List of Emporia State Hornets head football coaches
Coaches
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2016 college football season.

List of Emporia State Hornets head football coaches

Section Title: Coaches
Table Section Text: Statistics correct as of the end of the 2016 college football season.

No.	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

–	no team	1897–1898	0	0	0	0	–	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

X	no coach	1899	4	2	2	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1	John Lamb	1900	9	5	3	1	.611	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

2	Fred Williams	1901	9	2	6	1	.278	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

3	Horace Botsford	1902–1903	20	7	10	3	.425	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

4, 6	Paul Samson	1904–1906 1908	32	16	16	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

5	Owen Samuels	1907	7	1	6	0	.143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

7	Fred Honhart	1909–1911	23	13	8	2	.609	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

8	George Crispin	1912–1913	18	9	9	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

9, 12	Homer Woodson Hargiss	1914–1917 1920–1927	95	61	23	11	.700	—	—	—	—	—	4	—

10	H. D. McChesney	1918	4	2	2	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

11	George McLaren	1919	8	1	5	2	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

13	Fran Welch	1928–1942 1946–1954	212	115	82	15	.578	—	—	—	1	—	6	—

X	No team	1943–1945	0	0	0	0	–	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

14	Keith Caywood	1955–1966	109	25	79	5	.252	—	—	—	—	1	—	—

15	Ron Blaylock	1967–1968	19	6	11	2	.368	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

16	Jim Lance	1969–1970	18	7	11	0	.389	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

17	Harold Elliott	1971–1973	29	17	11	1	.603	—	—	—	—	1	2	—

18	Dave Hoover	1974–1978	49	9	40	0	.184	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

19	Bob Seaman	1979–1982	40	10	30	0	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

20	Larry Kramer	1983–1994	126	71	55	0	.563	—	—	—	2	3	1	—

21	Manny Matsakis	1995–1998	44	26	18	0	.591	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

22	Jerry Kill	1999–2000	22	11	11	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

23	Dave Wiemers	2001–2006	67	35	32	0	.522	—	—	—	1	1	1	—

24	Garin Higgins	2007–present	127	70	57	0	.551	56	53	—	.514	3	3	—	—

Sentence(s)

Higgins was at the 24th head football coach of Emporia State University.

final_sentence: Higgins was at the 24th head football coach of Emporia State University.