List of WPI Engineers head football coaches
The WPI Engineers college football team represents Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). The Engineers compete as part of the NCAA Division III. The program has had 11 head coaches since it began play during the 1887 season. Since April 2010, Chris Robertson has served as head coach at WPI.
Key[edit]
| 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]
| No. | Name[A 6] | Season(s)[A 7] | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 3 |
James C. Donnelly | 1909 1911 1915 |
25 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0.320 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Charley Donnelly | 1913 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Fordyce T. Blake | 1916–1922 | 48 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 0.135 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Ivan Bigler | 1923–1940 | 114 | 42 | 62 | 10 | 0.412 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Paul Stagg | 1941–1946 | 31 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0.226 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Robert W. Pritchard | 1947–1966 | 135 | 60 | 73 | 2 | 0.452 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Mel Massucco | 1967–1977 | 86 | 25 | 60 | 1 | 0.297 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Bob Weiss | 1978–1987 | 80 | 45 | 30 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Jack Siedlecki | 1988–1992 | 48 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0.760 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 11 | Kevin Morris | 1993–1998 | 58 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 0.429 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0.471 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 12 | Ed Zaloom | 1999–2009 | 107 | 47 | 60 | — | 0.439 | 23 | 48 | — | 0.324 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 13 | Chris Robertson | 2010–present | 132 | 62 | 70 | — | 0.470 | 36 | 51 | — | 0.414 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
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]
- ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division III football season.
- ^ The head coach is unknown for the 1887–1888, 1910, 1912, and 1914 seasons.
- ^ WPI did not field teams for the 1889–1890 and 1891–1908 seasons.
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.