Ralph Thacker

Ralph W. Thacker
Thacker pictured in The Forester 1917, Lake Forest yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	September 13, 1880 Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Olivet College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1907 1913-1914 1915	Central Michigan Wyoming Lake Forest
Head coaching record
Overall	5-18
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Ralph William Thacker was the head coach of the Central Michigan (1907), Wyoming (1913–1914) and Lake Forest (1915) college football program.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Central Michigan (Independent) (1907–1907)
1907	Central Michigan	2-4
Central Michigan:		2-4
Wyoming (Mountain West Conference) (1913–1914)
1913	Wyoming	0-5
1914	Wyoming	1-5
Wyoming:		1-10
Lake Forest (Independent) (1915–1915)
1915	Lake Forest	2-4
Lake Forest:		2-4
Total:		5-18
^†Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

References

Central Michigan Chippewas head football coaches

Pete McCormick (1896)
Carl Pray (1897–1899)
Unknown (1900–1901)
Charles Tambling (1902–1905)
No team (1906)
Ralph Thacker (1907)
Hugh Sutherland (1908)
Harry Helmer (1909–1912)
No team (1913–1915)
Blake Miller (1916)
Fred Johnson (1917)
Charles Tambling (1918)
Garland Nevitt (1919)
Joe Simmons (1920)
Wallace Parker (1921–1923)
Lester Barnard (1924–1925)
Wallace Parker (1926–1928)
A. J. Nowak (1929–1930)
George Van Bibber (1931–1933)
Alex Yunevich (1934–1936)
Ron Finch (1937–1946)
Lyle Bennett (1947–1949)
Warren Schmakel (1950)
Kenneth Kelly (1951–1966)
Roy Kramer (1967–1977)
Herb Deromedi (1978–1993)
Dick Flynn (1994–1999)
Mike DeBord (2000–2003)
Brian Kelly (2004–2006)
Jeff Quinn # (2006)
Butch Jones (2007–2009)
Steve Stripling # (2009)
Dan Enos (2010– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Wyoming Cowboys head football coaches

Fred Hess (1892)
No team (1893)
Fred Hess & J. F. Soule (1894)
J. F. Soule (1895–1897)
Fred Hess (1898)
J. F. Soule (1899)
William McMurray (1900–1906)
Robert Ehlman (1907–1908)
Harold I. Dean (1909–1911)
Leon C. Exelby (1912)
Ralph Thacker (1913–1914)
John J. Corbett (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
John J. Corbett (1919–1923)
William Henry Dietz (1924–1926)
George McLaren (1927–1929)
John Rhodes (1930–1932)
Willard Witte (1933–1938)
Joel Hunt (1939)
Okie Blanchard (1940)
Bunny Oakes (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Bunny Oakes (1946)
Bowden Wyatt (1947–1952)
Phil Dickens (1953–1956)
Bob Devaney (1957–1961)
Lloyd Eaton (1962–1970)
Fritz Shurmur (1971–1974)
Fred Akers (1975–1976)
Bill Lewis (1977–1979)
Pat Dye (1980)
Al Kincaid (1981–1985)
Dennis Erickson (1986)
Paul Roach (1987–1990)
Joe Tiller (1991–1996)
Dana Dimel (1997–1999)
Vic Koenning (2000–2002)
Joe Glenn (2003–2008)
Dave Christensen (2009– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Lake Forest Foresters head football coaches

No coach (1882)
No team (1883–1887)
No coach (1888–1898)
D. H. Jackson (1899–1900)
Unknown (1901)
Clarence Herschberger (1902–1904)
James A. Vaughan (1905–1906)
R. E. Brumbaugh (1907)
Burt E. Kennedy (1908–1913)
Ira T. Carrithers (1914)
Ralph Thacker (1915)
E. J. Mather (1916–1918)
Sylvester Derby (1919–1920)
Ralph Glaze (1921–1923)
Floyd L. Brown (1924–1928)
Ira MacIntosh (1929–1932)
Ralph Jones (1933–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Ralph Jones (1946–1948)
John W. Breen (1949–1951)
Wally Lemm (1952–1953)
Alvin Hanks (1954–1956)
Wally Lemm (1957)
Nick Wasylik (1958–1965)
Mike Dau (1966–1991)
Maury Waugh (1992–1994)
Randy Moore (1995–1999)
Chad Eisele (2000–2004)
Brent Becker (2005–2008)
Jim Catanzaro (2009– )

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