# List of Alma Scots head football coaches

The Alma Scots football program is a college football team that represents Alma College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 30 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1894. The current coach is Jason Couch, class of 1997. The former head coach is Greg Pscodna, who replaced Jim Cole who had coached the Scots for a record 21 seasons, taking the position in 1991.

## 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 2024 season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | PW | PL | CCs | NCs |
| 1 | John T. Ewing | 1894 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | J. M. Duffy | 1895 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | C. E. Woodruff | 1896 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | John H. Rice | 1897 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | George B. Wells | 1898 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5a | George Sweetland | 1898 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Edward Fauver | 1899 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .583 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Charles A. Allen | 1900 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Theron W. Mortimer | 1901 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Fred M. Hatch | 1902 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 10 | Pearl Fuller | 1903 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Ebin Wilson | 1904–1905 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Jesse Harper$^†$ | 1906–1907 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Ira T. Carrithers | 1908–1909 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Dennis Grady | 1910–1911 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 15 | Wilfred C. Bleamaster | 1912–1916 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 3 | .486 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| 16 | Harry Helmer | 1917 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 17 | Alger H. Wood | 1919 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Edwin Steele | 1920 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Royal R. Campbell | 1921–1935 | 117 | 59 | 48 | 10 | .547 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| 20 | Gordon MacDonald | 1936–1943 | 60 | 33 | 22 | 5 | .592 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| 21 | Floyd E. Lear | 1944–1945 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .077 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Steve Sebo | 1946–1948 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | .674 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 23 | Lloyd Eaton | 1949–1955 | 62 | 40 | 20 | 2 | .661 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| 24 | Art Smith | 1956–1962 | 60 | 21 | 37 | 2 | .367 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | William "Bill" Carr | 1963–1964 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Denny Stolz | 1965–1970 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 0 | .680 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| 27 | Phil Brooks | 1971–1990 | 180 | 94 | 86 | 0 | .522 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| 28 | Jim Cole | 1991–2012 | 214 | 115 | 99 | 0 | .537 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| 29 | Greg Pscodna | 2012–2017 | 60 | 20 | 40 | 0 | .333 | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Jason Couch | 2018– | 67 | 45 | 22 | 0 | .672 | | | | | | 2 | |