| Tiffin Dragons football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1986; 38 years ago (1986) |
| Athletic director | Kelly Daniel (interim) Rudy Brownell (interim) |
| Head coach | Brett Ekkens 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Frost–Kalnow Stadium (capacity: 4,500) |
| Year built | c. 1930s |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Tiffin, Ohio |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | G-MAC |
| Past conferences | NAIA independent (1986–1993) MSFA (1994–2002) D-II independent (2003–2005) GLFC (2006–2007) GLIAC (2008–2017) |
| All-time record | 166–223–3 (.427) |
| Bowl record | 0–1 (.000) |
| Playoff appearances | 2 (NAIA D-II) 1 (NCAA D-II) |
| Playoff record | 2–2 (NAIA D-II) 0–1 (NCAA D-II) |
| Conference titles | 2 GLFC (2006–2007) 2 G-MAC (2019–2020) |
| Colors | Dragon green and Tiffin gold |
| Mascot | Blaze the Dragon |
| Website | gotiffindragons.com |
The Tiffin Dragons football team represents Tiffin University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Dragons are members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), fielding its team in the G-MAC since 2008. The Dragons play their home games at Frost–Kalnow Stadium in Tiffin, Ohio.
The team's head coach is Brett Ekkens, who took over the position for the 2024 season.
Conference affiliations
- NAIA independent (1986–1993)
- Mid-States Football Association (1994–2002)
- Division II independent (2003–2005)
- Great Lakes Football Conference (2006–2007)
- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2008–2017)
- Great Midwest Athletic Conference (2018–present)
List of head coaches
Key
| 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
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Kirkhart | 1986–1989 | 40 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0.175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Bob Wolfe | 1990–1997 | 83 | 35 | 47 | 1 | 0.428 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0.300 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 3 | Cam Cruickshank | 1998–2002 | 53 | 19 | 34 | 0 | 0.358 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0.417 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Nate Cole | 2003–2007 | 55 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0.655 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 5 | Dave Walkowsky | 2008–2010 | 32 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0.063 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0.032 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Gary Goff | 2011–2018 | 88 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 0.432 | 29 | 47 | 0 | 0.382 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Cris Reisert | 2019–2023 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0.744 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0.852 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Brett Ekkens | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results since 1986
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Tiffin Dragons | ||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Roger Kirkhart | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1990 | 1990 | Bob Wolfe | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 8 | 2 | 1 | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | 7 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 1994 | MSFA | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd (Mideast) | 2 | 2 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | 16 | |||
| 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4th (Mideast) | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th (Mideast) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | — | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6th (Mideast) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1998 | 1998 | Cam Cruickshank | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th (Mideast) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1999 | 1999 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th (Mideast) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th (Mideast) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4th (Mideast) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 2 | 8 | 0 | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 2003 | 2003 | Nate Cole | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2006 | GLFC | 10 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champions | 22 | |||
| 2007 | 2007 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Dave Walkowsky | GLIAC | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–11th | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | 2009 | 0 | 11 | 0 | T–11th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7th (South) | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | Gary Goff | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7th (South) | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2012 | 2012 | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–5th (South) | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–6th (South) | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–10th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | G-MAC | 9 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | Cris Reisert | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 23 | |||
| 2020–21 | 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | L America's Crossroads | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Second Round | |||||
Notes
- 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.
- 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.
- Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.
- When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.
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