| Tiffin Dragons football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1986; 39 years ago (1986) |
| Athletic director | Kelly Daniel (interim) Rudy Brownell (interim) |
| Head coach | Brett Ekkens 2nd season, 8–4 (.667) |
| Stadium | Frost–Kalnow Stadium (capacity: 4,500) |
| Year built | c. 1930s |
| Location | Tiffin, Ohio |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | G-MAC |
| All-time record | 174–227–3 (.434) |
| Bowl record | 0–2 (.000) |
| Playoff appearances | |
| 2 (NAIA D-II) 1 (NCAA D-II) | |
| Conference titles | |
| 2GLFC (2006–2007) 2G-MAC (2019–2020) | |
| Colors | Dragon green and Tiffin gold[1] |
| Mascot | Blaze the Dragon |
| Website | gotiffindragons.com |
TheTiffin Dragons football team representsTiffin University incollege football at theNCAA Division II level. The Dragons have been members of theGreat Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), fielding their team in the G-MAC since 2008. They play their home games at Frost–Kalnow Stadium inTiffin, Ohio.[2]
The team's head coach isBrett Ekkens, who assumed the position for the 2024 season.
| 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 | 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[8] | 2003–2007 | 55 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0.655 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 5 | Dave Walkowsky[9] | 2008–2010 | 32 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0.063 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0.032 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Gary Goff[10] | 2011–2018 | 88 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 0.432 | 29 | 47 | 0 | 0.382 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Cris Reisert[11] | 2019–2023 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0.744 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0.852 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Brett Ekkens | 2024–present | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.778 | – | – | – | – |
| 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 | LNAIA Division II Quarterfinal | 7 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 1994 | MSFA | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd(Mideast) | 2 | 2 | 0 | LNAIA 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 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 | LNCAA 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 | LAmerica's Crossroads[12] | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 0 | 0 | LNCAA Division II Second Round | 14 | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | Brett Ekkens | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | LAmerica's Crossroads[13] | — | |||