The Adrian Bulldogs football program is a college football team that represents Adrian College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a part of the Division III (NCAA). The team has had 25 head coaches and one interim head coach since its first recorded football game in 1892. The current coach is Joe Palka who first took the position for the 2024 season.

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Coaches No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards0Unknown1892–1902, 1905142111 — — — — — — — —1E. E. Tarr1903–190413760 — — — — — — — —2Coach Huffstrater1906–1910267154 — — — — — — — —3Tom Leith1911–1912161240 — — — — — — — —4Coach Brown19136240 — — — — — — — —5Frank Coombs19146330 — — — — — — — —6W. H. Dague19157250 — — — — — — — —7Perry Grimm1916–19174130 — — — — — — — —XNo team1918————— — — — — — — — —8Harvey E. Orwick19196420 — — — — — — — —9B. M. Allman1921–19228521 — — — — — — — —10Dale R. "Spank" Sprankle1923–193511555528 — — — — — — — —11Frank Ballenger1936–1937184140 — — — — — — — —12Harve A. Oliphant1938–1941325261 — — — — — — — —XNo team1942–1945————— — — — — — — — —13Lyman E. Abbott1946–19493312201 — — — — — — — —14John Darnton19508260 — — — — — — — —15Theodore "Ted" Boyett1951–1952153111 — — — — — — — —16Joe Fortunato1953–1955268171 — — — — — — — —17Robert Gillis1956–1958249150 — — — — — — — —18Les Leggett1959–1961249141 — — — — — — — —19Charles Marvin1962–19674714330 — — — — — — — —20William C. "Bill" Davis1968–19735321320 — — — — — — — —21Tom Heckert1974–19817242282 — — — — — — — —22Ron Labadie1982–19897453210 — — — — — — — —23Jim Lyall1990–200919097921 — — — — — — — —24Jim Deere2010–202313676600 — — — — — — — —Int.Harry Bailey20233030 — — — — — — — —25Joe Palka2024–present201460 — — — — — — — —

Details The following are details on coaches that do not have articles on Wikipedia. For coaches with articles on Wikipedia, see links in the table above.

Coach Huffstrater An individual with the last name "Huffstrater" was the head coach for 5 seasons, from 1906 until 1910. His coaching record at Adrian was 7 wins, 15 losses and 4 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #12 at Adrian in total wins and #15 at the school in winning percentage ().

Coach Brown A coach with the last name "Brown" was in the position for the 1913 season. Brown's coaching record at Adrian was 2 wins and 4 losses. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #21 at Adrian in total wins and #16 at the school in winning percentage ()."

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