Southwestern Moundbuilders football

Griffin was the defensive coordinator for eleven seasons with William Penn University prior to his arrival to Southwestern College.

Other coaches during the program's history include Art Kahler, Harold Elliott, and Dennis Franchione.

[5] Southwestern football teams have won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference eleven times since 1929: 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2021.

The team has also advanced to the NAIA Football National Championship five times, with a record of 2 wins and 5 losses.

[10] For the 1999 NAIA Football National Championship, the team lost in the first round to Northwestern Oklahoma State by a score of 44–10.