Jerome Souers
American football coach (born 1958)
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Jerome Souers (born May 20, 1958) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Montana State University–Northern, a position he has held since 2022.[1] He was formerly the head football coach at Northern Arizona University, a position he held from 1998 until 2018.[2] Souers was selected as the 1999 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year and was an Eddie Robinson Award finalist in 2003.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Montana State–Northern |
| Conference | Frontier |
| Record | 3–38 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 20, 1958 |
| Alma mater | University of Oregon |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984 | Western Washington (DC/DB) |
| 1985 | Portland State (RB) |
| 1986–1989 | Montana (DB) |
| 1990–1997 | Montana (DC/DB) |
| 1998–2018 | Northern Arizona |
| 2020–2021 | Southern Oregon (DC) |
| 2022–present | Montana State–Northern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 126–152 |
| Tournaments | 1–5 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Big Sky (2003) | |
| Awards | |
| Big Sky Coach of the Year (1999) | |
He was raised in Eugene, Oregon and attended North Eugene High School along with former NBA player and head coach Danny Ainge.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | STATS# | Coaches° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (Big Sky Conference) (1998–2018) | |||||||||
| 1998 | Northern Arizona | 6–5 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 1999 | Northern Arizona | 4–8[n 1] | 2–6[n 1] | T–7th[n 1] | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | 16 | 19 | ||
| 2000 | Northern Arizona | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2001 | Northern Arizona | 8–4 | 5–2 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | 16 | 15 | ||
| 2002 | Northern Arizona | 6–5 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2003 | Northern Arizona | 9–4 | 5–2 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | 10 | 9 | ||
| 2004 | Northern Arizona | 4–7 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2005 | Northern Arizona | 3–8 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2006 | Northern Arizona | 6–5 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2007 | Northern Arizona | 6–5 | 5–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 2008 | Northern Arizona | 6–5 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2009 | Northern Arizona | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 2010 | Northern Arizona | 6–5 | 4–4 | 6th | |||||
| 2011 | Northern Arizona | 4–7 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2012 | Northern Arizona | 8–3 | 6–2 | 4th | 20 | 15 | |||
| 2013 | Northern Arizona | 9–3 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I First Round | 15 | 15 | ||
| 2014 | Northern Arizona | 7–5 | 5–3 | T–5th | |||||
| 2015 | Northern Arizona | 7–4 | 5–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2016 | Northern Arizona | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
| 2017 | Northern Arizona | 7–5 | 6–2 | T–3rd | L NCAA Division I First Round | 25 | |||
| 2018 | Northern Arizona | 4–6 | 3–4 | 8th | |||||
| Northern Arizona: | 123–114 | 85–77 | |||||||
| Montana State–Northern Lights (Frontier Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Montana State–Northern | 0–10 | 0–10 | 8th | |||||
| 2023 | Montana State–Northern | 1–9 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| 2024 | Montana State–Northern | 1–9 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
| 2025 | Montana State–Northern | 1–10 | 0–6 | 7th (East) | |||||
| 2026 | Montana State–Northern | 0–0 | 0–0 | (East) | |||||
| Montana State–Northern: | 3–38 | 1–31 | |||||||
| Total: | 126–152 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Notes
- Northern Arizona later forfeited four conference victories during the 1999 season because of the use of an inelligble player.
