{{Short description|American football coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Russell Gaskamp | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Franklin Pierce | current_conference = NE-10 | current_record = 18–43 | contract = | birth_date = {{Circa|{{Birth year and age|1976}}}} | birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Texas (1999)<br/>Sam Houston State University (2005) | player_years1 = 1994–1998 | player_team1 = Texas | player_positions = Offensive lineman | coach_years1 = 2000–2001 | coach_team1 = Austin Rattlers (OC) | coach_years2 = 2002 | coach_team2 = Austin Rattlers | coach_years3 = 2003–2004 | coach_team3 = Sam Houston State (GA) | coach_years4 = 2005 | coach_team4 = Texas A&M–Commerce (OL) | coach_years5 = 2006–2008 | coach_team5 = Southwestern Oklahoma State (AHC/OC) | coach_years6 = 2009–2010 | coach_team6 = Angelo State (OL) | coach_years7 = 2011 | coach_team7 = Angelo State (OC) | coach_years8 = 2012–2018 | coach_team8 = Oklahoma Panhandle State | coach_years9 = 2019–present | coach_team9 = Franklin Pierce | overall_record = 53–81 (college)<br/>13–2 (indoor football) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = * Southwest Conference Champion (1994, 1995)* * Big 12 Champion (1996)* * 1994 Sun Bowl Champion* * 1999 Cotton Bowl Classic Champion* * As a player | coaching_records = }}
'''Russell Gaskamp''' (born {{Circa|1976}}) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Franklin Pierce University, a position he has held since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franklin Pierce |url=https://www.fpuravens.com/sports/fball/coaches/gaskamp_russell |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=Franklin Pierce |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2018 |title=Raven Nation Welcomes Russell Gaskamp and Ruben Resendes |url=https://www.franklinpierce.edu/news/raven_nation_welcomes_gaskamp_and_resendes.html |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=www.franklinpierce.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2018 |title=Gaskamp hired as Franklin Pierce football coach |url=https://www.sentinelsource.com/gaskamp-hired-as-franklin-pierce-football-coach/article_a07d971a-b101-514a-96e3-e720c4947933.html |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=SentinelSource.com |language=en}}</ref> He was the head football coach for Oklahoma Panhandle State University from 2012 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Gaskamp - Football Coach |url=https://opsuaggies.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/russell-gaskamp/34 |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=Oklahoma Panhandle State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaskamp Resigns – Oklahoma Panhandle State University |url=https://opsu.edu/news/2018/12/gaskamp-resigns/ |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=opsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Watkins |first=Matthew |date=December 3, 2018 |title=Oklahoma Panhandle State football coach announces resignation |url=https://abc7amarillo.com/sports/content/oklahoma-panhandle-state-football-coach-announces-resignation |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=KVII |language=en}}</ref> He was the head football coach for the Austin Rattlers of the North American Football League (NAFL).<ref name=":0" /> He also coached for Sam Houston State, Texas A&M–Commerce, Southwestern Oklahoma State,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2006 |title=Gaskamp to coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State |url=https://texassports.com/news/2006/7/12/071206aaa_256.aspx |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=University of Texas Athletics |language=en}}</ref> and Angelo State.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 21, 2011 |title=Wagner Announces Additions to Football Coaching Staff |url=https://angelosports.com/news/2011/1/21/fb_0121110009.aspx |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=Angelo State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> He played college football for Texas as an offensive lineman.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rohde |first=John |date=October 10, 1998 |title=Gaskamp Still Texan At Heart Longhorns' Center Fulfills His Dream |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1998/10/10/gaskamp-still-texan-at-heart-longhorns-center-fulfills-his-dream/62266311007/ |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Playing career== Gaskamp played football for three seasons at Weatherford High School and helped them win back-to-back state titles in 1991 and 1992. He was all-state in both wrestling and football and was a USA Today High School All-American in 1993.
Gaskamp went to college at the University of Texas where he played center for the Longhorns football team from 1994 to 1998, lettering in 1996 and 1998.<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas Football History and Honors |url=https://texaslonghorns.com/documents/2024/8/8/Football_History___Honors.pdf |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> He helped the Longhorns win three conference championships and played in the Sun, Sugar, Fiesta and Cotton Bowls. He started all 13 games at center in 1998 and was part of the offensive line that helped Ricky Williams set the college career rushing record in his Heisman Trophy winning year. He was named to the Longhorn All-Decade Team of the 1990's.<ref name="SOSU"/>
In 2016, he was named to the Weatherford Athletic Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gaskamp Inducted Into Weatherford Athletic Hall of Fame |url=https://opsuaggies.com/news/2016/7/22/football-gaskamp-inducted-into-weatherford-athletic-hall-of-fame.aspx |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Gaskamp had several years of assistant coaching experience before becoming a head coach at the college level. From 1999–2000, he was the offensive coordinator for the Austin Rattlers minor league football team, helping them win back to back championships. In 2002, he was promoted to head coach and led them to a 13–1 record and to the North American Football League (NAFL) Championship game.
He taught and coached at Austin's Johnston High School from 2002–04.
He then moved to college football and was a graduate assistant/tight ends coach at NCAA Division I-AA/FCS Sam Houston State on the Bearkats 2004 national semi-finals team. He was the offensive line coach at Texas A&M–Commerce from 2005–06. He was the offensive coordinator at Southwestern Oklahoma State from 2006–08 and was an assistant coach at Angelo State from 2009–2011.<ref name="SOSU">{{cite news |title=Gaskamp to coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State |url=https://texaslonghorns.com/news/2006/7/12/071206aaa_256.aspx |access-date=8 January 2025 |date=12 July 2006}}</ref>
In 2011, he was hired as the head coach at Oklahoma Panhandle State and stayed in the position as the team dropped down to NAIA. In 2018, he was hired as the head coach at Franklin Pierce.
==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = NAIA Coaches' }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies | conf = NCAA Division II independent | startyear = 2012 | endyear = 2015 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2012 | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State | overall = 4–6 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2013 | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State | overall = 4–7 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2014 | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State | overall = 7–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2015 | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State | overall = 5–5 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies | conf = Lone Star Conference | startyear = 2016 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2016 | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State | overall = 2–9 | conference = 1–8 | confstanding = 9th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies | conf = Central States Football League | startyear = 2017 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2017 | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State | overall = 7–3 | conference = 6–2 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = 24 | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies | conf = Sooner Athletic Conference | startyear = 2018 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2018 | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State | overall = 6–5 | conference = 6–2 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Oklahoma Panhandle State | overall = 35–38 | confrecord = 13–12 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Franklin Pierce Ravens | conf = Northeast-10 Conference | startyear = 2019 | endyear = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2019 | name = Franklin Pierce | overall = 1–10 | conference = 0–8 | confstanding = 9th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2020–21 | name = No team | overall = | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2021 | name = Franklin Pierce | overall = 0–10 | conference = 0–8 | confstanding = 9th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2022 | name = Franklin Pierce | overall = 2–8 | conference = 1–6 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2023 | name = Franklin Pierce | overall = 4–6 | conference = 3–4 | confstanding = T–4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2024 | name = Franklin Pierce | overall = 5–5 | conference = 5–3 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2025 | name = Franklin Pierce | overall = 6–4 | conference = 5–2 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Franklin Pierce | overall = 18–43 | confrecord = 14–31 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 53–81 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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==External links== * [https://www.fpuravens.com/sports/fball/coaches/gaskamp_russell Franklin Pierce profile] * [https://opsuaggies.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/russell-gaskamp/34 Oklahoma Panhandle State profile]
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