# List of Baker Wildcats head football coaches

The Baker Wildcats football program is a college football team that represents Baker University in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1890. The current coach is Miguel Regalado who first took the position for the 2023 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 2024 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | PW | PL | CCs | NCs |
| 1 | Salem Goodale | 1890–1891 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .722 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Frank Crawford | 1892 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Charles Thomas | 1893 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .929 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | 1894–1908 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Theodore M. Stuart | 1909 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .875 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Louis D. Scherer | 1910–1912 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | .391 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Edward C. Gallagher | 1913–1914 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Thomas D. Shepherd | 1915 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Karl Schlademan | 1916–1918 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | .348 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Arthur F. Smith | 1919 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Emil Liston | 1920–1937 | 181 | 97 | 66 | 18 | .586 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | C. W. Ridgeway | 1938–1939 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Emil Liston | 1940–1942 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X | No team | 1943–1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Karl Spear | 1946–1962 | 152 | 87 | 61 | 4 | .586 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| 14 | James Irick | 1963–1975 | 117 | 50 | 63 | 4 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Joe Girardi | 1976–1979 | 41 | 25 | 15 | 1 | .622 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 16 | Charlie Richard$^†$ | 1980–1990 | 152 | 123 | 28 | 1 | .813 | — | — | — | 11 | 12 | 8 | — |
| 17 | Dan Harris | 1991 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .722 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 18 | Charlie Richard$^†$ | 1992–1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 19 | Steve Schottel | 1995 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | John Frangoulis | 1996–2003 | 84 | 45 | 39 | 0 | .536 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Mike Grossner | 2004–2018 | 172 | 117 | 55 | 0 | .680 | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | 1 | |
| 22 | Jason Thoren | 2019–2022 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 0 | .714 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | | |
| 23 | Miguel Regalado | 2023–present | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .783 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | | |