Bio

Twitter: @CoachHafnerWPU, @WPU_Football

Todd Hafner is in his 19th year as Head Football Coach.

Hafner, who owns a career record of 109-86-1 (.559), guided William Penn to its seventh league crown in school history in 2016. The team won seven in a row to claim a share, its first since 2012. The 2012 crew finished 9-3 and qualified for the NAIA Football Championship Series, its first playoff appearance since 1976 and second all-time.

The squad also went 10-1 in 2010 to win its first conference title since 1976. William Penn tied the school record for wins and also broke the NAIA’s single-season marks for total rushing yards and yards per attempt. Numerous other school marks were set in 2010. The Statesmen again paced the NAIA in rushing in 2011.

The 2008 and 2010 Midwest League Coach of the Year and 2016 Heart North Division Coach of the Year, Hafner was also the recipient of the VSN NAIA Coach of the Year and the NFCA Region 2 Coach of the Year honors in 2010. As skipper, he has produced 251 all-conference players and 27 All-Americans.

Hafner took over a program that was 2-8 in 2003. Since then he has led the navy and gold to 10 winning campaigns, including five in a row from 2008-2012 and four straight from 2014-2017.

Two of Hafner’s players, Andy Stokes in 2005 and Damon Harrison in 2011, continued their careers at the professional level. Stokes was drafted by the New England Patriots (‘Mr. Irrelevant’ as the last pick) and Harrison was signed to a free-agent contract by the New York Jets. He later played with the New York Giants, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Seattle Seahawks; Harrison was selected an All-Pro for the 2016 season.

Hafner was born and raised in Oskaloosa until the age of eight when his family moved to Frontenac, Kan. He was then quarterback of his high school team under the tutelage of his father, Greg Hafner, a 1973 graduate of William Penn who was teammates with Wilbur Young and Bruce Polen, both of whom went on to play for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Hafner graduated from Pittsburg State University in 1994 with a degree in mathematics (minor in coaching). He was also a quarterback on the football team before tearing ligaments, which forced him to become a student coach. He served in that capacity in 1991 when Pittsburg State won the NCAA Division II national championship and again in 1992 when the Gorillas were national runners-up. Hafner participated in, or was a part of, the playoffs in all five years he attended the University.

Hafner began his coaching career at Carl Junction HS in Carl Junction, Mo., where he was an assistant football coach for two years. From there he moved on to Southwest Baptist University where he was a graduate assistant for one campaign.

Hafner then returned to Carl Junction to take up the head coaching position. He held it for four years before securing an assistant coaching job at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan. Hafner was the offensive coordinator for two years before adding assistant head coach to his duties.

While Hafner was at Emporia, the football team won the NCAA Division II bowl game--the Mineral Water Bowl. They also shared the MIAA conference championship with Pittsburg State, Missouri Western, Northwest Missouri State, and Central Missouri State.

Hafner lives in Oskaloosa with his wife Mandy. The couple has four children: Tyler, twins Austin and Emma, and Ryan.

Hafner's Coaching Career at William Penn

2021 3-8 (2-3 HEART)
2020 4-3 (2-1 HEART)
2019 4-6-1 (2-3 HEART)
2018 4-7 (2-3 HEART)
2017 7-4 (3-2 HEART)
2016 7-4 (4-1 HEART) (Heart North Co-Champs)
2015 7-4 (3-2 HEART)
2014 7-4 (3-2 MWL)
2013 5-6 (3-3 MWL)
2012 9-3 (5-1 MWL ) (MWL Co-Champs, FCS playoffs)
2011 9-2 (5-2 MWL)
2010 10-1 (6-1 MWL) (MWL Co-Champs, tied school record for wins)
2009 7-5 (5-2 MWL)
2008 7-4 (5-2 MWL)
2007 5-6 (3-4 MWL)
2006 5-6 (5-3 MW)
2005 6-5 (4-3 MWL) (First winning season since 1976)
2004 3-8 (2-5 MWL)
109-86-1 (64-43 CONF)