The Mercer college football team represents Mercer University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Bears competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 22 head coaches, since it began play during the 1891 season. Since December 2025, Joel Taylor has served as head coach at Mercer.
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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 CC NC Awards 1 1891 — — — — — — — — — 2 1893 — — — — — — — — — 3 1896 — — — — — — — — — 4 1897 — — — — — — — — — 5 1906 — — — — 6 1907 — — — — 7 1908–1909 — — — — 8 1910–1912 — — — — 9 1913 — — — — 10 1914 — — — — 11 1915–1916 — — — — 12 1916 — — — — 13 1919 — — — — 14 1920–1922 — — — — 15 1923–1925 — — — — 16 1926–1928 — — — — 17 1929–1940 — — — — — — — — 18 1941 — — — — 19 2013–2019 — — — — — — 20 2020–2023 — — — — — — 21 2024–2025 — — — — 22 2026–present — — — —
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