The East Texas Baptist Tigers football team represents East Texas Baptist University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Tigers are members of the American Southwest Conference (ASC), fielding its team in the ASC since 2000. The Tigers play their home games at Ornelas Stadium in Marshall, Texas.
Their head coach is Calvin Ruzicka, who took over the position for the 2023 season.
Conference affiliations Independent (1924; 1926; 1934–1938; 1947–1950) American Southwest Conference (2000–present)
Championships Conference championships East Texas Baptist claims 2 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2015.
2003† American Southwest Conference 9–3 8–1 Ralph Harris 2015† 7–3 4–1 Joshua Eargle † Co-champions
NCAA Division III playoff games The Tigers have appeared in the Division III playoffs one time with an overall record of 1–1. 2003 Ralph Harris First roundSecond round Trinity (TX)Lycoming W 42–41 L 7–13
List of head coaches Key
Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards 1 unknown 1924; 1926; 1934–1938; 1947–1950 93 33 54 6 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 Ralph Harris 2000–2006 72 35 37 0 32 30 0 1 1 0 – 1 – – 3 Mark Sartain 2007–2012 60 26 34 0 23 24 0 – – – – – – – 4 Joshua Eargle 2013–2015 30 14 16 0 6 10 0 – – – – 1 – ASC Coach of the Year (2015) 5 Scotty Walden 2016 10 7 3 0 3 3 0 – – – – – – – 6 Scott Highsmith 2017 10 7 3 0 6 3 0 – – – – – – – 7 Brian Mayper 2018–2022 45 25 20 0 23 16 0 – – – – – – – 8 Calvin Ruzicka 2023–present 29 14 15 0 5 13 0 – – – – – – –
Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth
SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieEast Texas Baptist Tigers 1924 1924unknownNCAA—— 3 2 0 ——No team in 1925 1926 1926unknownNCAA—— 3 4 0 ——No team from 1927–1933 1934 1934unknownNCAA—— 4 4 1 —— 1935 1935 8 2 2 —— 1936 1936 1 4 0 —— 1937 1937 3 6 0 —— 1938 1938 2 5 0 ——No team from 1939–1946 1947 1947unknownNCAA—— 0 8 2 —— 1948 1948 3 7 0 —— 1949 1949 4 5 1 —— 1950 1950 2 7 0 ——No team from 1951–1999 2000 2000Ralph HarrisNCAADivision IIIASC 2 8 0 T–9th 1 80—— 2001 2001 5 5 0 5th 4 50—— 2002 2002 6 4 0 4th 6 30—— 2003 2003 9 3 0 1st 8 10L NCAA Division III Second Round14 2004 2004 4 6 0 T–5th 4 50—— 2005 2005 6 4 0 4th 6 30—— 2006 2006 3 7 0 T–5th 3 50—— 2007 2007Mark Sartain 5 5 0 4th 5 30—— 2008 2008 5 5 0 T–3rd 5 30—— 2009 2009 3 7 0 6th 3 50—— 2010 2010 5 5 0 T–4th 4 40—— 2011 2011 5 5 0 T–4th 4 40—— 2012 2012 3 7 0 T–5th 2 50—— 2013 2013Joshua Eargle 3 7 0 T–6th 1 50—— 2014 2014 4 6 0 T–4th 1 40—— 2015 2015 7 3 0 1st 4 10ASC tri-champion— 2016 2016Scotty Walden 7 3 0 4th 3 30—— 2017 2017Scott Highsmith 7 3 0 3rd 6 30—— 2018 2018Brian Mayper 6 4 0 T–3rd 6 30—— 2019 2019 6 4 0 4th 6 30—— 2020–21 2020–21 3 2 0 3rd 3 10—— 2021 2021 5 5 0 T–5th 4 50—— 2022 2022 5 5 0 T–4th 4 40—— 2023 2023Calvin Ruzicka 5 5 0 T–3rd 3 30—— 2024 2024 5 4 0 3rd 2 40—— 2025 2025 4 6 0 4th 0 60——
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