Head coach Joe Glenn led the Bears to two consecutive NCAA Division II National Football Championship titles.

The Northern Colorado Bears football program is a college football team that represents University of Northern Colorado in the Big Sky Conference, a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship. The team has had 17 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1892.[1] The position has been vacant since November 21, 2022, when Ed McCaffrey was fired.[2]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 college football season.

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
– unknown 1892 1 0 1 0 .000 — — — — — — —
1 John Lister 1893, 1895–1896 4 0 4 0 .000 — — — — — — —
— no team 1894 — — — — — — — — — — — —
– unknown 1897 1 0 1 0 .000 — — — — — — —
— no team 1898 — — — — — — — — — — — —
2 Arthur Kendel 1899–1900 7 1 4 2 .286 — — — — — — —
— no team 1901–1904 — — — — — — — — — — — —
3 Samuel E. Abbott 1905 4 0 2 2 .250 — — — — — — —
— no team 1906–1916 — — — — — — — — — — — —
4 Ralph Glaze 1917–1918 9 2 7 0 .222 — — — — — — —
5 William E. Search 1919–1921 12 1 10 1 .125 — — — — — — —
6 George Cooper 1922–1927 47 15 29 3 .351 4 21 — — — — —
7 Bill Saunders 1928–1931 29 12 13 4 .483 10 12 1 — — — —
8 John W. Hancock 1932–1943
1946–1953		 160 77 78 5 .497 — — — — 1 2 —
— no team 1944–1945 — — — — — — — — — — — —
9 Joe Lindahl 1954–1962 83 36 43 4 .458 — — — — — — —
10 William C. Heiss 1963–1965 28 12 14 2 .464 — — — — — — —
11 Bob Blasi 1966–1984 181 107 71 3 .599 — — — — — 5 —
12 Ron Simonson 1985–1988 43 13 30 0 .302 — — — — — — —
13 Joe Glenn 1989–1999 133 99 34 0 .744 70 28 — 10 5 3 2
14 Kay Dalton 2000–2005 69 38 31 0 .551 — — — — — 1 —
15 Scott Downing 2006–2010 56 9 47 0 .161 — — — — — — —
16 Earnest Collins, Jr. 2011–2019 100 28 72 0 .280 19 53 — — — — —
17 Ed McCaffrey 2020–2022 22 6 16 0 .273 4 12 — .250 — — — —
18 Ed Lamb 2023–present 11 0 11 — .000 0 8 — .000 — — — —

Notes

  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[3]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[4]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

References

  1. ^ Shafer, Ian. "Northern Colorado (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "McCaffrey will not return as Northern Colorado head football coach". Northern Colorado Bears. November 21, 2022.
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
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