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[ edit ] Monett Cubs Football
Benny Lawson - Head coach (1975-1978); 1977 Class 2A State Championship, inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Parkville after Monett
Finnis Engleman – Head coach (1919–1921); played for Missouri State; member of the Missouri State University Athletics Hall of Fame.
Dennis Heim - Monett & Missouri State Alum, NFL Football player, and Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductee
M. E. Gillioz - Founder of Gillioz bank and BOTH Gillioz theatres
Jack Fox - Son-in-law of M.E. Gillioz, Monett Native, 1954 Mizzou football leading scorer, school board member who made it his mission to get a new football stadium built in Monett in the 60s (Burl Fowler Stadium) Monett victories Cassville victories Tie games Vacated wins
No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 1 October 4, 2013 Cassville, MO Cassville 27 Monett 0 2 September 19, 2014 Monett, MO Monett 38 Cassville 0 3 September 18, 2015 Cassville, MO Monett 34 Cassville 6 4 September 23, 2016 Monett, MO Monett 21 Cassville 20 5 September 22, 2017 Cassville, MO Cassville 21 Monett 0 6 September 7, 2018 Monett, MO Cassville 49 Monett 12 7 September 13, 2019 Cassville, MO Cassville 21 Monett 14
No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 8 October 2, 2020 Monett, MO Cassville 50 Monett 0 9 October 1, 2021 Cassville, MO Cassville 21 Monett 20 10 October 21, 2022 Monett, MO Monett 27 Cassville 10 11 October 20, 2023 Cassville, MO Cassville 42 Monett 7 12 October 18, 2024 Cassville, MO Cassville 41 Monett 24 13 October 17, 2025 Monett, MO Cassville 48 Monett 46 Series: Cassville leads 9–4
State Championships [ edit ] The Monett Cubs have won three Missouri state football championships [ 1]
Tenure
Coach
Record
Win %
State
1910
Unknown
0-0
–
0
1911
H. E. Blaine
6-1
.857
0
1912-1918
Unknown
0-0
–
0
1919-1921
Finnis Engleman
31–2
.939
0
1922-1943
Unknown
0–0–0
–
0
1944-1956
Kenley Richardson
78–35-7
.679
0
1957-1958
Ralph Scott
5–14–1
.275
0
1959-1961
Pat Steele
10–16–1
.389
0
1962-1964
Roy Arbuthnot
10–19–1
.350
0
1965-1966
Gus Brock
3–7–0
.300
0
1967-1974
Burl Fowler ‡
58–23-1
.713
1
1975–1978
Benny Lawson † ‡
30–13–1
.693
1
1979
Jerry Sitton
6–4
.600
0
1980–1985
Ron Richardson
24–27
.471
0
1986–1989
Ken Brumley
20–20
.500
0
1990–1992
Charlie Phillips
16–15
.516
0
1993–1998
Mark Johnson
37–26
.587
0
1999–2000
Keith Jordan
2–18
.100
0
2001–2009
Alan Spencer ‡
58–36
.617
0
2010-2014
Chad Depee
34–25
.576
0
2015–2021
Derek Uhl
42–34
.553
1
2022–2023
Ethan Lewis
4–17
.190
0
2024–Present
Ben Mauk 3–7
.300
0
Total 472–369–12 .560 3
Statistics as of the start of the 2025 season.Work is being done to locate coaching and record gaps.
Year(s)
Coach
Seasons
W
L
T
Winning %
State
1910-1918
N/A
0
0
0
0
00.0%
0
1919-1921
Finis Engleman [ 4]
3
31
2
0
93.9%
0
1922-1943
N/A
0
0
0
0
00.0%
0
1944-1956
Kenley Richardson [ 5]
13
78
35
7
67.9%
0
1957-1958
Ralph Scott [ 6]
2
0
0
0
00.0%
0
1959-1967
N/A
0
0
0
0
00.0%
0
1967-1974
Burl Fowler ‡ [ 7]
8
59
22
0
72.8%
1
1975-1978
Benny Lawson † [ 8]
4
11
2
0
84.6%
1
1978-2003
N/A
0
0
0
0
00.0%
0
2004-2009
Alan Spencer ‡ [ 9]
6
47
17
0
73.44%
0
2010–2015
Chad Depee
6
42
28
0
60.0%
0
2016–2021
Derrek Uhl
6
34
31
0
52.3%
1
2022–2023
Ethan Lewis
2
4
17
0
19.0%
0
2024–Present
Ben Mauk
1
3
7
0
30.0%
0
Totals
115
298
159
7
65.2%
3
Statistics as of the end of the 2024 season. † Member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame - Coaches category
