# Briar Cliff Chargers football

The Briar Cliff Chargers football team represents Briar Cliff University in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Chargers are members of the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), fielding its team in the GPAC since 2003. The Chargers play their home games at Faber Field in Sioux City, Iowa.
Their head coach is Shane LaDage, who took over the position for the 2021 season.

## Conference affiliations

* Club team (2001–2002)
* Great Plains Athletic Conference (2003–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 and conference records :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
| 1 | Dick Strittmatter | 2001–2007 | 53 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 0.226 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0.200 |
| 2 | Tom Rethman | 2008–2016 | 99 | 21 | 78 | 0 | 0.212 | 16 | 67 | 0 | 0.193 |
| 3 | Dennis Wagner | 2017–2020 | 42 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0.286 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0.257 |
| 4 | Shane LaDage | 2021–present | 33 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0.242 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0.200 |

## 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 |
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| 2001 | 2001 | Dick Strittmatter | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | — | — |
| 2002 | 2002 | Dick Strittmatter | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | — | — |
| 2003 | 2003 | Dick Strittmatter | NAIA | — | GPAC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| 2004 | 2004 | Dick Strittmatter | NAIA | — | GPAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2005 | Dick Strittmatter | NAIA | — | GPAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2006 | Dick Strittmatter | NAIA | — | GPAC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2007 | Dick Strittmatter | NAIA | — | GPAC | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2008 | Tom Rethman | NAIA | — | GPAC | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009 | 2009 | Tom Rethman | NAIA | — | GPAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2010 | Tom Rethman | NAIA | — | GPAC | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2011 | Tom Rethman | NAIA | — | GPAC | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 2012 | Tom Rethman | NAIA | — | GPAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2013 | Tom Rethman | NAIA | — | GPAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2014 | Tom Rethman | NAIA | — | GPAC | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2015 | Tom Rethman | NAIA | — | GPAC | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2016 | Tom Rethman | NAIA | — | GPAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2017 | Dennis Wagner | NAIA | — | GPAC | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2018 | Dennis Wagner | NAIA | — | GPAC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2019 | Dennis Wagner | NAIA | — | GPAC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020 | 2019 | Dennis Wagner | NAIA | — | GPAC | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2021 | Shane LaDage | NAIA | — | GPAC | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | Shane LaDage | NAIA | — | GPAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | Shane LaDage | NAIA | — | GPAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — |