The Lyon Scots football team represents Lyon College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Scots are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) after transitioning from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and participating as an independent for a year in 2023. The Scots play their home games at Pioneer Stadium in Batesville, Arkansas.
Their head coach is Chris Douglas, who took over the position for the 2020 season.
History On June 27, 2013, Lyon College president, Dr. Donald Weatherman, announced the return of American football as a varsity sport after a 62-year hiatus when they last fielded a team as Arkansas College.
Lyon has maintained a rivalry with Hendrix College dubbed the "Battle for ScotZilla". The winner receives a trophy of Godzilla wearing traditional Scottish attire. Regarded as one of the most unique trophies in college football, it is a play on Lyon's Scottish heritage and then-Hendrix president William M. Tsutsui's interest in the Godzilla franchise.
Conference affiliations Central States Football League (2015–2017) Sooner Athletic Conference (2018–2022) Independent (2023) Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (2024–present)
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 Kirk Kelley 2015 11 0 11 0 – – – – – – – – – – 2 Kyle Phelps 2016–2017 22 9 13 – – – – – – – – – – – 3 Casey Creehan 2018–2019 21 11 10 – – – – – – – – – – – 4 Chris Douglas 2020–present 33 7 26 – – – – – – – – – – –
Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHeadCoachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieLyon Scots 2015 2015Kirk KelleyNAIA—CSFL 0 11 0 7th 0 6 0 —— 2016 2016Kyle Phelps 3 8 0 T–4th 2 4 0 —— 2017 2017 6 5 0 5th 4 4 0 —— 2018 2018Casey CreehanSAC 4 7 0 T–7th 2 6 0 —— 2019 2019 7 3 0 T–3rd 6 2 0 —— 2020 2020Chris Douglas 0 5 0 7th 0 5 0 —— 2021 2021 2 8 0 T–8th 2 7 0 —— 2022 2022 1 9 0 10th 0 9 0 —— 2023 2023NCAADivision IIIIndependent 4 4 0 – – – – ——
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