The Geneva Golden Tornadoes football program is a college football team that represents Geneva College in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 29 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1890.
Among the coaches in the history at Geneva College include College Football Hall of Fame members Bo McMillin and Cal Hubbard.
The current coach is Geno DeMarco who first took the position for the 1993 season. He leads the list with the most games coached and the most total wins. Samuel G. Craig has the highest winning percentage of the coaches at .859, accumulated from 1900 through the 1903 seasons and a total of 32 games. Arthur McKean managed the most tie games with 7.
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Coaches No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards1William McCracken1890–18963617181 — — — — — — — —2Ross Fiscus1897–189917692 — — — — — — — —3Samuel G. Craig1900–1903322633 — — — — — — — —4Smith Alford19047142 — — — — — — — —5Archibald Leech19059450 — — — — — — — —6Arthur McKean1907–19114110247 — — — — — — — —7Graydon Long19127340 — — — — — — — —8C. Brainerd Metheny1913–19163216142 — — — — — — — —9Philip Henry Bridenbaugh1917–19214023125 — — — — — — — —10Robert Park192210460 — — — — — — — —11Tom Davies19239621 — — — — — — — —12Jack Sack19249342 — — — — — — — —13Bo McMillin†1925–1927292261 — — — — — — — —14Mack Flenniken1928–1929197111 — — — — — — — —15Howard Harpster1930–1932302262 — — — — — — — —16Jimmy Robertson19339630 — — — — — — — —17Dwight V. Beede1934–1936261493 — — — — — — — —18Edgar P. Weltner1937–19403716192 — — — — — — — —19Alured C. Ransom1941–19483420122 — — — — — — — —20Cal Hubbard†19429630 — — — — — — — —21Walter J. West1949–19523418142 — — — — — — — —22Byron E. Morgan1953–19628746356 — — — — — — — —23Donald Lederick1963–1966325261 — — — — — — — —24Joe Banks1967–1968161141 — — — — — — — —25Dan Frasier1969–1971269161 — — — — — — — —26Max Holm1972–1973181260 — — — — — — — —27Dick Lasse1974–1975181170 — — — — — — — —28Gene Sullivan1976–199216076822 — — — — — — — —29Geno DeMarco1993–20253361731630 — — — — — — — —30Tom Contenta2026–present0000 — — — — — — — —
Details The following are details on coaches that do not have articles. For coaches with articles on Wikipedia, see links in the table above.
Archibald Leech
Dr. Archibald W. Leech played football, basketball, and baseball at Geneva College. He was known for his athletic skills and was named "one of the most noted athletes ever graduated" from the school.Cambria County, PA Genealogy "History of Cambria County, V2 The school suffered one of its largest defeats to Penn StateCollege Football Data Warehouse Penn State 1905 Season Results by a score of 73 to 0.State Collegian "State 73-Geneva 0" November 19, 1905 This game was also Penn State's ninth largest all-time margin of victory and total points scored.College Football Data Warehouse Penn State: 50+ Points Scored In A Game
Leech only coached football for one year at Geneva, but stayed on as a full professor at the college.New Castle News May 31, 1905 Leech gained prominence as an educator and businessman in the area of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where he also served as postmaster.
Graydon Long
Graydon Long (March 11, 1889-September 1966) was a professional football officials in the early days of the sport, officiating games of teams that would later make up the National Football League.
Long played high school football at West high School in Rochester, New York, as a member of the class of 1908.West High School Football Team 1906 Football Program The 1906 team concluded an undefeated season and the 1907 team produced solid results as well.West High School Football Team 1907 Football Program
After coaching in the college ranks, Long worked as an official for professional footballThe Encyclopedia of Pro Football In Western New York: 1900-1949 "1913 Game Summaries" at the time, primarily working games for the future NFL team Rochester Jeffersons.Rochester Jeffersons: History 1913 Season Results
Joe Banks
Joseph Banks (September 8, 1919 – June 19, 2007) was a long-time college athletics figure in Ohio and Pennsylvania. He worked as a head coach for American football and track & field.
Banks was the 24th head coach at GenevaKenton Times "Joseph Ada Banks" for two seasons, from 1967The Evening Standard (Newspaper) "Sports" March 16, 1967 until 1968. His one victory came in the last game of the 1967 season against Bridgewater College by a score of 30 to 13.
Ohio Northern Prior to taking the position at Geneva, he was the head track coach and assistant football coach at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, from 1960 until 1967.Lima News, The (Newspaper) - March 19, 1967, Lima, Ohio where he completed a "turnaround season" in 1962.Ohio Northern University Yearbook 1962 "Track & Field" After coaching at Geneva and a brief stint at a high school, he would return to Ohio Northern in 1971 for the remainder of his career, where he retired in 2002 as an admissions counselor. He has been credited with recruiting more students than any other person to Ohio Northern.Ohio Northern Magazine and Alumni Journal "Joseph Banks BA ’41 and ’46, H of F ’74" Fall 2007
While at Ohio Northern, Banks would regularly hold training sessions for high school athletic administrators on how to run and promote track and field meets as well as how to coach individual events.Toledo Blade "Early Jump Into Track Season" by Chet Sullwold, March 30, 1965
Ohio Northern honored his contribution to the universityOhio Northern University Athletics by naming their home track meet the "Joe Banks Invitational."Ohio Athletic Conference "OAC Weekly Outdoor Track & Field Notes" April 23, 2007
Military service Banks served in the United States military during World War II as a Sergeant with the Third Army's 965th Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance company in the Rhineland (Battle of the Bulge) and the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre in the Philippines.The Alliance Review "Joseph Banks" June 21, 2007
Personal life Banks earned a Bachelor of Science in education and later a Bachelor of Arts from Ohio Northern University.Ohio Northern University Yearbook 1941 "Senior Class" He later completed a Master of Education from Kent State University. He graduated from high school at New Philadelphia in 1937 where he was coached at track & field by Woody Hayes.Ada Herald Joseph Banks (Obituary), June 20, 2007
Dan Frasier Daniel M. Frasier was named NAIA District 18 Coach of the Year in 1971."Dan Fraiser-Coach of the Year". Beaver County Times May 23, 1972 Frasier engineered a turnaround of the program, when the football team went to what was considered a "laughing stock of the district" to an 8-0 start in 1971 (some records show a 7-0 start and losing the last two gamesCollege Football Data Warehouse Geneva College Football 1971).
Before being head football coach at Geneva, he was assistant football coach at Geneva under Donald Lederick while simultaneously acting as the head baseball coach. He also played minor league baseball for the Houston Astros farm team.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Geneva Adds Dan Frasier" July 9, 1966
Upon retirement from college coaching, he entered the private sector and took a career in banking.
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