List of Missouri Western Griffons head football coaches
# List of Missouri Western Griffons head football coaches

The Missouri Western Griffons football program is a college football team that represents Missouri Western State University. The team has had 5head coaches since organized football began in 1970. The Griffons have played in almost than 500games in its 45seasons. In those seasons, onecoaches have led the Griffons to postseason play: Jerry Partridge. Partridge is also the only coach to have won conference championships with the Griffons. Partridge is the all-time leader in games coached, years coached, and winning percentage. Harold Coagle is, in terms of winning percentage, the least successful coach the Griffons have had as he has a .276 winning percentage.

## Key

General :

| # | Number of coaches |
| - | - |
| CCs | Conference championships |
| NCs | National championships |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame |

Overall games :

| GC | Games coached |
| - | - |
| OW | Wins |
| OL | Losses |
| OT | Ties |
| O% | Winning percentage |

Conference games :

| CW | Wins |
| - | - |
| CL | Losses |
| CT | Ties |
| C% | Winning percentage |

Postseason games :

| PW | Wins |
| - | - |
| PL | Losses |
| PT | Ties |

## Coaches

    Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 NCAA Division II football season

| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | National awards |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Harold Cagle | 1970–1973 | 38 | 10 | 27 | 1 | .276 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Rob Hicklin | 1974–1985 | 125 | 65 | 55 | 5 | .540 | 31 | 31 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Dennis Darnell | 1986–1990 | 54 | 19 | 34 | 1 | .361 | 16 | 33 | 1 | .330 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Stan McGarvey | 1991–1996 | 66 | 39 | 25 | 2 | .606 | 29 | 24 | 2 | .527 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Jerry Partridge | 1997–2016 | 232 | 149 | 83 | 0 | .642 | 117 | 68 | 0 | .632 | 4 | 6 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 6 | Matt Williamson | 2017–2022 | 48 | 31 | 26 | 0 | .544 | 29 | 26 | 0 | .257 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 7 | Tyler Fenwick | 2023–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
