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List of head football coaches for the Maine Black Bears

Kirk Ferentz was head coach at Maine from 1990 to 1992.

The Maine Black Bears college football team represents the University of Maine in the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAAFC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 37 head coaches since it began play during the 1892 season. Since December 2021, Jordan Stevens has served as head coach at Maine.

Five coaches have led Maine in postseason playoff or bowl games: Harold Westerman, Tim Murphy, Tom Lichtenberg, Jack Cosgrove, Joe Harasymiak. Eighteen coaches have won conference championships: Edward N. Robinson, Frank McCoy, Edgar Wingard, and Tommy Hughitt each had won one; John Wells Farley, Thomas J. Riley, and James A. Baldwin each won two; Harold Westerman won seven; and Fred Brice won nine as a member of the Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association. George E. Allen and William C. Kenyon each won one and Brice won six as a member of the New England Conference. David M. Nelson, Walter Abbott, Ron Rogerson, Murphy, and Lichtenberg each won one, and Westerman won four as a member of the Yankee Conference. Cosgrove won two as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, and Cosgrove and Harasymiak each won one as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Cosgrove is the leader in seasons coached, with 23 years as head coach and in games coached (263) and won (128). Riley has the highest winning percentage of those who have coaced more than one game at 0.781. Chesley Johnston and Wildes Veazie have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 37 different head coaches who have led the Black Bears, Edward N. Robinson has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference 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
1 Chesley Johnston 1892 2 0 2 0 .000 – – – – – – – – – 0 –
2 Wildes Veazie 1893 5 0 5 0 .000 0 4 0 .000 – – – – 0 0 –
3 P. Folsom 1895 5 1 4 0 0.200 0 4 0 .000 – – – – 0 0 –
4 Jack Abbott 1896 6 1 3 2 0.333 1 3 1 0.300 – – – – 0 0 –
5 Harry Orman Robinson 1897 3 1 2 0 0.333 0 2 0 .000 – – – – 0 0 –
6 Jim Coombs 1898 5 1 4 0 0.200 0 4 0 .000 – – – – 0 0 –
7 W. B. Hopkins 1899 5 2 3 0 0.400 2 3 0 0.400 – – – – 0 0 –
8 Ernest Burton 1900 8 4 4 0 0.500 0 4 0 .000 – – – – 0 0 –
9 John Wells Farley 1901
1903 		16 12 4 0 0.750 8 0 0 1.000 – – – – 2 0 –
10 Edward N. Robinson 1902 8 6 2 0 0.750 3 1 0 0.750 – – – – 1 0 –
11 Emmett O. King 1904 9 5 4 0 0.556 0 3 0 .000 – – – – 0 0 –
12 Frank McCoy 1905–1908 32 12 15 5 0.453 5 4 3 0.542 – – – – 1 0 –
13 George Schildmiller 1909 8 3 4 1 0.438 1 2 0 0.333 – – – – 0 0 –
14 Edgar Wingard 1910–1911 16 11 3 2 0.750 3 2 1 0.583 – – – – 1 0 –
15 Thomas J. Riley 1912–1913 16 12 3 1 0.781 6 0 0 1.000 – – – – 2 0 –
16 Eddie Cochems 1914 9 6 3 0 0.667 2 1 0 0.667 – – – – 0 0 –
17 Tommy Hughitt 1915–1916 16 6 7 3 0.469 3 1 2 0.667 – – – – 1 0 –
18 Thomas A. McCann 1917 4 1 3 0 0.250 1 1 0 0.500 – – – – 0 0 –
19 Donald R. Aldworth 1918 4 3 1 0 0.750 2 1 0 0.667 – – – – 0 0 –
20 James A. Baldwin 1919–1920 16 9 4 1 0.679 5 0 1 0.917 – – – – 2 0 –
21 Fred Brice
 1921–1940 146 79 58 9 0.572 63 36 9 0.625 – – – – 15 0 –
22 George E. Allen
 1941
1946–1948 		28 15 11 2 0.571 13 10 2 0.560 – – – – 1 0 –
23 William C. Kenyon
 1942
1944–1945 		15 4 11 0 0.267 3 7 0 0.300 – – – – 1 0 –
24 Samuel Sezak 1943 1 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 – – – – – 0 0 –
25 David M. Nelson
 1949–1950 14 7 5 2 0.571 7 4 2 0.615 – – – – 1 0 –
26 Harold Westerman
 1951–1966 124 80 38 7 0.668 73 34 7 0.671 0 1 0 – 11 0 –
27 Walter Abbott 1967–1975 80 27 53 0 0.338 15 32 0 0.319 0 0 0 – 1 0 –
28 Jack Bicknell 1976–1980 54 18 35 1 0.343 4 20 1 0.180 0 0 0 – 0 0 –
29 Ron Rogerson 1981–1984 43 19 23 1 0.453 6 14 0 0.300 0 0 0 – 1 0 –
30 Buddy Teevens 1985–1986 22 13 9 0 0.591 5 7 0 0.417 0 0 0 – 0 0 –
31 Tim Murphy 1987–1988 23 15 8 0 0.652 10 5 0 0.667 0 1 0 – 1 0 –
32 Tom Lichtenberg 1989 12 9 3 0 0.750 6 2 0 0.750 0 1 0 – 1 0 –
33 Kirk Ferentz 1990–1992 33 12 21 0 0.364 8 16 0 0.333 0 0 0 – 0 0 –
34 Jack Cosgrove 1993–2015 263 128 135 0 0.487 89 97 0 0.478 3 5 0 – 3 0 –
35 Joe Harasymiak 2016–2018 35 20 15 – 0.571 15 9 – 0.625 2 1 – – 1 0 –
36 Nick Charlton 2019–2021 27 14 13 – 0.519 10 10 – 0.500 0 0 – – 0 0 –
37 Jordan Stevens 2022–present 22 4 18 – 0.182 3 13 – 0.188 0 0 – – 0 0 –

Notes

  1. Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.
  2. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.
  5. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
  6. Maine did not have a head coach during their 1894 season.
  7. The conference record for Brice in the New England Conference was 27–17–4 and was 36–19–5 in the Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
  8. The conference record for Allen in the New England Conference was 2–1–1, 3–6 in the Yankee Conference, and 8–3–1 in the Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
  9. The conference record for Allen in the New England Conference was 1–6 and 8–2–1 in the Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
  10. The conference record for Nelson in the Yankee Conference was 5–1–1 and 2–3–1 in the Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
  11. The conference record for Westerman in the Yankee Conference was 41–26–5 and 32–8–2 in the Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

References

  1. Mahoney, Larry (December 7, 2021). "Former Mt. Blue standout Jordan Stevens will return to UMaine as its new football coach". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
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