# Adams State Grizzlies football

The Adams State Grizzlies football team represents Adams State University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Grizzlies are members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), fielding its team in the RMAC since 1957. The Grizzlies play their home games at Rex Stadium in Alamosa, Colorado. The team was formally known as the Adams State Indians.
Their current head coach is Levi Gallas, who has held the position since 2024.

## Conference affiliations

* Independent (1930–1945)
* New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference (1946–1955)
* Independent (1956)
* Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1957–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, and championships :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC |
| 1 | Clifton White | 1930–1937 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0.392 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Henry Canine | 1938 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Vernon Hopper | 1939–1942 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0.316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Neal Mehring | 1946–1947 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.733 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 5 | William C. Heiss | 1948–1949 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0.676 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.722 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Orval Steffen | 1950–1951 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0.333 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Michael Stimack | 1952–1956 | 44 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0.330 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.521 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | Ernie Smith | 1957–1958 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0.079 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.150 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Darrell Mudra | 1959–1962 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0.878 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.938 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Donald McKillip | 1963–1967, 1969 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 0.684 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Gene Carpenter | 1968 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.889 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Ron Harms | 1970–1973 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0.611 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0.750 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Bill Schade | 1974–1976 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0.519 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0.545 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | James Paronto | 1977–1980 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0.537 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0.576 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 15 | Richard Ulrich | 1981 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.389 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Joel Swisher | 1982–1983 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0.421 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Jeff Geiser | 1984–1996 | 135 | 65 | 68 | 2 | 0.489 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 0.506 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 |
| 18 | David Elsenrath | 1997–1999 | 31 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0.290 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Wayne McGinn | 2000–2007 | 87 | 35 | 52 | 0 | 0.402 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Marty Heaton | 2008–2014 | 77 | 42 | 35 | 0 | 0.545 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 0.540 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Timm Rosenbach | 2015–2017 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0.281 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0.310 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Josh Blankenship | 2018–2020 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0.364 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0.400 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Jarrell Harrison | 2021–2024 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0.136 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0.139 | – | – | – | – | – |

## 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 |
| Adams State Indians |||||||||||||||
| 1930 | 1930 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | — | — |
| 1931 | 1931 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1932 | 1932 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1933 | 1933 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1934 | 1934 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 3 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1935 | 1935 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 5 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1936 | 1936 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1937 | 1937 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 2 | 3 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1938 | 1938 | Henry Canine | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1939 | 1939 | Vernon Hopper | NCAA | — | Independent | 3 | 2 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1940 | 1940 | Vernon Hopper | NCAA | — | Independent | 0 | 5 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1941 | 1941 | Vernon Hopper | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 3 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1942 | 1942 | Vernon Hopper | NCAA | — | Independent | 2 | 3 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| No team from 1943 to 1945 |||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Neal Mehring | NCAA | — | NMIC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | Neal Mehring | NCAA | — | NMIC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1948 | William C. Heiss | NCAA | — | NMIC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1949 | 1949 | William C. Heiss | NCAA | — | NMIC | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1950 | Orval Steffen | NCAA | — | NMIC | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1951 | Orval Steffen | NCAA | — | NMIC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1952 | 1952 | Michael Stimack | NCAA | — | NMIC | 2 | 5 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1953 | Michael Stimack | NCAA | — | NMIC | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1954 | Michael Stimack | NCAA | — | NMIC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1955 | Michael Stimack | NCAA | — | NMIC | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — |
| 1956 | 1956 | Michael Stimack | NCAA | College Division | Independent | 0 | 8 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1957 | 1957 | Ernie Smith | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6th | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1958 | Ernie Smith | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1959 | 1959 | Darrell Mudra | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1960 | 1960 | Darrell Mudra | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1961 | 1961 | Darrell Mudra | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1962 | 1962 | Darrell Mudra | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — |
| 1963 | 1963 | Donald McKillip | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1964 | 1964 | Donald McKillip | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1965 | Donald McKillip | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1966 | 1966 | Donald McKillip | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 8 | 2 | 0 | | | | | W Mineral Water | — |
| 1967 | 1967 | Donald McKillip | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 8 | 1 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1968 | 1968 | Gene Carpenter | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 8 | 1 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1969 | 1969 | Donald McKillip | NCAA | College Division | RMAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1st (Mountain) | 6 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — |
| 1970 | 1970 | Ron Harms | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3rd (Mountain) | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1971 | 1971 | Ron Harms | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–1st (Mountain) | 5 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — |
| 1972 | 1972 | Ron Harms | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1973 | 1973 | Ron Harms | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1974 | 1974 | Bill Schade | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1975 | 1975 | Bill Schade | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | No. 15 |
| 1976 | 1976 | Bill Schade | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1977 | 1977 | James Paronto | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1978 | 1978 | James Paronto | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1979 | 1979 | James Paronto | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1980 | 1980 | James Paronto | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | No. 10 |
| 1981 | 1981 | Richard Ulrich | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 1982 | 1982 | Joel Swisher | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 1983 | 1983 | Joel Swisher | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1984 | 1984 | Jeff Geiser | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | No. 20 |
| 1985 | 1985 | Jeff Geiser | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1986 | 1986 | Jeff Geiser | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1987 | 1987 | Jeff Geiser | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1988 | 1988 | Jeff Geiser | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | L NAIA Seminfinals | No. 16 |
| 1989 | 1989 | Jeff Geiser | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA First Round | No. 1 |
| 1990 | 1990 | Jeff Geiser | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1991 | Jeff Geiser | NAIA | Division I | RMAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | No. 16 |
| 1992 | 1992 | Jeff Geiser | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1993 | 1993 | Jeff Geiser | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1994 | Jeff Geiser | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 3 | 7 | 1 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1995 | Jeff Geiser | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1996 | Jeff Geiser | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Adams State Grizzlies |||||||||||||||
| 1997 | 1997 | David Elsenrath | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | David Elsenrath | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1999 | David Elsenrath | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2000 | Wayne McGinn | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2001 | 2001 | Wayne McGinn | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2002 | 2002 | Wayne McGinn | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2003 | 2003 | Wayne McGinn | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2004 | 2004 | Wayne McGinn | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2005 | Wayne McGinn | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2006 | Wayne McGinn | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2007 | Wayne McGinn | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2008 | Marty Heaton | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009 | 2009 | Marty Heaton | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2010 | Marty Heaton | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2011 | Marty Heaton | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2012 | Marty Heaton | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2013 | Marty Heaton | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2014 | Marty Heaton | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2015 | Timm Rosenbach | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2016 | Timm Rosenbach | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2017 | Timm Rosenbach | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2018 | Josh Blankenship | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2019 | Josh Blankenship | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| No team in 2020 due to COVID-19 |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Jarrell Harrison | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | Jarrell Harrison | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | Jarrell Harrison | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2024 | Jarrell Harrison | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
* ↑ Adams State forfeited three victories including a conference win over Western New Mexico