J. J. Thiel

The Southwestern College Moundbuilders program is a college football team that represents Southwestern College in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 28 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1895. The current coach is Brad Griffin, who was announced on January 21, 2015 as the new head coach. Griffin replaces Ken Crandall who resigned at the conclusion of the 2014 season.

Although Southwestern competed in football as far back as 1895, John Jacob Thiel was the first official head football coach at Southwestern, and he held that position for two seasons, from 1903 until 1904. His coaching record at Southwestern was 9–5–1.

After his work at the collegiate level as a professor and coach, he moved to Ritzville, Washington near his family and took up farming. He died in Spokane at the age of 69.

Frank Armin was the fourth coach for the Moundbuilders and held that position for the 1908 season. Armin was also the basketball coach at Southwestern for the 1908-1909 season. He was the first basketball coach on record for the school, and the team produced six wins and three losses.

The 12th head coach was Fred Dittman, who also served in World War II with General Patton’s Army and rose to the rank of captain. In 1946, Dittmann was assistant football coach to Art Kahler at Southwestern and then served as head football coach for the 1948 season while he pursued a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Kansas.

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