The Carthage Firebirds football program, previously known as Redmen and more recently as Red Men, with the change to "Firebirds" occurring on February 19, 2021, is a college football team that represents Carthage College in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, a part of NCAA Division III. The team has had 22 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1895. The current coach is Matt Popino, who first took the position for the 2024 season.
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Coaches Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 college football season. No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsNCsAwards1 Ralph Harper McKee 261961———————2 Ben Mathis 2110———————3 Wilber Larrick 8323———————4 Bud Hendrickson 6420———————5 Carl Sundberg 5320———————6 Russell Osborne 7250———————7 J. Arthur Baird 4624193450————8 Stewart Clark 15870———————9 Forest Loudin 238132———————10 Lewis Omer 121515218323913————11 Hub Wagner 55202969101——1—X No team during WWII ———————————— 12 Paul LaVinn 13 2 10 1 0 4 0 — — — — 13 Roscoe W. Scott 25 11 12 2 6 9 1 — — — — 14 Loel D. Frederickson 18 2 16 0 1 9 0 — — — — 15 Art Keller 272 177 87 7 105 52 3 0 2 8 — 16 Ken Wagner 18 6 12 0 5 11 0 — — — — 17 Roger Scott 27 6 21 0 6 18 0 — — — — 18 Jack Synold 36 12 24 0 10 22 0 — — — — 19 Mike Larry 27 2 25 0 2 19 0 — — — — 20 Tim Rucks 175 95 79 1 55 67 1 2 1 1 — 21 Mike Yeager 53 23 30 0 16 21 0 — — — — 22 Dustin Hass 52 19 33 0 19 28 0 — — — — 23 Matt Popino 20 6 14 0 5 13 0 — — — —
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