Hockenberry 1947–1948 18 10 8 0 .556
10 Herb Royer 1949–1950 19 14 3 2 .789
11 Don L. Phillips 1951–1956 52 28 23 1 .548
12 Ray H. Watson 1957–1959 26 16 8 2 .654
13 Charley Cobb 1960–1975 136 44 83 9 .357
14 Roy Lucas 1976–1982 65 26 35 4 .431
15 Jim Heal 1983–1988 60 26 32 2 .450
16 Bob Gobel 1989–1995 51 8 42 1 .167
17 Jim Marsh 1990 10 3 7 0 .300
18 Kevin Bradley 1991 10 0 10 0 .000
19 Paul Price 1996–1998 33 1 32 0 .030
20 Mike Springston 1999–2002 41 16 25 0 .390
21 Mauro Monz 2003–2004 22 5 17 0 .227
22 Bill Briggs 2005 11 0 11 0 .000
23 Shane Beatty 2006–2007 22 2 20 0 .091
24 Scott Tinsley 2008–2011 43 6 37 0 .140

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.[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

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  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "West Virginia Tech Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  2. ^ "West Virginia Tech football program discontinued". USA Today. Associated Press. November 15, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  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.