Hall of Fame

Howard * Mahanes

  • Class
  • Induction
    2001
  • Sport(s)
    Mules Football Coach
Howard Mahanes
Mules Football Coach, 1966-74
Mahanes directed the Mules' football program for nine seasons and is the only Mules' football coach to take teams to two bowl games. He came to Central Missouri in 1966 after five seasons as head coach at Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College. He took over a program that had endured nine straight losing seasons and had won as many as four games only once during that period.

After a 4-5-0 record his first season, Mahanes led the Mules to records of 6-4-0, 7-2-1, 5-4-0 and 9-2-0 in the next four seasons. His 1968 squad earned a bid to the Mineral Water Bowl in Excelsior Springs, Mo. His 1970 squad was the first Mules' football team to win nine games in a season, shared the MIAA title, and earned a bid to the Pecan Bowl in Arlington, Texas. His nine-year coaching tenure is tied for third and he is third in career coaching wins among all Mules' football coaches.



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