Franklin College Football

Mike Leonard returned for his second stint as the head coach of the Franklin College football program in December, 2024. Leonard carries a career 129-55 record after his 17 years leading the program from 2003-2019 and holds the program's career record for winning percentage at 70.1. During his 16 years on the sidelines, Franklin won nine HCAC championships and earned the league's automatic berth into the NCAA playoffs. He was enshrined in the Indiana Football Hall of Fame after his first stint leading the Grizzlies, entering as part of the 2021 inductee class. When Leonard arrived at the Franklin College helm in January of 2003, he sought to raise the confidence and conditioning levels of his new team right away. The Grizzlies' new attitude in Leonard's program involves: always think positive; strive for perfection; stay on the aggressive; enjoy football and enjoy life. The Franklin head coach is maintaining a long-standing tradition at FC, throwing the football with a quick-strike offensive attack. Leonard carries on the offensive philosophy of the great Coach Red Faught, who had been the head football coach at Franklin College from 1957-1988. Leonard has been involved with many other successful football programs in his career, including DePauw University, the University of Alabama, the University of Tulsa, Hanover College, Holy Cross College, Butler University, Wittenberg University, as well as coaching professional football in Tokyo, Japan with the Recruit Seagulls. As a q

Bud Boughton has been actively involved with the Franklin College football program for 12 seasons (2007). Over the years he has served as an assistant position coach

Gil Speer joins the Franklin College football program for the 2015 season, following a successful career in high school coaching, most recently at Zionsville and

Kenny Kuzmuk (pronounced Kuz-mick) enters his second season as Franklin College's defensive coordinator in 2025.  During the 2024 season, Franklin College improved

Steve Rock, a 1994 graduate of Indiana University at Indianapolis, joined the Franklin coaching staff in the spring of 2007. He is entering his 10th season and