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Adams State Grizzlies football
Adams State Grizzlies football
First season	1930; 94 years ago
Athletic director	Katelyn Smith
Head coach	Levi Gallas ; 1st season, 0–0 (–)
Stadium	Rex Stadium; (capacity: 1,500)
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Alamosa, Colorado
NCAA division	Division II
Conference	RMAC
Past conferences	Independent (1930–1945, 1956); NMIC (1946–1955)
All-time record	381–437–19 (.467)
Bowl record	2–0 (1.000)
Playoff appearances	2
Playoff record	2–2
Conference titles	8
Division titles	2
Rivalries	Fort Lewis
Colors	Green and white;
Mascot	Grizzly bear
Website	asugrizzlies.com

The Adams State Grizzlies football team represents Adams State University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Grizzlies are members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), fielding its team in the RMAC since 1957. The Grizzlies play their home games at Rex Stadium in Alamosa, Colorado. The team was formally known as the Adams State Indians.

Their current head coach is Levi Gallas, who has held the position since 2024.^[3]

Conference affiliations

Independent (1930–1945)
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference (1946–1955)
Independent (1956)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1957–present)

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General		Overall		Conference		Postseason^{[A 1]}
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]}

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, and championships
No.	Name	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC	CC
1	Clifton White^[7]	1930–1937	37	12	20	5	0.392	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2	Henry Canine^[8]	1938	6	1	4	1	0.250	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	Vernon Hopper^[7]	1939–1942	19	6	13	0	0.316	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	Neal Mehring^[7]	1946–1947	15	11	4	0	0.733	9	1	0	0.900	–	–	–	–	1
5	William C. Heiss^[7]	1948–1949	17	11	5	1	0.676	6	2	1	0.722	–	–	–	–	–
6	Orval Steffen^[7]	1950–1951	18	5	11	2	0.333	5	4	1	0.550	–	–	–	–	–
7	Michael Stimack^[7]	1952–1956	44	14	29	1	0.330	12	11	1	0.521	–	–	–	–	1
8	Ernie Smith^[9]	1957–1958	19	1	17	1	0.079	1	8	1	0.150	–	–	–	–	–
9	Darrell Mudra^[10]	1959–1962	37	32	4	1	0.878	15	1	0	0.938	1	0	0	0	3
10	Donald McKillip^[7]	1963–1967, 1969	57	39	18	0	0.684	6	4	0	0.600	1	0	0	1	0
11	Gene Carpenter^[11]	1968	9	8	1	0	0.889	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	Ron Harms^[7]	1970–1973	36	21	13	2	0.611	18	6	0	0.750	–	–	–	1	1
13	Bill Schade^[7]	1974–1976	27	14	13	0	0.519	12	10	0	0.545	–	–	–	–	–
14	James Paronto^[12]	1977–1980	41	22	19	0	0.537	19	14	0	0.576	–	–	–	–	1
15	Richard Ulrich^[7]	1981	9	3	5	1	0.389	3	4	1	0.438	–	–	–	–	–
16	Joel Swisher^[7]	1982–1983	19	7	10	2	0.421	7	7	2	0.500	–	–	–	–	–
17	Jeff Geiser^[7]	1984–1996	135	65	68	2	0.489	42	41	1	0.506	2	2	0	–	1
18	David Elsenrath^[13]	1997–1999	31	9	22	0	0.290	8	16	0	0.333	–	–	–	–	–
19	Wayne McGinn^[7]	2000–2007	87	35	52	0	0.402	28	36	0	0.438	–	–	–	–	–
20	Marty Heaton^[14]	2008–2014	77	42	35	0	0.545	34	29	0	0.540	–	–	–	–	–
21	Timm Rosenbach^[15]	2015–2017	32	9	23	0	0.281	9	20	0	0.310	–	–	–	–	–
22	Josh Blankenship^[16]	2018–2020	22	8	14	0	0.364	8	12	0	0.400	–	–	–	–	–
23	Jarrell Harrison^[17]	2021–2024	44	6	38	0	0.136	5	31	0	0.139	–	–	–	–	–

Year-by-year results

National champions	Conference champions	Bowl game berth	Playoff berth

^[18]

