Adams State Grizzlies football
| Adams State Grizzlies football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1930 |
| Athletic director | Katelyn Smith |
| Head coach | Vacant 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Rex Stadium (capacity: 1,500) |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Alamosa, Colorado |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | RMAC |
| Past conferences | Independent (1930–1945, 1956) NMIC (1946–1955) |
| All-time record | 381–437–19 (.467) |
| Bowl record | 2–0 (1.000) |
| Playoff appearances | 2 |
| Playoff record | 2–2 |
| Conference titles | 8 |
| Division titles | 2 |
| Rivalries | Fort Lewis[1] |
| Colors | Green and white[2] |
| Mascot | Grizzly bear |
| Website | asugrizzlies.com |
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The Adams State Grizzlies football team represents Adams State University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Grizzlies are members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), fielding its team in the RMAC since 1957. The Grizzlies play their home games at Rex Stadium in Alamosa, Colorado. The team was formally known as the Adams State Indians.
Their most recent head coach is Jarrell Harrison, who held the position from 2021 to 2024.[3][4]
Conference affiliations
[edit]- Independent (1930–1945)
- New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference (1946–1955)
- Independent (1956)
- Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1957–present)
List of head coaches
[edit]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 | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clifton White[8] | 1930–1937 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0.392 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Henry Canine[9] | 1938 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Vernon Hopper[8] | 1939–1942 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0.316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Neal Mehring[8] | 1946–1947 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.733 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 5 | William C. Heiss[8] | 1948–1949 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0.676 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.722 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Orval Steffen[8] | 1950–1951 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0.333 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Michael Stimack[8] | 1952–1956 | 44 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0.330 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.521 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | Ernie Smith[10] | 1957–1958 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0.079 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.150 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Darrell Mudra[11] | 1959–1962 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0.878 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.938 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Donald McKillip[8] | 1963–1967, 1969 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 0.684 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Gene Carpenter[12] | 1968 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.889 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Ron Harms[8] | 1970–1973 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0.611 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0.750 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Bill Schade[8] | 1974–1976 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0.519 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0.545 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | James Paronto[13] | 1977–1980 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0.537 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0.576 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 15 | Richard Ulrich[8] | 1981 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.389 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Joel Swisher[8] | 1982–1983 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0.421 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Jeff Geiser[8] | 1984–1996 | 135 | 65 | 68 | 2 | 0.489 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 0.506 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 |
| 18 | David Elsenrath[14] | 1997–1999 | 31 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0.290 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Wayne McGinn[8] | 2000–2007 | 87 | 35 | 52 | 0 | 0.402 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Marty Heaton[15] | 2008–2014 | 77 | 42 | 35 | 0 | 0.545 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 0.540 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Timm Rosenbach[16] | 2015–2017 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0.281 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0.310 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Josh Blankenship[17] | 2018–2020 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0.364 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0.400 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Jarrell Harrison[18] | 2021–2024 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0.136 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0.139 | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results
[edit]| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Adams State Indians | ||||||||||||||
| 1930 | 1930 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1938 | 1938 | Henry Canine | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1939 | 1939 | Vernon Hopper | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1942 | 1942 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team from 1943 to 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Neal Mehring | NCAA | — | NMIC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | William C. Heiss | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | Orval Steffen | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1951 | 1951 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1952 | 1952 | Michael Stimack | 2 | 5 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1953 | 1953 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1954 | 1954 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | College Division | Independent | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | Ernie Smith | RMAC | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6th | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | 1958 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | Darrell Mudra | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1960 | 1960 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — | ||||
| 1963 | 1963 | Donald McKillip | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1964 | 1964 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 8 | 2 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — | ||||||||
| 1967 | 1967 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1968 | 1968 | Gene Carpenter | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1969 | 1969 | Donald McKillip | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1st (Mountain) | 6 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — | |||
| 1970 | 1970 | Ron Harms | NAIA | Division I | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3rd (Mountain) | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–1st (Mountain) | 5 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | Bill Schade | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | No. 15 | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | James Paronto | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1978 | 1978 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | No. 10 | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | Richard Ulrich | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1982 | 1982 | Joel Swisher | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | 1983 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | Jeff Geiser | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | No. 20 | |||
| 1985 | 1985 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2nd[a] | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | L NAIA Seminfinals | No. 16 | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA First Round | No. 1 | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | No. 16 | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | NCAA | Division II | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 3 | 7 | 1 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| Adams State Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | 1997 | David Elsenrath | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | Wayne McGinn | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Marty Heaton | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | Timm Rosenbach | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | Josh Blankenship | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| No team in 2020 due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Jarrell Harrison | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
- ^ Adams State forfeited three victories including a conference win over Western New Mexico
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.[5]
- ^ 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.[6]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[7]
References
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- ^ "Logo Guidelines and Download – Public Relations & Marketing". Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ "How Vegas prep football great landed dream job as college coach - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". lasvegassun.com. May 10, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Adams State Football Coach Jarrell Harrison Steps Down After Four Seasons". asugrizzlies.com. November 18, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Adams State Coaching Records". January 7, 2009. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Obituary for HENRY E. CAN". The Rock Island Argus. July 12, 1939. p. 16. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Article clipped from Greeley Daily Tribune". Greeley Daily Tribune. December 27, 1958. p. 8. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Henry Blog: Former FSU football coach Mudra, 86, still active". May 14, 2021. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Article clipped from The Kane Republican". The Kane Republican. January 12, 1970. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Jim Paronto (2014) - Hall of Fame". Adams State University Athletics. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ Report, Co-Lin (July 9, 2015). "Elsenrath hired to coach Co-Lin Wolves' offensive line". Daily Leader. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Article clipped from The Daily Sentinel". The Daily Sentinel. November 23, 2007. p. 21. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Timm Rosenbach Takes Over As Head Coach For Adams State Football". Adams State University Athletics. December 22, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ World, Bill Haisten Tulsa (January 3, 2021). "Josh Blankenship, son of Owasso's Bill Blankenship, to be introduced as Broken Arrow football coach". Tulsa World. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ Arnold, Patti (October 8, 2021). "Making history: For first time, 2 Black head coaches meet in RMAC football". Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. p. 13. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". stats.ncaa.org. Retrieved July 25, 2023.