# List of Wabash Little Giants head football coaches

The Wabash Little Giants football program is a college football team that represents Wabash College in the North Coast Athletic Conference, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 34 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1884. The current coach is Jake Gilbert 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

| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards |
| 1 | Edwin R. Taber | 1884 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Evans Woollen | 1886 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | William K. Martin | 1887 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | C. Sherman King | 1889 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Robert A. King | 1890 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Mason B. Thomas | 1891 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | William C. Malley | 1892 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Elmer G. Horton | 1893 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | A. Vernon Randall | 1894 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Franklin D. Arms | 1895 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Frank M. Gould | 1896 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | James B. Modesitt | 1898–1899 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Anthony Chez | 1900 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Frederick Feil | 1901 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Ebin Wilson | 1902–1903 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Frank Cayou | 1904–1907 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | .603 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Ralph Jones | 1908 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Jesse Harper | 1909–1912 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | .615 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Clarence H. Thurber | 1913–1914 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .536 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Paul Sheeks | 1915–1916 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .853 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | J. Russell Townsend | 1917–1918 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .208 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Robert E. Vaughan | 1919–1945 | 224 | 115 | 85 | 24 | .567 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Glen Harmeson | 1946–1950 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 6 | .683 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Garland Frazier | 1951–1960 | 89 | 48 | 35 | 6 | .573 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Kenneth W. Keuffel | 1961–1966 | 53 | 28 | 20 | 5 | .575 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Max Urick | 1967–1970 | 35 | 11 | 22 | 2 | .343 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Dick Bowman | 1971–1973 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | .467 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Frank Navarro | 1974–1977 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 0 | .605 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Stan Parrish | 1978–1982 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 1 | .924 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Greg Carlson | 1983–2000 | 171 | 112 | 57 | 2 | .661 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Chris Creighton | 2001–2007 | 78 | 63 | 15 | 0 | .808 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Erik Raeburn | 2008–2015 | 91 | 78 | 13 | 0 | .857 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Don Morel | 2016–2024 | 81 | 61 | 20 | 0 | .753 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Jake Gilbert | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |