The Ball State Cardinals football program is a college football team that represents Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference a part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. In nearly a century of play in college football over four affiliations (Indiana Collegiate Conference, Independent, Conference of Midwestern Universities, and the MAC), the Cardinals have had sixteen head coaches.
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Coaches Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 college football season. No. Name Term Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards 1 Paul "Billy" Williams 2 16 3 13 0 2 Norman G. Wann 2 15 10 3 2 — — — — — — — 3 Paul B. Parker 2 7 3 2 2 — — — — — — — 4 Lawrence McPhee 5 39 15 23 1 — — — — — — — 5 John Magnabosco 1935–19421944–1952 16 128 68 46 14 35 20 6 — — 1 — N/A No Team 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 6 George Serdula 3 24 14 9 1 8 9 0 .470 — — — — — 7 Jim Freeman 6 48 18 28 2 13 22 1 — — — — — 8 Ray Louthen 6 53 37 13 3 26 8 2 — — 4 — — 9 Wave Myers 3 29 15 14 0 — — — — — — — — — 10 Dave McClain 7 74 46 25 3 13 4 0 .764 — — 1 — — 11 Dwight Wallace 7 77 40 37 0 30 27 0 .526 — — 1 — — 12 Paul Schudel 10 112 60 48 4 48 33 3 0 2 2 — — 13 Bill Lynch 8 90 37 53 0 30 34 0 .468 0 1 1 — — 14 Brady Hoke 6 69 30 39 0 27 20 0 .574 0 1 — — — 15 Stan Parrish 3 24 6 18 0 5 11 0 .312 0 1 — — — 16 Pete Lembo 5 62 33 29 0 23 17 0.575 0 2 — — — 17 Mike Neu 9 103 40 63 0 25 43 0 1 1 1 — — Int Colin Johnson 2024 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 — — 18 Mike Uremovich 2025–present 1 12 4 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 — —
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