The Loras Duhawks football team represents Loras College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Duhawks are members of the American Rivers Conference (ARC), fielding its team in the ARC since 1986 when it was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). The Duhawks play their home games at Rock Bowl Stadium in Dubuque, Iowa. The team was also previously known as the St. Joseph's Duhawks, Dubuque Duhawks, and the Columbia Duhawks.
Their head coach is Brandon Novak, who took over the position for the 2026 season.
Conference affiliations
Independent (1907–1925; 1948–1949; 1953–1954) Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1926–1947; 1950–1952; 1986–2017) Club team (1955–1985) American Rivers Conference (2018–present)
Championships Conference championships Loras claims 1 conference title, which came in 1948.
1948† Midlands Conference 7–1 2–1 Wally Fromhart † Co-champions Division championships 1950 IIAC Northern Division Wally Fromhart 8–3 5–0 St. Ambrose 6–27 1951 Richard Friend 6–4 5–0 St. Ambrose 0–44
List of head coaches
Key
Coaches +List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% DC CC1John Chalmers1907–19134828164––––––2Gus Dorais1914–1917281792––––––3Walter Martin1918–1919–––––––––––4Ira Davenport1920–1921–––––––––––5Eddie Anderson1922–1924241662––––––6Elmer Layden1925–192615852––––––7Johnny Armstrong1927–1931–––––––––––8Jerry Jones1932–193314581461––9John Niemiec1934–193730111726132––10Len A. Winter1938–1940–––––––––––11Vince Dowd1941–1942; 1945–1946–––––––––––12Wally Fromhart1947–19503627907001113Richard Friend1951–1952–––––––––––14Mike Scarry19538521––––––15Ed Murphy1954–––––––––––16Charles Toole1955–1957–––––––––––17Robert Zahren1958–1959–––––––––––18Don Hendricks1970–1974–––––––––––19Steve McGrath1975–––––––––––20Bob Bucko1976–––––––––––21Claude Maddox1977–––––––––––22Dave Ostrander1978–1979194150––––––23Bob Bierie1980–2004–––––––––––24Chris Klieman200510370260––25Steve Osterberger2006–2010501931016240––26Paul Mierkiewicz2011–20133042601210––27Steve Helminiak2013–20251154273035560––28Brandon Novak2026–present0000000––
Year-by-year results since 1986 National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth
Season Year Head coach Association Division Conference Record Overall Conference Win Loss Tie Finish Win Loss Tie 1986 1986Bob BierieNCAADivision III IIAC 6 504th530 1987 1987 4 7 0T–6th350 1988 1988 5 50 T–4th440 1989 1989 6 40 T–3rd530 1990 1990 7 30 4th530 1991 1991 7 30 T–3rd530 1992 1992 7 30T–3rd530 1993 1993 7 213rd620 1994 1994 5 5 05th440 1995 1995 7 304th530 1996 1996 7 3 0T–3rd530 1997 1997 6 4 05th440 1998 1998 4 608th460 1999 1999 4 60T–6th460 2000 2000 4 6 07th460 2001 2001 5 50T–5th450 2002 2002 5 505th450 2003 2003 7 303rd530 2004 2004 4 607th350 2005 2005 Chris Klieman 3 707th260 2006 2006 Steve Osterberger 4 60T–5th440 2007 2007 2 808yh170 2008 2008 6 40T–3rd530 2009 2009 2 80T–6th260 2010 2010 5 50T–4th440 2011 2011 Paul Mierkiewicz 1 909th080 2012 2012 2 807th160 2013 2013Paul Mierkiewicz (games 1–7) / Steve Helminiak (final 3) 1 908th070 2014 2014 Steve Helminiak 3 70T–6th250 2015 2015 4 60T–4th340 2016 2016 1 9 0 9th 170 2017 2017 4 606th350 2018 2018 A-R-C 4 6 06th350 2019 2019 5 50T–4th4402020–212020–21200T–2nd100 2021 2021 4 60T–5th440 2022 2022 5 50T–5th530 2023 20235 5 05th440 2024 20242 8 0T–7th260 2025 20253 7 06th350
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