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An "Honorable Mention" All-American player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers , Andrew Frank Schoeppel was head football coach at Fort Hays State for the 1929 season, garnering a record of 2–5. He later became the 29th Governor of Kansas . The Fort Hays State Tigers football program is a college football team that represents Fort Hays State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association , a part of NCAA Division II . The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1902.[1] After it was announced that head coach Kevin Verdugo would not return for the 2011 season,[2] Chris Brown was announced as the new head coach.[3]
The coach with the most wins for the team was Bob Cortese with 55, and James J. Yeager had the highest winning percentage at .800 in 1935. Wayne J. McConnell coached the most games for the school, 155 games total from 1956 through 1968. One year coach Andrew Frank Schoeppel went on to become the 29th Governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947 and a U.S. Senator from 1949 until his death. Jim Gilstrap went on to a successful coaching career in the Canadian Football League .
Key Key to symbols in coaches list General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1] No. Order of coaches[A 2] 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[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage † Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage [A 4]
Coaches Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 season.
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