Fran Schwenk Head Football/Quarterback Coach

Fran Schwenk is entering his fourth season as the head coach at William Jewell College. Schwenk earned a bachelor of science and master’s degrees at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, where he was a four-year letterman and earned outstanding running back honors during the 1968 season. He coached at several schools in Missouri, establishing winning programs at Eastgate Junior High school in Kansas City, Rock Port High School and Clinton High School before becoming defensive backs coach at Missouri Western in St. Joseph in 1980.

Schwenk had served as head football coach, athletic director and associate professor of physical education at Doane College in Crete, Neb., since 1984. He was the first coach in the college’s history to reach the 100-win mark in 2001. Schwenk’s overall record at Doane was 123-88-3.

In addition to his football coaching duties, Schwenk serves as assistant athletics director and instructor in physical education.

Schwenk’s professional memberships include the Nebraska High School Activities Association, American Football Coaches Association and the NAIA Football Association. He served as president of the NAIA Football Association from 2002-2004.

He was named the State College Coach of the Year by the Omaha World Herald in 1997 and was the Lincoln Journal-Star’s Nebraska State College Coach of the Year in 1993.

Coach Schwenk has taken his teams for international competition in Germany, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. Schwenk and his wife, Sue, have three daughters: Hillory, Brandy and Aubrey.