The Coast Guard Bears football program is a college football team that represents United States Coast Guard Academy in the New England Football Conference, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 15 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1922, including hall of fame member Otto Graham The current coach is C. C. Grant who first took the position for the 2020 season.
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 college football season.
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. V. Marron | 1922–1923 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 | W. R. Richards | 1926–1929 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 3 | .315 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | John S. "Johnny" Merriman, Jr. | 1930–1945 | 121 | 46 | 66 | 9 | .417 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Nelson W. Nitchman | 1946–1958 | 93 | 45 | 43 | 5 | .511 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Frank Kapral | 1966–1967 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | Tad Schroeder | 1968–1973 | 60 | 29 | 31 | 0 | .483 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 7 | Otto Graham† | 1959–1965 1974–1975 |
77 | 44 | 32 | 1 | .578 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| 8 | Bill Hickey | 1976–1979 | 38 | 11 | 26 | 1 | .303 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 9 | Larry Rutledge | 1980–1982 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 10 | Bob Campiglia | 1983–1985 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0 | .367 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 11 | Thomas H. Bell | 1986–1992 | 64 | 36 | 28 | 0 | .563 | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | ||
| 12 | Bill Schmitz | 1993–1996 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 0 | .513 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 13 | Chuck Mills | 1997 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 14 | Bob Estock | 1998 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 15 | Bill George | 1999–2019 | 201 | 75 | 126 | 0 | .373 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| 16 | C. C. Grant | 2020–present | 31 | 10 | 21 | 0 | .323 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
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