TheRhode Island Ramscollege football team represents theUniversity of Rhode Island in theCoastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAAFC), as part of theNCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 20 head coaches since it began play during the1895 season. Since December 2013,Jim Fleming has served as head coach at Rhode Island.[1]
Three coaches have led Rhode Island in postseason playoff orbowl games:Hal Kopp,Bob Griffin, and Fleming. Seven coaches have wonconference championships:Frank Keaney won three andBill Beck andPaul Cieurzo each won one as a member of theNew England Conference; Kopp wone three,Herb Maack wone one, and Griffin won three as a member of theYankee Conference; Fleming won one as a member of the CAAFC.
Keaney is the leader in seasons coached, with 21 years as head coach. Griffin is the leader in games coached (187) and won (79). Kopp has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game at 0.707.Fred Murray has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.063.
| 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 theCollege Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overallwinning percentage[A 4] | ||||
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall Tyler | 1898–1901 1903–1908 | 57 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 0.526 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 2 | George Cobb | 1909–1911 1913–1914 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 0.513 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 3 | Robert Bingham | 1912 | 9 | 6 | 3 | – | 0.667 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 4 | James A. Baldwin | 1915–1917 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0.396 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 5 | Fred Murray | 1919 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.063 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 6 | Frank Keaney | 1920–1940 | 168 | 70 | 86 | 12 | 0.452 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 0.391 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | – |
| 7 | Bill Beck | 1941 1946–1949 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0.361 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0.294 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – |
| 8 | Paul Cieurzo | 1942 1945 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – |
| 9 | Hal Kopp | 1950 1952–1955 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0.707 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0.714 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – |
| 10 | Ed Doherty | 1951 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11 | Herb Maack | 1956–1960 | 41 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0.439 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – |
| 12 | John Chironna | 1961–1962 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0.306 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13 | Jack Zilly | 1963–1969 | 64 | 21 | 41 | 2 | 0.344 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0.314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14 | Jack Gregory | 1970–1975 | 57 | 22 | 33 | 2 | 0.404 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0.422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15 | Bob Griffin | 1976–1992 | 187 | 79 | 107 | 1 | 0.425 | 37 | 67 | 0 | 0.356 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – |
| 16 | Floyd Keith | 1993–1999 | 76 | 23 | 53 | 0 | 0.303 | 17 | 39 | 0 | 0.304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17 | Tim Stowers | 2000–2007 | 90 | 33 | 57 | – | 0.367 | 20 | 51 | – | 0.282 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18 | Darren Rizzi | 2008 | 12 | 3 | 9 | – | 0.250 | 1 | 7 | – | 0.125 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19 | Joe Trainer | 2009–2013 | 56 | 12 | 44 | – | 0.214 | 8 | 32 | – | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20 | Jim Fleming | 2014–present | 118 | 48 | 70 | – | 0.407 | 29 | 52 | – | 0.358 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |