List of Baker Wildcats head football coaches

The Baker Wildcats football program is a college football team that represents Baker University in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1890.^[1] The current coach is Miguel Regalado who first took the position for the 2023 season.^[2]

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]}

No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	PW	PL	CCs	NCs
1	Salem Goodale	1890–1891	9	6	2	1	.722	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Frank Crawford	1892	5	2	3	0	.400	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Charles Thomas	1893	7	6	0	1	.929	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
X	No team	1894–1908	0	0	0	0	–	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Theodore M. Stuart	1909	4	3	0	1	.875	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Louis D. Scherer	1910–1912	23	8	13	2	.391	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Edward C. Gallagher	1913–1914	16	8	8	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Thomas D. Shepherd	1915	8	5	3	0	.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Karl Schlademan	1916–1918	23	7	14	2	.348	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Arthur F. Smith	1919	9	4	4	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Emil Liston	1920–1937	181	97	66	18	.586	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	C. W. Ridgeway	1938–1939	18	5	11	2	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Emil Liston	1940–1942	0	0	0	0	–	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
X	No team	1943–1945	0	0	0	0	–	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Karl Spear	1946–1962	152	87	61	4	.586	—	—	—	—	—	2	—
14	James Irick	1963–1975	117	50	63	4	.444	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Joe Girardi	1976–1979	41	25	15	1	.622	—	—	—	—	1	1	—
16	Charlie Richard^†	1980–1990	152	123	28	1	.813	—	—	—	11	12	8	—
17	Dan Harris	1991	9	6	2	1	.722	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
18	Charlie Richard^†	1992–1994	0	0	0	0	–	—	—	—	3	2	2	—
19	Steve Schottel	1995	9	3	6	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	John Frangoulis	1996–2003	84	45	39	0	.536	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
21	Mike Grossner	2004–2018	172	117	55	0	.680	—	—	—	6	7	1
22	Jason Thoren	2019–2022	42	30	12	0	.714	—	—	—	1	2
23	Miguel Regalado	2023–present	23	18	5	0	.783	—	—	—	1	2

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