A few months ago, I posted a list of the winningest coaches in Wyoming high school football history. Since then, I’ve updated the list to include coaches from 1933 to 1945, and the list has shuffled a bit.
Here are the overall records for Wyoming coaches that have won at least 90 games, at least according to the listings I have:
| Coach | Wins | Losses | Ties |
| Dayton, Todd | 242 | 49 | 0 |
| Deti, John E. | 204 | 94 | 8 |
| Deti, John R. | 188 | 102 | 2 |
| Fullmer, Jerry | 174 | 82 | 0 |
| McDougall, John | 156 | 115 | 2 |
| Eskelsen, Joel | 147 | 81 | 0 |
| Hoff, Dallas | 144 | 95 | 6 |
| Gray, Walter | 140 | 87 | 0 |
| Moon, Mike | 136 | 79 | 1 |
| Scherry, Rick | 133 | 84 | 1 |
| Hill, Art | 132 | 92 | 3 |
| Bailey, Harold | 128 | 92 | 0 |
| Blanchard, Okie | 126 | 36 | 4 |
| Mirich, Carl | 124 | 101 | 1 |
| Keith, Bruce | 117 | 82 | 0 |
| Harshman, Steve | 114 | 64 | 0 |
| Dinnel, Don | 113 | 61 | 0 |
| Petronovich, Pete | 113 | 102 | 5 |
| Fackrell, Kay | 111 | 79 | 0 |
| Bartlett, Doug | 102 | 73 | 0 |
| Smith, Ben | 101 | 33 | 0 |
| Miller, Barry | 97 | 83 | 1 |
| Wiseman, Jim | 97 | 50 | 1 |
| Hart, Jerry | 95 | 40 | 2 |
| Gamble, Tony | 93 | 55 | 2 |
| Bullington, Mark | 92 | 19 | 0 |
| Steege, Rich | 91 | 119 | 0 |
The big addition to this list from the 1933-45 era is Okie Blanchard, who posted a 126-36-4 record from 1933-52 with Rock Springs, Natrona and Cheyenne Central. His career record is probably better than that, as I believe he spent a few years prior to 1933 coaching, as well. It’s interesting to note that Blanchard was also the UW football coach in 1941, in between his three-year stint coaching Natrona and his 11 years at Central.
It’s also interesting that Blanchard split time at three schools. That’s sort of a rarity for the list, which is dominated by guys who pretty much stayed at one school. Other coaches on the list who were head coaches at three schools are John R. Deti (Cody, Sheridan and Laramie), Art Hill (Glenrock, Riverton and Natrona), Don Dinnel (Mountain View, Rawlins and Evanston) and Kay Fackrell (Goshen Hole, Lyman and Evanston).
Well, now that I’m in the mood…
These coaches stayed (or have stayed, so far) at one school as head coach: Dayton (Cokeville); Fullmer (Lusk); Eskelsen (Big Piney); Gray (Tongue River); Moon (Buffalo); Scherry (Big Horn); Bailey (Shoshoni); Harshman (Natrona); Petronovich (Douglas); Bartlett (Torrington); Smith (Rocky Mountain); Miller (Goshen Hole/Southeast); and Bullington (Southeast).
The remainder were at two schools: John E. Deti (Meeteetse, Laramie); McDougall (Dubois, Cody); Hoff (Superior, Midwest); Mirich (Goshen Hole, Moorcroft); Keith (Sheridan, Kelly Walsh); Wiseman (Lingle, Torrington); Hart (Green River, Star Valley); Gamble (Guernsey-Sunrise, Wright); Steege (Burns, Pinedale).
Of course, this is an incomplete list. It doesn’t include coaching records prior to 1933 and doesn’t include coaches who are missing (you can find out which teams those are by checking out the list of missing coaches for the Coaches Project).
–patrick