In 1929, Carl "Swede" Anderson took over as head coach leading the Hilltoppers to a 7–3 record before leaving to take the head coach job over the Kansas State freshman football team.
WESTERN MICHIGAN FOOTBALL BLOGO SERIES
After Diddle left the football program to focus on coaching basketball, WKU football went through a series of instability in coaching but also a series of 9 winning seasons. The Hilltoppers outscored opponents 171–7 in Diddle's final year of coaching the program. When he retired from coaching football in 1928, Diddle posted a record of 38–24–2. His first team set a school record for wins that would stand for 41 years and his last team claimed to be state champions. Diddle, who was a dual-athlete himself, encouraged his players to participate in multiple sports so they could stay in shape. Diddle took over the football program for seven seasons leading them to four winning seasons while also coaching the WKU Hilltoppers basketball team. From 1922 to 1928, the Hilltoppers saw their first success as Coach E.A.
Smith, whose name bears the Hilltoppers' home stadium, took the reins and coached the team for two seasons. From 1917 to 1919 the Hilltoppers didn't compete in football from due to World War I. Arthur then took over the program for three years from 1914 to 1916, coaching a total of 14 games, 6 of which were against Eastern Kentucky. The two men teamed up to coach the Hilltoppers for their inaugural season which solely consisted of a 20–0 win over Elizabethtown. Leiper and Roy Manchester are the first noted coaches for WKU. Western Kentucky first fielded a football team in 1908 but did not start playing sanctioned games until the 1913 season. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the team's head football coach is Tyson Helton. The Hilltoppers play their home games at Houchens Industries–L. The program has 13 conference championships (1 SIAA, 9 OVC, 1 Gateway, 2 Conference USA) and 4 FBS-level bowl game victories.
The 2002 team was the FCS national champion. The team competes at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level and represents the university as a member of Conference USA in the Eastern division. The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football program is a college football team that represents Western Kentucky University. College football team that represents Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky Hilltoppers footballĢ022 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
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