The Buena Vista Beavers football team represents Buena Vista University in college football. The team competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the American Rivers Conference (ARC). The program has had 33 head coaches since it began to play during the 1898 college football season. Since the start of the 2023 season, Austin Dickinson has served as head coach of the Beavers.

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Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, and championships No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% CC – Unknown 1898–1901 12 8 4 0 – – – – – 1 Billy Edson 1902–1905, 1907 25 14 9 2 – – – – – 2 Marion Blankenhorn 1909 5 2 2 1 – – – – – 3 Frank Harrison 1910–1911 12 1 10 1 – – – – – 4 Reyburn Rutledge 1912 6 1 5 0 – – – – – 5 Arthur Hammond 1913–1914 10 3 7 0 – – – – – 6 Edward Ball 1915 7 4 2 1 – – – – – 7 Robert Preston 1916 8 5 3 0 – – – – – 8 A. A. Gilmore 1917 4 1 3 0 – – – – – 9 C. White 1918 4 3 0 0 – – – – – 10 V. A. Woodworth 1919 5 3 2 0 – – – – – 11 George Wanner 1920–1921 14 7 6 1 – – – – – 12 Jim Kelly 1922–1925 31 23 5 3 6 1 0 – 13 Burton North 1926 8 0 7 1 0 5 1 – 14 Francis Casey 1927–1934 70 28 36 6 13 25 2 – 15 Albert Dallagher 1935–1938 33 19 13 1 11 7 0 – 16 Clyde A. Drury 1939–1941 33 5 15 3 2 10 2 – 17 Jake LaFoy 1942 6 1 4 1 1 3 1 – 18 Harland Riebe 1946 7 1 6 0 Iowa Conference/DIAC 1/1 4/2 0/0 / – 19 Kenny Blackman 1947 9 3 5 1 0/3 5/1 0/1 / 1 Dakota-Iowa (1947) 20 Bob Otto 1948–1952 45 24 19 2 10/3 10/0 0/1 / 1 Iowa Conference (1952) 21 Chester Anderson 1953–1954 18 7 9 2 3 5 1 – 22 Dean Laun 1955–1959 44 24 18 2 20 16 1 – 23 Wayne Barham 1960 9 4 5 0 3 4 0 – 24 John H. Jennett 1961–1962 9 4 5 0 4 5 0 – 25 John Naughton 1963–1969 70 28 42 1 22 37 1 – 26 1970–1982, 1984–1989 178 117 60 1 90 46 1 3 Iowa Conference (1972–1973, 1978) 27 Al Lewis (interim) 1983 10 6 4 0 5 2 0 – 28 1990–1995 56 12 44 12 36 0 – 29 1996–1999 22 18 21 15 0 – 30 2000–2005 27 26 0 – 31 Jay Anderson 2006–2016 42 68 35 49 0 – 32 2017–2022 50 16 34 10 30 0 – 33 2023–present 30 7 23 6 18 –

Bios Reyburn Rutledge

Reyburn Lorenzo Rutledge (June 29, 1888 – August 26, 1939) was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1912.

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Arthur Hammond

Arthur B. Hammond Jr. was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—from 1913 to 1914.

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Robert Preston

Robert Preston was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1916.

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A. A. Gilmore

A. A. Gilmore was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1917.

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V. A. Woodworth

Vaughn Ansel Woodworth (April 7, 1887 – February 10, 1971) was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1919.

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George Wanner

George Wanner was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—from 1920 to 1921.

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Burton North

Burton North was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1926.

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Francis Casey

Francis Casey was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—from 1927 to 1934.

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Albert Dallagher

Albert Dallagher was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—from 1935 to 1938.

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Jake LaFoy

Jake LaFoy was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1942.

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Harland Riebe

Harland Riebe was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—from 1946 to 1947.

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Kenny Blackman

Kenny Blackman was an American college football coach. He was the interim head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1947.

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Wayne Barham

Delbert Wayne Barham was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1960.

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John H. Jennett

John Howard Jennett (February 6, 1930 – October 20, 2019) was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1961.

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John Naughton

John Naughton was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—from 1962 to 1969.

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Al Lewis

Albert Lester "Butch" Lewis was an American college football coach. He was the interim head football coach for Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in 1983.

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