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The Fullerton Hornets football team represents Fullerton College in junior college football in the Southern California Football Association (SCFA). The Hornets are members of the National Southern League (NSL), fielding its team in the NSL since 2021. The Hornets play their home games at Sherbeck Field Stadium in Fullerton, California.
| Fullerton Hornets football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1916; 108 years ago |
| Athletic director | Scott Giles |
| Head coach | Phil Austin & Brian Crooks 1st season, 3–3 (.500) |
| Stadium | Sherbeck Field (capacity: 2,000[1]) |
| Year built | 1956–1957[2] |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Fullerton, California |
| Conference | National Southern League |
| Past conferences | Mission Conference |
| All-time record | 595–362–34 (.618) |
| Bowl record | 13–9 (.591) |
| Playoff appearances | 8 |
| Playoff record | 8–4[n 1][n 2] |
| Claimed national titles | 4 (1965, 1967, 1983, 2016)[n 1] |
| Conference titles | 27 |
| Colors | Stinger blue and hornet yellow[3] |
| Mascot | Hornets |
| Website | fchornets.com |
Their head coaches are Phil Austin and Brian Crooks, who took over the position for the 2024 season.
- Independent (1916, 1921–1922, 1944)
- Southern California Junior College Conference (1927–1931)
- Orange Empire Conference / Eastern Conference (1933–1942, 1945–1967)
- South Coast Conference (1968–1983, 1986–1987)
- Pac-9 Conference (1984–1985)
- Mission Conference (1988–2007)
- National Southern Conference / League (2008–2017, 2021–present)
- National Central League (2018–2019)
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert Steulke | 1916 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | L. C. Culp | 1921 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0.636 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Art Nunn | 1922, 1925, 1928–1935 | 78 | 35 | 36 | 7 | 0.494 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Glenn Lewis | 1926–1927 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0.389 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Roy Priebe | 1936 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.150 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Wendell Pickens | 1937–1939 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0.352 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Ed Goddard | 1940–1941, 1946–1949 | 57 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 0.614 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Dick Spaulding | 1942, 1952–1953 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0.767 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0.176 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 9 | W. W. Bradshaw | 1944 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | Lloyd Martin | 1945 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.278 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Tex Oliver | 1950–1951 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0.474 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Bud Dawson | 1954–1957 | 40 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0.613 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0.176 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 13 | Oran Breeland | 1958–1960 | 27 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0.259 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Hal Sherbeck | 1961–1991 | 319 | 241 | 70 | 8 | 0.768 | 154 | 38 | 6 | 0.176 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | – |
| 15 | Marv Sampson & Glenn Thomas | 1992 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Gene Murphy | 1993–2007 | 157 | 80 | 75 | 2 | 0.516 | 41 | 37 | 0 | 0.176 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – |
| 17 | Tim Byrnes | 2008–2018 | 117 | 82[n 1][n 2] | 35[n 1][n 2] | 0 | 0.701 | 43[n 1][n 2] | 18[n 1][n 2] | 0 | 0.176 | 1[n 1][n 2] | 0[n 1][n 2] | 0[n 1][n 2] | 6[n 1][n 2] | – | – |
| 18 | Garrett Campbell | 2019–2023 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 0.705 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0.176 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – |
| 19 | Phil Austin & Brian Crooks | 2024–present | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Fullerton Hornets | ||||||||||||||
| 1916 | 1916 | Albert Steulke | — | Independent | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||||
| No team from 1917 to 1920. | ||||||||||||||
| 1921 | 1921 | L. C. Culp | — | Independent | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | — | |||||
| 1922 | 1922 | Art Nunn | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| No team from 1923 to 1924. | ||||||||||||||
| 1925 | 1925 | Art Nunn | — | Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1926 | 1926 | Glenn Lewis | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1927 | 1927 | Southern California Junior College Conference | 4 | 6 | 1 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1928 | 1928 | Art Nunn | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1929 | 1929 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 3 | 4 | 1 | T–4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1932 | 1932 | Orange Empire Conference / Eastern Conference | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1933 | 1933 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 5 | 3 | 1 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1936 | 1936 | Roy Priebe | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1937 | 1937 | Wendell Pickens | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1938 | 1938 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1939 | 1939 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1940 | 1940 | Ed Goddard | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1941 | 1941 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1942 | 1942 | Dick Spaulding | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| No team in 1943—World War II. | ||||||||||||||
| 1944 | 1944 | W. W. Bradshaw | — | Independent | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1945 | 1945 | Lloyd Martin | Eastern Conference | 2 | 6 | 1 | T–2nd | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | 1946 | Ed Goddard | NJCAA | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | 1947 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1949 | 1949 | 2 | 7 | 1 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | Tex Oliver | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5th | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | |||
