List of Emporia State Hornets head football coaches

Head coach Bill Hargiss maintained an overall winning percentage of .700 at Emporia State.

The Emporia State Hornets football program is a college football team that represents Emporia State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, a part of NCAA Division II. The team has had 24 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1893. The current coach is Garin Higgins who first took the position for the 2007 season.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list

General		Overall		Conference		Postseason
#	Order of coaches	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	C%	Conference winning percentage
	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2014 college football season.

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	NCs	Awards
X	no coach	1893–1896	5	1	4	0	.200	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
–	no team	1897–1898	0	0	0	0	–	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
X	no coach	1899	4	2	2	0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
1	John Lamb	1900	0	5	3	1	.611	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
2	Fred Williams	1901	0	2	6	1	.278	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
3	Horace Botsford	1902–1903	0	7	10	3	.425	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
4, 6	Paul Samson	1904–1906 1908	0	16	16	0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
5	Owen Samuels	1907	0	1	6	0	.143	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
7	Fred Honhart	1909–1911	0	13	8	2	.609	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
8	George Crispin	1912–1913	0	9	9	0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
9, 12	Homer Woodson Hargiss	1914–1917 1920–1927	0	61	23	11	.700	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	4	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
10	H. D. McChesney	1918	0	2	2	0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
11	George McLaren	1919	0	1	5	2	.250	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
13	Fran Welch	1928–1942 1946–1954	0	115	82	15	.578	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		1	5000000000000000000♠—	6	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
X	No team	1943–1945	0	0	0	0	–	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
14	Keith Caywood	1955–1966	0	25	79	5	.252	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
15	Ron Blaylock	1967–1968	0	6	11	2	.368	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
16	Jim Lance	1969–1970	0	7	11	0	.389	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
17	Harold Elliott	1971–1973	0	17	11	1	.603	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	1	2	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
18	Dave Hoover	1974–1978	0	9	40	0	.184	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
19	Bob Seaman	1979–1982	0	10	30	0	.250	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
20	Larry Kramer	1983–1994	0	71	55	0	.563	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		2	3	1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
21	Manny Matsakis	1995–1998	0	26	18	0	.591	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
22	Jerry Kill	1999–2000	0	11	11	0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
23	Dave Wiemers	2001–2006	0	35	32	0	.522	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		1	1	1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠
24	Garin Higgins	2007–present	0	52	49	0	.515	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—		1	1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠

See also

• List of people from Lyon County, Kansas