List of West Alabama Tigers head football coaches

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The West Alabama Tigers college football team represents the University of West Alabama[A 1] in the Gulf South Conference (GSC). The Tigers compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division II. The program has had 20 head coaches since it began play during the 1938 season.[1] Since December 2013, Brett Gilliland has served as West Alabama's head coach.[2]

The team has played nearly 700 games over 71 seasons of West Alabama football.[1] In that time, five coaches have led the Tigers to postseason appearances: Morris Higginbotham, Mickey Andrews, Jim King, Bobby Wallace and Hall.[1] Hall led the Tigers to their first outright Gulf South championship in 2012.[3] Andrews won West Alabama's lone national championship in 1971 as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.[4]

Sam McCorkle is the leader in seasons coached with eight years with the program.[1] Frank North is the leader in games won with 31 and Andrews has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .750.[1] Robert Cire has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .100.[1] Will Hall led the Tigers to both of their GSC championships.[5] Of the 20 different head coaches who have led the Tigers, Vaughn Mancha has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.[6]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 2]
# Order of coaches[A 3] 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 4] C% Conference winning percentage
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 5]


Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 6]
# Name
[A 7]		 Term
[A 8]		 G W L T PCT CW CL CT PCT PW PL PT CCs NCs Awards
1 Paul Tubb 1939–1941 23 11 10 2 0.522 — — — — — — — 0 0 —
2 Fred McCollum 1946 6 4 2 0 0.667 — — — — — — — 0 0 —
3 C. A. Douglas 1947–1948 17 3 13 1 0.206 — — — — — — — 0 0 —
4 Vaughn Manchadagger 1949–1951 30 18 10 2 0.633 — — — — — — — 0 0 —
5 Bob Williams 1952 10 4 6 0 0.400 — — — — — — — 0 0 —
6 T. Ray Richeson 1953–1956 36 4 31 1 0.125 — — — — — — — 0 0 —
7 Robert Cire 1957–1959 25 2 22 1 0.100 — — — — — — — 0 0 —
8 Jim Garner 1957–1959 64 22 39 3 0.367 — — — — — — — 0 0 —
9 Morris Higginbotham 1967–1969 30 19 9 2 0.667 — — — — 0 1 0 0 0 —
10 Mickey Andrews 1970–1972 32 23 7 2 0.750 — — — — 2 1 0 0 1 – 1971 (NAIA) —
11 Jim King 1973–1976 44 29 14 1 0.670 20 11 1 0.641 1 1 0 0 0 —
12 Jack Crowe 1977–1978 20 5 15 0 0.250 2 13 0 0.133 0 0 0 0 0 —
13 Frank North 1979–1984 60 31 29 0 0.517 17 24 0 0.415 0 0 0 0 0 —
14 Sam McCorkle 1985–1990
2004–2005		 88 24 62 2 0.284 13 51 2 0.212 0 0 0 0 0 —
15 Lloyd Sisco 1991–1993 30 13 16 1 0.450 5 13 1 0.289 0 0 0 0 0 —
16 Todd Stroud 1994–1996 31 6 25 0 0.194 1 21 0 0.045 0 0 0 0 0 —
17 Bobby Johns 1997–2000 42 11 31 — 0.262 6 28 — 0.176 0 0 — 0 0 —
18 Randy Pippin 2001–2003 33 8 25 — 0.242 4 23 — 0.148 0 0 — 0 0 —
19 Bobby Wallace 2006–2010 56 26 30 — 0.464 15 25 — 0.375 1 1 — 0 0 —
20 Will Hall 2011–2013 36 25 11 — 0.694 11 3 — 0.786 1 2 — 2 0 —
21 Brett Gilliland 2014–present 22 12 10 — 0.545 5 9 — 0.357 0 0 — 0 0 —

Notes

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References

General

  • West Alabama Coaching Records. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2011 UWA Football Record Book, pp. 18–21
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