# List of Bethany Swedes head football coaches

The Bethany Swedes football program (historically known as the "Terrible Swedes") is a college football team that represents Bethany College in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 17 head coaches on record since its first recorded football game in 1893.
The current head coach is Curran White who took over for the 2019 season. White replaced Paul Hubbard who took the position after the conclusion of the 2014 season and the departure of Manny Matsakis. Matsakis was hired in March 2013 to replace Jamie Cruce who first took the position for the 2006 season and resigned after completion of the 2012 season.
The two most successful coaches in terms of winning percentage are Bennie Owen and Ted Kessinger, both who have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

## 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 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | A. W. Kjellstrand | 1893–1894 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| X | no team | 1895–1900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| X | Unknown | 1901 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .688 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Bennie Owen$^†$ | 1902–1904 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | .767 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | College Football Hall of Fame (1951) |
| X | no team | 1905–1914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | E. O. Brown | 1915–1916 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .233 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Quince Banbury | 1917–1919 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 2 | .286 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Guy C. Omer | 1920–1921 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .618 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Adrian Lindsey | 1922–1926 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 2 | .610 | — | — | — | | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 7 | George Carlson | 1927–1933 | 56 | 21 | 29 | 6 | .429 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Elmer Schaake | 1934–1937 | 34 | 13 | 19 | 2 | .412 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (1972) |
| 9 | Ray D. Hahn | 1938–1942 1946–1956 | 136 | 55 | 77 | 4 | .419 | — | — | — | | — | — | 1 | — | |
| X | no team | 1943–1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Hal Collins | 1957–1960 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | .368 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Phil Miller | 1961–1964 | 36 | 16 | 18 | 2 | .472 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Keith Rasmussen | 1965–1973 | 84 | 43 | 38 | 3 | .530 | — | — | — | | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 13 | Van Hollaway | 1974–1975 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | Ted Kessinger$^†$ | 1976–2003 | 277 | 219 | 57 | 1 | .792 | 198 | 40 | 1 | .831 | 3 | 9 | 16 | — | Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (2005) NAIA Hall of Fame (2003) College Football Hall of Fame (2010) KCAC Coach of the Year (11 times) |
| 15 | Tony Johnson | 2004–2006 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 0 | .241 | 7 | 20 | 0 | .259 | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | Jamie Cruce | 2007–2012 | 62 | 28 | 34 | 0 | .452 | 22 | 33 | 0 | .411 | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | Manny Matsakis | 2013–2014 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .364 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | | |
| 18 | Paul Hubbard | 2015–2018 | 43 | 11 | 32 | 0 | .256 | 10 | 27 | 0 | .270 | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | Curran White | 2019 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Tyrone Carter | 2020–2022 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 0 | .040 | 0 | 20 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Mike Grossner | 2023–present | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .158 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |