Missouri Baptist Spartans football
| Missouri Baptist Spartans football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 2014 |
| Athletic director | Jeff Fore |
| Head coach | Marc Lillibridge 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Location | Creve Coeur, Missouri |
| Stadium | Spartan Field (capacity: 1,000) |
| Conference | HAAC |
| Division | South Division |
| Colors | Blue and gray[1] |
| All-time record | 34–90 (.274) |
| Mascot | Spartans |
| Website | mbuspartans.com |
The Missouri Baptist Spartans football team represents Missouri Baptist University in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Spartans are members of the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC), fielding its team in the HAAC since 2023. The Spartans play their home games at Spartan Field in Creve Coeur, Missouri.[2]
Their head coach is Marc Lillibridge, who took over the position after Jason Burianek the team's inaugural coach from 2014 to 2025.[3]
Conference affiliations
- Independent (2014)
- Mid-States Football Association (2015–2022)
- Heart of America Athletic Conference (2023–present)
List of head coaches
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Burianek[7] | 2014–2025 | 124 | 34 | 90 | 0 | 0.274 | 17 | 51 | 0 | 0.250 |
| 2 | Marc Lillibridge | 2026-Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Staff
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Notable Members of the Program
Jason Burianek- Former Colorado Wide Receiver who was the first Head Coach in Missouri Baptist history from 2014 to 2025.
Clyde Simmons- 15-year NFL veteran, and 2019 Defensive Line Coach. Current Defensive Line Coach at Bowling Green (2025-present).
Charles Coe (American football)- Coe spent 13 years with the program from 2014-2025. He was also the Head Coach at Alabama State from 2003 to 2006 earning a 29-18 record which include to SWAC East Championships.
Joe Bowden- A 9-year NFL veteran, Bowden served four seasons as Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach (2017-2020). Bowden currently serves as the Linebackers Coach at Bowling Green.
Marc Lillibridge- 2nd Head Coach of Missouri Baptist University beginning in 2026. Lillibridge played five seasons in the NFL, including serving as a scout for the Green Bay Packers, and Kansas City Chiefs. Lillibridge also served as General Manager for the Houston Roughnecks, and San Antonio Brahmas.
Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Missouri Baptist Spartans | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2014 | Jason Burianek | NAIA | — | Independent | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | MSFA | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th (Mideast) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–4th (Mideast) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6th (Mideast) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5th (Mideast) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6th (Midwest) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6th (Midwest) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th (Midwest) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–5th (Midwest) | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | HAAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | (South) | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2024 | 2024 | HAAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | (South) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2025 | 2025 | HAAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | (South) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2026 | 2026 | Marc Lillibridge | HAAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | (South) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||
Notes
- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[4]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]
References
- ^ "Logos & Fonts". Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ "Facilities". MBU Athletics. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Missouri Baptist Adds Football, New Coach". NAIA. March 28, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ Brown, Vicki (March 14, 2013). "MBU kicks off football program". Word&Way. Retrieved August 28, 2023.