Ted Kessinger (born January 15, 1941) is an American former college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1976 to 2003, compiling a record of 219–57–1 for a winning percentage of . He is among the college football coaches with the most wins and the highest winning percentage.
Kessinger was the head coach of the first American football team to play in Sweden,The Victoria Advocate "Sweden's First Shot at Football a Success Despite 72-7 Defeat" by Stephaan Nastrom, Jun 20, 1985 and he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010. His son, Kent Kessinger, was the head coach at Ottawa University from 2004 to 2021.
Coaching career Assistant coaching Before becoming a head coach, Kessinger worked as an assistant coach at Augustana College—now known as Augustana University—in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
Bethany Kessinger was the head football coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1976 to 2003, where he posted a record of 219–57–1. He guided Bethany to the NAIA playoffs ten times and achieved a top 25 ranking 20 times. His teams never posted a losing season during his entire coaching tenure.
In 2000, his team won the American Family Charity Bowl, defeating the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes by a score of 20–3.College Football Data Warehouse Kansas Wesleyan Bowl History
Kessinger was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2003 as well as the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Head coaching record Football
See also List of college football career coaching wins leaders
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