The Crusader Era · 1930–1999
Head Coaches
The 14 men who coached Wheaton while it played as the Crusaders, in order. Records here cover only the seasons within the window — several tenures, Mike Swider's among them, run past 1999 into the Thunder years and are not counted here.
Head coaches
14
1930–1999
Longest tenure
17
Harve Chrouser · 1940–1960
Most wins
104
Harve Chrouser
Most titles
9
Harve Chrouser
Every head coach
Sortable · click a coach for their full career record| Coach | Years | Seasons | Record | Pct | CCIW Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Gustafson | 1930–1934 | 5 | 12-21-4 | .378 | 0 |
| Wendel Smith | 1935 | 1 | 2-5-1 | .313 | 0 |
| Fred Walker | 1936–1939 | 4 | 11-14-4 | .448 | 0 |
| Harve Chrouser | 1940–1960 | 17 | 104-34-8 | .740 | 9 |
| Albert Graf | 1942 | 1 | 5-3-1 | .611 | 0 |
| Carl DeVries | 1943–1945 | 3 | 11-5-3 | .658 | 0 |
| Jack Swartz | 1961–1968 | 8 | 41-30 | .577 | 0 |
| Mal Pearson | 1969–1970 | 2 | 4-13-1 | .250 | 0 |
| Gary Taylor | 1971–1972 | 2 | 2-16 | .111 | 0 |
| Dewey King | 1973–1979 | 7 | 29-34 | .460 | 0 |
| Cliff Schimmels | 1980 | 1 | 2-7 | .222 | 0 |
| Jim Rexilius | 1981 | 1 | 2-7 | .222 | 0 |
| J.R. Bishop | 1982–1995 | 14 | 84-47-1 | .640 | 1 |
| Mike Swider | 1996–1999 | 4 | 25-11 | .694 | 0 |
No photographs exist in this archive for these coaches — the record book and game log carry no images, and this site does not use stock or generated photos of real people. Each coach's page has their full year-by-year record, opponents faced and staff.