TEAM HISTORY
At Marquette, we take great pride in the winning tradition of our athletic teams. This includes our football program, which has a winning tradition dating back to 1927. Through the 2015 season, the Explorers have advanced to the IHSA State Playoffs nine of the last ten years.
Through the 2015 season, Marquette has 462 career victories, 22 playoff appearances and nine undefeated seasons. MCHS football has made appearances in the IHSA Elite Eight (Quarterfinals) and Final Four (Semi-Finals), a second place finish in the State Championship. Two longtime football coaches are Illinois Football Coaches Hall of Fame Inductees, Joe Stephan, and John Rogers, while Coach Ron Holtman is a Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductee. Remarkably, 73% of the 92 Marquette football teams have been coached by only five Head Coaches: Joe Stephan, Ron Holtman, John Rodgers, John Waters, and Mike Slaughter.
Scores of Marquette players have played college football including Divison 1 players John "Jack" Fallon (Notre Dame), Harold Thomeczek (Missouri), Chuck Crumbacher (Missouri), John Dooling (Vanderbilt), Craig Hentrich (Notre Dame), Tom Roth (SIU-Carbondale), Dan McConnell (Notre Dame), David Fitzgerald (Notre Dame), Steven Blair (Missouri), Michael Cook (SEMO), Michael Ford (SEMO). Tom Roth ('86), Craig Hentrich ('89),and Michael Ford ('14), have played professionally in the National Football League (NFL).
The following is a list of Alton Marquette Football Head Coaches accompanied by their years of service and overall record.
| Head Coach |
Year |
Record |
| Doc Coleman |
(1927 – 1931) |
8 – 25 – 2 |
| Cecil Muellerliele |
(1932 – 1933) |
7 – 6 |
| Joe Stephan |
(1934 – 1954) |
116 – 47 – 8 |
| Norman Tomlinson |
(1940) |
6 – 1 |
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| Ron Holtman |
(1955 – 1965) |
54 – 40 – 2 |
| John Rogers |
(1966 – 1983) |
94 – 73 – 2 |
| John Waters |
(1984 – 1993) |
64 – 36 |
| Mike Slaughter |
(1994 – 2002) |
44 – 40 |
| Geoff Dalton |
(2003 – 2004) |
1 – 17 |
| Tom Pagliaro |
(2005 – 2006) |
11 – 9 |
| Rick Reinhart |
(2007 – 2008) |
6 – 4 |
| Tim Nelson |
(2008 – 2012) |
33 – 19
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| Matt Bucher |
(2014-2015) |
12-7
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| Darrell Angleton |
(2015-2019) |
31-18
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Leon McElrath III
Eric Dickerson
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(2020)
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| Undefeated Regular Seasons |
| Head Coach |
Year |
| Joe Stephan |
1943 |
| Joe Stephan |
1949 |
| John Rogers |
1973 |
| John Rogers |
1974 |
| John Rogers |
1978 |
| John Rogers |
1981 |
| John Rogers |
1982 |
| John Waters |
1988 |
| Mike Slaughter |
2002 |
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Playoff Appearances
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| Head Coach |
Year |
| John Rogers |
1974 |
| John Rogers |
1975 |
| John Rogers |
1978 |
| John Rogers |
1979 |
| John Rogers |
1981 |
| John Rogers |
1982 |
| John Waters |
1985 |
| John Waters |
1987 |
| John Waters |
1988 |
| John Waters |
1989 |
| John Waters |
1991 |
| Mike Slaughter |
2001 |
| Mike Slaughter |
2002 |
| Tom Pagliaro |
2006 |
| Rick Reinhart |
2007 |
| Tim Nelson |
2008 |
| Tim Nelson |
2009 |
| Tim Nelson |
2010 |
| Tim Nelson |
2011 |
Tim Nelson
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2012 |
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Matt Bucher
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2014 |
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Darrell Angleton
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2015 |
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Darrell Angleton
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2016 |
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Darrell Angleton
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2017 |
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Darrell Angleton
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2019 |
| * the IHSA playoff series began in 1974 |
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