The Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football program is a college football team that represents Franklin & Marshall College as a member of the Centennial Conference at the NCAA Division III level. The team has had 40 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1887. The current coach is Michael Phelan, who took the position in 2025.
Among the coaches for the program include Hall of Fame coach John H. Outland, namesake of the Outland Trophy.
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Coaches Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 college football season. No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards1 Miles O. Noll 2020———————X No team ————————————2 William Mann Irvine 171331———————3 Bruce Griffith 13670———————4 Eugene P. Skyles 7421———————5 George W. Hartman 10640———————6 Ward W. Reese 9351———————7 Alfred E. Bull 195104———————8 M. Delmar Ritchie 10442———————9 Harry Shindle Wingert 9351———————10John H. Outland†9450———————11 John C. Hedges 11731———————12 John Chalmers 9720———————13 D. R. Brown 11551———————14 William Penn Bates 204160———————15 Samuel L. Moyer 9351———————16 Vere Triechler 10460———————17 Jack Hollenback 211371———————18 Frank Mount Pleasant 9432———————19 Dexter W. Draper 199100———————20 Charles Mayser 4925213———————21 John M. Reed 8620———————22 O. Webster Saylor 8170———————23 Arthur S. Herman 8260———————24 Harry D. Weller 3210———————25 Byron W. Dickson 8242———————26 John B. Price 3520105———————27 Ken Shroyer 181152151——0—28 Jonathan K. Miller 2715111651——0—29 Alan M. Holman 936325528103——7—30 Dick Barker 16952021——0—31 Charles R. Soleau 15771———————32 S. Woodrow Sponaugle 123595865131——0—33 George H. Storck 392017218132——0—34 David Pooley 241014010110——0—35 Bob Curtis 3532303020——0—36 Tom Gilburg 2741601122126761225—37 Shawn Halloran 321715—117—111—38 John Troxell 1599267—7455—631—39 Tom Blumenauer 322111—1110—200—40 Michael Phelan 1092—70—010—
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