The Portland State Vikings college football team represents Portland State University[A 1] in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky). The Vikings compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship (FCS). The program has had 13 head coaches since it began play during the 1947 season.[1] Since December 2014, Bruce Barnum has served as the head coach at Portland State.[2]
The team has played nearly 700 games over 65 seasons of Portland State football.[1] In that time, two coaches have led the Vikings to postseason appearances: Pokey Allen and Tim Walsh.[3] Three coaches also won conference championships: Jerry Lyons won two as a member of the Oregon Collegiate Conference; Don Read and Allen won a combined six as a member of the Western Football Conference.[3] Walsh is the leader in seasons coached with fourteen years with the program.[3] Walsh is also the leader in games won with 90 and Allen has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .703.[1] Ron Stratten and Jerry Glanville are tied with the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .273.[1]
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No. | Order of coaches[A 3] | 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 4] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
† | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 5] |
No. | Name | Term | G | W | L | T | PCT | CW | CL | CT | PCT | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | Awards |
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1 | Joe Holland | 1947–1954 | 65 | 20 | 42 | 3 | 0.331 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0.344 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
2 | Ralph Davis | 1955–1956 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0.281 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
3 | Les Leggett | 1957–1958 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0.353 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
4 | Hugh Smithwick | 1959–1961 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0.280 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
5 | Tom DeSylvia | 1962 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
6 | Jerry Lyons | 1963–1967 | 46 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 0.467 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
7 | Don Read | 1968–1971 1981–1985 |
92 | 39 | 52 | 1 | 0.429 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0.433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
8 | Ron Stratten | 1972–1974 | 33 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0.273 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
9 | Mouse Davis | 1975–1980 | 66 | 42 | 24 | 0 | 0.636 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
10 | Pokey Allen | 1986–1992 | 91 | 63 | 26 | 2 | 0.703 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0.811 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
11 | Tim Walsh | 1993–2006 | 158 | 90 | 68 | 0 | 0.570 | 42 | 41 | 0 | 0.506 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
12 | Jerry Glanville | 2007–2009 | 33 | 9 | 24 | — | 0.273 | 7 | 17 | — | 0.292 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
13 | Nigel Burton | 2010–2014 | 57 | 21 | 36 | — | 0.368 | 12 | 27 | — | 0.308 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
14 | Bruce Barnum | 2015–present | 91 | 35 | 56 | — | 0.385 | 25 | 39 | — | 0.391 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
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