| 1951 | 1951 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1952 | 1952 | Dick Spaulding | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1953 | 1953 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1954 | 1954 | Bud Dawson | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1955 | 1955 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1958 | 1958 | Oran Breeland | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1959 | 1959 | 2 | 6 | 1 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1960 | 1960 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | Hal Sherbeck | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | L Orange Show Bowl | — | |||
| 1962 | 1962 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 24 | ||||
| 1963 | 1963 | 3 | 5 | 1 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | 1964 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | W Potato Bowl | 4 | ||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | W Junior Rose Bowl | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | W Potato Bowl | 3 | ||||
| 1967 | 1967 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | ||||
| 1968 | 1968 | South Coast Conference | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | |||
| 1969 | 1969 | 10 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | ||||
| 1970 | 1970 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | ||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | 5 | 3 | 1 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | W Avocado Bowl | 6 | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | L Avocado Bowl | 2 | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 23 | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | L Avocado Bowl | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 9 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | W Pony Bowl | 9 | ||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 1 | W Potato Bowl | 1 | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | Pac-9 Conference | 10 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | W Pony Bowl | 3 | |||
| 1985 | 1985 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L Pony Bowl | 27 | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | South Coast Conference | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | |||
| 1987 | 1987 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | Mission Conference | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st (Central) | 5 | 0 | 0 | L Potato Bowl | 3 | |||
| 1989 | 1989 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3rd (Central) | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–4th (Central) | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 23 | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd (Central) | 3 | 2 | 0 | W Potato Bowl | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | Marv Sampson & Glenn Thomas | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–5th (Central) | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | Gene Murphy | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th (Central) | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1994 | 1994 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2nd (Central) | 5 | 1 | 0 | W Western State K-Swiss Bowl | 23 | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 5 | 1 | T–2nd (Central) | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th (Central) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th (Central) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–3rd (Central) | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–3rd (Central) | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2nd (Central) | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3rd (Central) | 3 | 2 | 0 | L US Bank Beach Bowl | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5th (Central) | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1st (National) | 5 | 0 | 0 | W US Bank Beach Bowl, L CCCAA National Championship | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd (National) | 2 | 3 | 0 | L Golden Empire Bowl (SCFA Semifinal) | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3rd (American) | 3 | 2 | 0 | W Golden Empire Bowl | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd (American) | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th (American) | 2 | 2 | 0 | W Orange County Bowl | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Tim Byrnes | National Southern Conference / League | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | W National Bowl | 8 | ||
| 2009 | 2009 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | W American Bowl | 5 | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | W Golden Empire Bowl | 6 | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | W Western State Bowl | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | W National Bowl | 2 | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | L Southern California Bowl | 3 (SCFA) | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | L Western State Bowl | 9 (SCFA) | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | W National Bowl | 2 | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 3[n 1] | 0[n 1] | 7[n 1] | 1st[n 1] | 2[n 1] | 3[n 1] | 0[n 1] | V CCCAA National Championship[n 1] | 1[n 1] | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | National Central League | 2[n 2] | 8[n 2] | 0[n 2] | 1st[n 2] | 2[n 2] | 3[n 2] | 0[n 2] | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | Garrett Campbell | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| No team in 2020—COVID-19. | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Garrett Campbell | NJCAA | National Southern League | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | L Patriotic Bowl | — | |
| 2022 | 2022 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | L SCFA Regional | 3 | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L SCFA Semifinal | 5 | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | Phil Austin & Brian Crooks | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
- A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
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