Season	Year	Head coach	Association	Division	Conference	Record							Postseason	Final ranking
						Overall			Conference
						Win	Loss	Tie	Finish	Win	Loss	Tie
Adams State Indians
1930	1930	Clifton White	NCAA	—	Independent	0	1	2					—	—
1931	1931					2	1	1					—	—
1932	1932					1	2	1					—	—
1933	1933					2	1	0					—	—
1934	1934					1	3	0					—	—
1935	1935					1	5	1					—	—
1936	1936					3	4	0					—	—
1937	1937					2	3	0					—	—
1938	1938	Henry Canine				1	4	1					—	—
1939	1939	Vernon Hopper				3	2	0					—	—
1940	1940					0	5	0					—	—
1941	1941					1	3	0					—	—
1942	1942					2	3	0					—	—
No team from 1943 to 1945
1946	1946	Neal Mehring	NCAA	—	NMIC	5	1	0	1st	4	0	0	Conference champion	—
1947	1947	Neal Mehring				6	3	0	2nd	5	1	0	—	—
1948	1948	William C. Heiss				6	2	0	2nd	3	1	0	—	—
1949	1949	William C. Heiss				5	3	1	2nd	3	1	1	—	—
1950	1950	Orval Steffen				2	5	2	3rd	2	2	1	—	—
1951	1951	Orval Steffen				3	6	0	3rd	3	2	0	—	—
1952	1952	Michael Stimack				2	5	1	T–3rd	2	5	1	—	—
1953	1953					3	6	0	T–3rd	3	3	0	—	—
1954	1954					3	6	0	2nd	3	2	0	—	—
1955	1955					6	4	0	T–1st	4	1	0	Conference co-champion	—
1956	1956			College Division	Independent	0	8	0					—	—
1957	1957	Ernie Smith			RMAC	0	9	1	6th	0	4	1	—	—
1958	1958	Ernie Smith				1	8	0	5th	1	4	0	—	—
1959	1959	Darrell Mudra				8	1	0	2nd	3	1	0	—	—
1960	1960					7	0	1	1st	4	0	0	Conference champion	—
1961	1961					8	2	0	1st	4	0	0	Conference champion	—
1962	1962					9	1	0	1st	4	0	0	W Mineral Water	—
1963	1963	Donald McKillip				6	4	0	2nd	3	1	0	—	—
1964	1964					6	3	0	2nd	2	1	0	—	—
1965	1965					5	4	0	3rd	1	2	0	—	—
1966	1966					8	2	0					W Mineral Water	—
1967	1967					8	1	0					—	—
1968	1968	Gene Carpenter				8	1	0					—	—
1969	1969	Donald McKillip				6	4	0	1st (Mountain)	6	1	0	L Conference championship	—
1970	1970	Ron Harms	NAIA	Division I		4	3	2	3rd (Mountain)	4	2	0	—	—
1971	1971					5	4	0	T–1st (Mountain)	5	1	0	L Conference championship	—
1972	1972					6	3	0	1st	5	1	0	Conference champion	—
1973	1973					6	3	0	T–2nd	4	2	0	—	—
1974	1974	Bill Schade				5	4	0	T–2nd	3	3	0	—	—
1975	1975					6	3	0	2nd	6	1	0	—	No. 15
1976	1976					3	6	0	9th	3	6	0	—	—
1977	1977	James Paronto				3	7	0	6th	3	6	0	—	—
1978	1978					6	4	0	T–2nd	5	3	0	—	—
1979	1979					5	5	0	T–4th	4	4	0	—	—
1980	1980					8	3	0	T–1st	7	1	0	Conference co-champion	No. 10
1981	1981	Richard Ulrich				3	5	1	5th	3	4	1	—	—
1982	1982	Joel Swisher				3	4	2	4th	3	3	2	—	—
1983	1983	Joel Swisher				4	6	0	T–4th	4	4	0	—	—
1984	1984	Jeff Geiser				6	3	0	2nd	6	2	0	—	No. 20
1985	1985					4	5	0	T–3rd	4	3	0	—	—
1986	1986					2	8	0	5th	2	4	0	—	—
1987	1987					5	6	0	2nd^[a]	4	2	0	—	—
1988	1988					10	3	1	2nd	3	1	1	L NAIA Seminfinals	No. 16
1989	1989					9	2	0	1st	7	0	0	L NAIA First Round	No. 1
1990	1990					5	4	0	2nd	3	1	0	—	—
1991	1991					6	4	0	6th	2	4	0	—	No. 16
1992	1992		NCAA	Division II		3	7	0	7th	1	6	0	—	—
1993	1993					4	6	0	5th	3	4	0	—	—
1994	1994					3	7	1	T–5th	2	4	1	—	—
1995	1995					4	6	0	T–4th	3	4	0	—	—
1996	1996					4	7	0	T–7th	2	6	0	—	—
Adams State Grizzlies
1997	1997	David Elsenrath	NCAA	Division II	RMAC	1	10	0	T–8th	1	7	0	—	—
1998	1998					4	6	0	6th	3	5	0	—	—
1999	1999					4	6	0	T–4th	4	4	0	—	—
2000	2000	Wayne McGinn				3	7	0	T–5th	3	5	0	—	—
2001	2001					2	9	0	T–8th	1	7	0	—	—
2002	2002					5	6	0	T–4th	4	4	0	—	—
2003	2003					4	7	0	7th	3	5	0	—	—
2004	2004					7	4	0	T–2nd	6	2	0	—	—
2005	2005					6	5	0	4th	5	3	0	—	—
2006	2006					6	5	0	4th	4	4	0	—	—
2007	2007					2	9	0	7th	2	6	0	—	—
2008	2008	Marty Heaton				5	6	0	5th	5	4	0	—	—
2009	2009					5	6	0	T–5th	5	4	0	—	—
2010	2010					5	6	0	T–5th	4	5	0	—	—
2011	2011					7	4	0	T–4th	5	4	0	—	—
2012	2012					9	2	0	3rd	7	2	0	—	—
2013	2013					7	4	0	4th	5	4	0	—	—
2014	2014					4	7	0	T–6th	3	6	0	—	—
2015	2015	Timm Rosenbach				3	8	0	T–7th	3	6	0	—	—
2016	2016					2	8	0	10th	2	8	0	—	—
2017	2017					4	7	0	T–6th	4	6	0	—	—
2018	2018	Josh Blankenship				4	7	0	T–6th	4	6	0	—	—
2019	2019	Josh Blankenship				4	7	0	7th	4	6	0	—	—
No team in 2020 due to COVID-19
2021	2021	Jarrell Harrison	NCAA	Division II	RMAC	1	10	0	9th	1	8	0	—	—
2022	2022					2	9	0	9th	2	7	0	—	—
2023	2023					3	8	0	8th	2	7	0	—	—
2024	2024					0	11	0	10th	0	9	0	—	—

^ Adams State forfeited three victories including a conference win over Western New Mexico

Notes

^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.^[4]
^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[5]
^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[6]

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