The Valparaiso Beacons football program is a college football team that represents Valparaiso University in the Pioneer Football League, a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The team has had 20 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1906, although records do not record a coach until 1919. Since December 2024 Andy Waddle has served as head coach at Valparaiso.
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Coaches Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 college football season. No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards 0 Unknown 2 0 2 0 — — — — — — — 1 George Keogan 16 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Earl Goheen 12 5 4 3 — — — — — — — 3 William Shadoan 17 9 5 3 — — — — — — — 4 Millard Anderson 7 1 6 0 — — — — — — — 5 Conrad Moll 6 1 4 1 — — — — — — — 6 Earl Scott 13 2 11 0 — — — — — — — 7 Jake Christiansen 97 50 43 4 — — — — — — — 8 Victor Dauer 8 0 8 0 — — — — — — — 9 Loren Ellis 8 4 4 0 — — — — — — — X No Team 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 9 Loren Ellis 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 Emory Bauer 99 59 35 5 23 8 1 — 1 3 — 11 Emory Bauer & Walt Reiner 71 40 29 2 25 20 1 — — 1 — 10 Emory Bauer 27 9 18 0 4 13 0 — — 3 — 12 Norm Amundsen 87 44 40 3 21 24 0 — — 2 — 13 Bill Koch 117 43 71 3 20 46 2 — — — — 14 Tom Horne 169 67 101 1 25 61 1 — — 2 — 15 Stacy Adams 55 15 40 0 6 28 0 — — — — 16 Dale Carlson 43 3 40 0 3 29 0 — — — — Int Mike Gravier (interim) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 — — — 17 Dave Cecchini 55 17 38 0 13 27 0 — — — — 18 Landon Fox 63 21 42 0 16 26 0 — — — — 19 Andy Waddle 12 2 10 0 1 7 0 — — — —
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