George Papageorgiou

George Papageorgiou
Current position
Title	Assistant head coach, offensive line coach
Team	Benedictine
Conference	HAAC
Playing career
1978	Washington
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988	Pacific (OR) (assistant)
1989–1991	Pacific (OR) (DC)
1992	Willamette (LB)
1993–1994	Willamette (OL)
1995–1999	Bethel (KS)
2000–present	Benedictine (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	18–29
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	KCAC Coach of the Year (1996); AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year (2022)

George Papageorgiou (born c. 1956) is an American football coach and former player. He is an assistant coach at Benedictine College.^[1] Papageorgiou served as the head football coach at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, from 1995 to 1999, compiling a record of 18–29.

Playing career[edit]

Papageorgiou played college football at the University of Washington as a fullback.^[2] He played under head coach Don James and saw action in 11 games for the 1978 season—gaining 75 yards on 87 attempts while scoring five touchdowns.^[3]

Coaching career[edit]

Assistant coaching[edit]

Papageorgiou was an assistant coach at Washington until 1983, working with both running backs and the defensive line. Before taking the head coach position at Bethel he was an assistant for the Willamette Bearcats in Salem, Oregon.^[2] He presently is an assistant coach at Benedictine in Atchison, Kansas.^[1] In 2022, he was named the NAIA Assistant Football Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.^[4]

Bethel[edit]

Papageorgiou was the head football coach at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, serving for five seasons, from 1995 until 1999, and compiling a record of 18–29.^[5] He was named Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) Coach of the Year in 1996 after leading Bethel to an overall record of 7–3 and a second-place finish in the KCAC with a conference mark of 7–1. Bethel went 5–5 in 1998, but was forced to forfeit all five of those victories in 1999 when it was discovered that an ineligible player has participated during the season. Papageorgiou resigned midway through the 1999 season, on November 3, and was replaced by Mike Moore on an interim basis.^[6]

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Bethel Threshers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1995–1999)
1995	Bethel	4–5	4–4	T–5th
1996	Bethel	7–3	7–1	2nd
1997	Bethel	5–5	4–4	T–4th
1998	Bethel	0–10^{[n 1]}	0–8^{[n 1]}	T–4th^{[n 1]}
1999	Bethel	2–6^{[n 2]}	2–5^{[n 2]}	^{[n 2]}
Bethel:		18–29	17–22
Total:		18–29

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Bethel finished the 1998 season with overall record of 5–5 and conference mark of 4–4, tying for fourth place. In 1999, they forfeited all five victories because of an ineligible player.
^ ^a ^b ^c Papageorgiou led the team for the first eight games of the 1998 before resigning on November 3. Mike Moore was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Bethel finished the year with an overall record of 3–7 and conference mark of 2–6, tying for seventh place.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Coaching Staff". Benedictine Athletics. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Bethel Selects Football Coach". Wichita Eagle. May 25, 1995. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
^ "1978 Washington Huskies". Complete Football Stats.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
^ "Assistant Coaches of the Year" (Press release). American Football Coaches Association. November 29, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ "Bethel College Coaching Results". Bethel College Athletics. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
^ Davidson, Bob (November 12, 1999). "Bethel coach resigns". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. p. C5. Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

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[1998season-7] Bethel finished the 1998 season with overall record of 5–5 and conference mark of 4–4, tying for fourth place. In 1999, they forfeited all five victories because of an ineligible player.

[1999season-8] Papageorgiou led the team for the first eight games of the 1998 before resigning on November 3. Mike Moore was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Bethel finished the year with an overall record of 3–7 and conference mark of 2–6, tying for seventh place.

[bene-1] "Coaching Staff". Benedictine Athletics. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2010.

[wichita-2] "Bethel Selects Football Coach". Wichita Eagle. May 25, 1995. Retrieved December 27, 2010.

[3] "1978 Washington Huskies". Complete Football Stats.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2010.

[4] "Assistant Coaches of the Year" (Press release). American Football Coaches Association. November 29, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[5] "Bethel College Coaching Results". Bethel College Athletics. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.

[6] Davidson, Bob (November 12, 1999). "Bethel coach resigns". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. p. C5. Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

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