Rio Grande RedStorm football
| Rio Grande RedStorm football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1914[a] |
| Athletic director | Jeff Lanham |
| Head coach | Mark Thurston 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Alumni Stadium (capacity: 6,000) |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Rio Grande, Ohio |
| Conference | AAC |
| All-time record | 76–136–9 (.364) |
| Colors | Red and white[1] |
| Website | rioredstorm.com |
The Rio Grande RedStorm football team will represent the University of Rio Grande in college football at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) level. The RedStorm will be members of the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) when the program resumes play in 2025.[2] The RedStorm play their home games at Jackson High School's Alumni Field in Jackson, Ohio.[3]
Their head coach is Mark Thurston, who took over the position during the 2024 season before the team began play.[4] The school initially hired former NFL player and Fairmont State running backs coach Quincy Wilson to be their head coach, but he was fired during the 2024 season.[5]
Conference affiliations
[edit]- Appalachian Athletic Conference (2025–future)[6]
List of head coaches
[edit]Key
[edit]| 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
[edit]| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Unknown | 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1939, 1946–1947 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0.382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Davis | 1915–1916 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Kendall B. Taft | 1920 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lester Berridge | 1921 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul R. Lyne | 1923–1929, 1931–1937 | 97 | 38 | 55 | 4 | 0.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Spooner | 1930 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ray Troth[10] | 1938 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Forrest Wyatt[11] | 1940 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mendell Beattie[12] | 1941–1943, 1945 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0.174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Paul Sager[13] | 1948 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Christy E. Arnold[14] | 1949 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mark Thurston[4] | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Year-by-year results
[edit]| 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 | ||||||||
| Rio Grande Redmen | ||||||||||||||
| 1914 | 1914 | Unknown | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1915 | 1915 | Davis | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1916 | 1916 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1917 | 1917 | Unknown | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| No team in 1918 | ||||||||||||||
| 1919 | 1919 | Unknown | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | 1920 | Kendall B. Taft | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1921 | 1921 | Lester Berridge | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1922 | 1922 | Unknown | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1923 | 1923 | Paul R. Lyne | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1924 | 1924 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1925 | 1925 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1926 | 1926 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1927 | 1927 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1928 | 1928 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1929 | 1929 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1930 | 1930 | Spooner | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1931 | 1931 | Paul R. Lyne | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1932 | 1932 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1938 | 1938 | Ray Troth | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1939 | 1939 | Unknown | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1940 | 1940 | Forrest Wyatt | NAIA | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1941 | 1941 | Mendell Beattie | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1942 | 1942 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1943 | 1943 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| No team in 1944 | ||||||||||||||
| 1945 | 1945 | Mendell Beattie | NAIA | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946 | 1946 | Unknown | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1947 | 1947 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | Paul Sager | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | Christy E. Arnold | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| No team from 1950 to 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2025 | Mark Thurston | NAIA | — | AAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The program was discontinued in 1949. It was relaunched in 2025.
- ^ 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.[7]
- ^ 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.[8]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "RedStorm Athletics". Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ "Rio Grande to revive football program, add marching band". University of Rio Grande. April 23, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ Shaver, Jeremiah (July 12, 2024). "Rio Grande RedStorm football team to call Jackson's Alumni Stadium home for now". The Telegram News. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ a b Patterson, Jessica (November 14, 2024). "University of Rio Grande splits with Wilson, names Thurston new head football coach". WOWK 59 News. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ Asti, Mike (November 14, 2024). "Rio Grande Declines to Explain Decision to Remove Quincy Wilson as Head Coach". WV Sports Now. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "AAC adds Rio Grande as affiliate member for football". University of Rio Grande. July 15, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Coach is Appointed". The Cincinnati Enquirer. August 16, 1938. p. 11. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "Tyner's Coach Named Chief At Rio Grande". Lexington Herald-Leader. August 8, 1940. p. 8. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "Holbrook Coach Goes to Rio Grande College". Dayton Daily News. June 14, 1941. p. 11. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "Paul Sager Gets New Coaching Job". News Journal. August 23, 1948. p. 8. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "Rio Grande College Hires New Coach". The Logan Daily News. August 20, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2024.