List of Drexel Dragons head football coaches

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This is a list of Drexel Dragons football coaches.

Key[edit]

Years Duration of head coaching career at Drexel
Won Number of games won at Drexel
Lost Number of games lost at Drexel
Tied Number of games tied at Drexel
% Percentage of games won at Drexel
* Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach

Head coaches[edit]

Head Coach Years Won Lost Tied %
No coach 1892–1897
David Leroy Reeves 1898 7 0 0 1.000
No coach 1899–1918
W. L. Ridpath 1919 0 4 0 .000
William McAvoy 1920–1921 2 9 1 .208
Harry J. O'Brien 1922–1925 6 26 1 .197
Ollie Reed 1926 2 5 0 .286
Walter Halas 1927–1941 71 44 10 .608
Albert H. Repscha 1942 2 6 0 .250
Maury McMains 1944–1945, 1948 4 10 0 .286
Ralph Chase 1946–1948 3 17 0 .150
Otis Douglas 1949 3 3 1 .500
Eddie Allen 1950–1957 33 24 1 .578
Jack Hinkle 1958–1960 2 20 1 .109
Tom Grebis 1961–1968 39 24 2 .615
Sterling Brown 1969–1973 16 25 0 .400

References[edit]

From http://www.drexeldragons.com/hof.aspx?hof=493&path=&kiosk= : Tom Grebis served as the head coach of Drexel football from 1961 to 1968. In his time at Drexel, he secured the highest winning percentage among Drexel football coaches (.625). Grebis is also the second-winningest coach in Drexel history, earning 39 victories. He finished with a career record of 39-24-2. Grebis also coached the Drexel team that scored the most points in a season: 206 in 1964. A 1954 graduate from Drexel, Grebis was a star halfback with the Dragons from 1952 to 1954; he served as the team’s co-captain in 1953 and 1954. Grebis was top scorer and pass receiver during the 1952 season, scoring 36 points and receiving nine passes to gain 249 yards.