Samford Bulldogs football

Samford Bulldogs football are the Division I, Football Championship Subdivision representatives of Samford University. Currently the Bulldogs complete in the Southern Conference, having moved from the Ohio Valley Conference at the start of the 2008 season.

Samford plays its home games on campus at the 6,700-seat Seibert Stadium.

The program began when the school was known as Howard College and its campus located in East Lake. The football program was dormant from 1973 to 1984.

Head coaches

Houston Gwin, 1902–1903 Walter O'Hara, 1903 no team, 1904 Davis Stakely, 1905 John Counselman, 1906 Winton Blount, 1908 John Longwell, 1909 James Donnelly, 1910 John Longwell, 1911 Lonnie Noojin, 1912–1914 Eugene Caton, 1915 John Longwell, 1916–1917 Bill Streit, 1917 Maxwell James, 1918 Chester Dillon, 1919 Robert Marshall, 1920–1921 Harris Cope, 1922–1923 Jenks Gillem, 1924–1926 Chester Dillon, 1927–1928 Eddie Maclane, 1929–1933 Shorty Propst, 1934 Billy Bancroft, 1935–1939

Bill White, 1940–1941 no team, 1942 Snitz Snider, 1943 Bub Walker, 1944–1945 no team, 1946–1947 Ted McCrary, 1948 Earl Gartman, 1949–1953 Bill White, 1954 Howard Foote, 1955–1956 Virgil Ledbetter, 1957–1958 Bobby Bowden, 1959–1962 Bubba Scott, 1963–1965 John Lee Armstrong, 1966–1968 Wayne Grubb, 1969–1973 no team, 1974–1983 Kim Alsop, 1984–1987 Terry Bowden, 1987–1992 Chan Gailey, 1993 Pete Hurt, 1994–2001 Bill Gray, 2001–2007 Pat Sullivan, 2007–2014 Chris Hatcher, 2015–