# Rio Grande RedStorm football

The Rio Grande RedStorm football team represents the University of Rio Grande in college football at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) level. The RedStorm have been members of the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) since the program resumed play in 2025. The RedStorm play their home games at Jackson High School's Alumni Field in Jackson, Ohio.
Their head coach is Mark Thurston, who took over the position during the 2024 season before the team began play. The school initially hired former NFL player and Fairmont State running backs coach Quincy Wilson to be their head coach, but he was fired during the 2024 season.

## Conference affiliations

* Appalachian Athletic Conference (2025–present)

## List of head coaches
### 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

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| - | Unknown | 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1939, 1946–1947 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0.382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Davis | 1915–1916 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Kendall B. Taft | 1920 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lester Berridge | 1921 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul R. Lyne | 1923–1929, 1931–1937 | 97 | 38 | 55 | 4 | 0.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Spooner | 1930 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ray Troth | 1938 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Forrest Wyatt | 1940 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mendell Beattie | 1941–1943, 1945 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0.174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Paul Sager | 1948 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Christy E. Arnold | 1949 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mark Thurston | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Year-by-year results

| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | | | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Rio Grande Redmen |||||||||||||||
| 1914 | 1914 | Unknown | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1915 | 1915 | Davis | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1916 | 1916 | Davis | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1917 | 1917 | Unknown | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No team in 1918 |||||||||||||||
| 1919 | 1919 | Unknown | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | 1920 | Kendall B. Taft | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1921 | 1921 | Lester Berridge | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1922 | 1922 | Unknown | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1923 | 1923 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1924 | 1924 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1925 | 1925 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1926 | 1926 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1927 | 1927 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1928 | 1928 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1929 | 1929 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | 1930 | Spooner | — | — | — | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1931 | 1931 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1932 | 1932 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1933 | 1933 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1934 | 1934 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1935 | 1935 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1936 | 1936 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1937 | 1937 | Paul R. Lyne | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1938 | 1938 | Ray Troth | — | — | — | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1939 | 1939 | Unknown | — | — | — | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | 1940 | Forrest Wyatt | NAIA | — | — | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1941 | 1941 | Mendell Beattie | NAIA | — | — | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1942 | 1942 | Mendell Beattie | NAIA | — | — | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1943 | 1943 | Mendell Beattie | NAIA | — | — | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No team in 1944 |||||||||||||||
| 1945 | 1945 | Mendell Beattie | NAIA | | | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1946 | 1946 | Unknown | NAIA | | | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | Unknown | NAIA | | | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948 | 1948 | Paul Sager | NAIA | | | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1949 | 1949 | Christy E. Arnold | NAIA | | | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No team from 1950 to 2024 |||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2025 | Mark Thurston | NAIA | — | AAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |