# List of Washburn Ichabods head football coaches

The Washburn Ichabods football program is a college football team that represents Washburn University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, a part of NCAA Division II. The team has had 41 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1891. The current coach is Zach Watkins who first took the position for the 2025 season.

## Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | 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 2023 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| 0 | Unknown | 1891–1893 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Moses W. Games | 1894 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| X | no team | 1895 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — |
| 2 | Walter Griffiths | 1896 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .833 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | Paul Coldren | 1897–1898 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .816 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | William Melford | 1899 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .333 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Bennie Owen$^†$ | 1900 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Lawrence Banks | 1901 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .438 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | H. Ward Page | 1902 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | A. R. Kennedy | 1903 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .938 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | John H. Outland$^†$ | 1904–1905 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .725 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Garfield Weede | 1906–1908 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | .750 | — | — | — | | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 11 | Robert Stewart | 1909–1910 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | William L. Driver | 1911–1912 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | Glen Gray | 1913–1915 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .500 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | A. R. Kennedy | 1916–1917 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | .316 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 15 | Ernest Bearg | 1918–1919 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .821 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | Dwight Ream | 1920–1921 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | .474 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | Glenn D. Vosburg | 1922 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | George Woodward | 1923–1926 | 34 | 7 | 23 | 4 | .265 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | Roy Wynne | 1927–1928 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Ernest Bearg | 1929–1935 | 71 | 37 | 31 | 3 | .542 | — | — | — | | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 21 | Elmer Holm | 1936–1941 | 57 | 23 | 31 | 3 | .430 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | Bob Raugh | 1942–1943 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | .250 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Dee Errikson | 1944 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | Lew Lane | 1945 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | Dick Godlove | 1946–1958 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .654 | — | — | — | | — | — | 3 | — | |
| 26 | Ralph Brown | 1959–1961 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0 | .370 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | Ellis Rainsberger | 1962–1964 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | .593 | — | — | — | | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 28 | Ed Linta | 1965–1966 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .250 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | Bill Schaake | 1967–1968 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | Harold Elliott | 1969–1970 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .550 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 31 | Bob Noblitt | 1971–1973 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | .383 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 32 | Larry Elliott | 1974–1978 | 51 | 29 | 21 | 1 | .578 | — | — | — | | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 33 | Gary Hampton | 1979–1980 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | .300 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 34 | Glenn Jagodzinske | 1981–1982 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 35 | George Tardiff | 1983–1984 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 36 | Larry Elliott | 1984–1989 | 65 | 23 | 42 | 0 | .354 | — | — | — | | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 37 | Dennis Caryl | 1990–1993 | 39 | 7 | 32 | 0 | .179 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 38 | Andy Williams | 1993 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 39 | Tony DeMeo | 1994–2001 | 85 | 32 | 53 | 0 | .376 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 40 | Craig Schurig | 2002–2024 | 251 | 141 | 110 | 0 | .562 | 120 | 97 | — | .553 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | |
| 41 | Zach Watkins | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |