title: List of North Park Vikings head football coaches
text: # List of North Park Vikings head football coaches
  
  The North Park Vikings football program is a college football team that represents North Park University in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had at least 17 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1934, although records for coach names only begin in 1958. The current coach is Kyle Rooker who first took the position for the 2019 season.
  
  ## Key
  
  Key to symbols in coaches list :
  
  | General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Order of coaches | 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 | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
  | † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |
  
  ## Coaches
  
  Statistics correct as of the end of the 2021 college football season.
  
  | No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | PW | PL | CCs | NCs |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | - | unknown coach/coaches | 1934–1942 |
  | X | No team | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | - | unknown coach/coaches | 1944–1957 |
  | 1 | Harold Swanson | 1958–1960 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 2 | Bob Lord | 1961–1963 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 3 | James Rooney | 1964–1966 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 1 | .104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 4 | Norm Rathje | 1967–1968 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 5 | Charles E. Emery | 1969 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 6 | William D. Gourley | 1970–1972 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 2 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 7 | Mike Watson | 1973–1974 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 8 | Gene Mitz | 1975–1977 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 0 | .074 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 9 | Bill Anderson | 1978–1985 | 72 | 15 | 57 | 0 | .208 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 10 | Ron Ellett | 1986 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 11 | Craig Fouhy | 1987–1988 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | .056 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 12 | Mel Boehland | 1989 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 13 | Tim Rucks | 1990–1994 | 45 | 9 | 33 | 3 | .233 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 14 | Mike Liljegren | 1995–2000 | 55 | 9 | 46 | 0 | .164 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 15 | Robin Cooper | 2001–2005 | 50 | 9 | 41 | 0 | .180 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 16 | Scott Pethtel | 2006–2012 | 70 | 10 | 60 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 17 | Mike Conway | 2013–2018 | 60 | 14 | 46 | 0 | .233 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 18 | Kyle Rooker | 2019–present | 30 | 4 | 26 | 0 | .133 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  