List of Northwestern State Demons head football coaches

The Northwestern State Demons college football team represents Northwestern State University^{[A 1]} as a member of the Southland Conference (SLC). The Demons compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 16 head coaches, since it began play during the 1907 season. Since November 2023, Blaine McCorkle has served as head coach at Northwestern State.^[1]

Three coaches have led Northwestern State to the postseason: Sam Goodwin, Steve Roberts, and Scott Stoker. Six of those coaches also won conference championships: H. Lee Prather captured one as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Harry Turpin captured two as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference and one as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Jack Clayton captured four as a member of the Gulf States Conference; George Doherty captured one as a member of the Gulf South Conference; Sam Goodwin captured one as a member of the Gulf Star Conference;, and Goodwin captured three and Scott Stoker one as a member of the SLC.

Prather is the leader in seasons coached with 20, Turpin is tke leader in games coached (202), and Goodwin is the leader in games won (102). J. H. Griffith has the highest winning percentage at 0.800. McCorkle has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.042.

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General		Overall		Conference		Postseason^{[A 2]}
No.	Order of coaches^{[A 3]}	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 4]}	C%	Conference winning percentage
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage^{[A 5]}

No.	Name	Season(s) ^{[A 7]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	Awards
1	John W. Coolidge	1907–1908	5	1	3	1	0.300	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	J. H. Griffith	1909	5	4	1	0	0.800	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Clarence G. Pool	1910–1912	20	12	7	1	0.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	H. Lee Prather	1913–1933	148	83	53	12	0.601	30	28	6	0.516	—	—	—	1	—
5	Harry Turpin	1934–1956	202	100	91	11	0.522	55	54	8	0.504	—	—	—	4	—
6	Jack Clayton	1957–1966	95	58	35	2	0.621	27	23	0	0.540	—	—	—	4	—
7	Glenn Gossett	1967–1971	46	31	14	1	0.685	12	8	0	0.600	—	—	—	0	—
8	George Doherty	1972–1974	32	15	17	0	0.469	10	10	0	0.500	—	—	—	1	—
9	A. L. Williams	1975–1982	84	38	46	0	0.452	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Sam Goodwin	1983–1999	193	102	88	3	0.536	57	38	2	0.598	3	3	0	4	—
11	Steve Roberts	2000–2001	23	12	11	—	0.522	5	8	—	0.385	0	1	—	0	—
12	Scott Stoker	2002–2008	81	44	37	—	0.543	22	20	—	0.524	0	2	—	1	—
13	Bradley Dale Peveto	2009–2012	44	14	30	—	0.318	9	19	—	0.321	0	0	—	0	—
14	Jay Thomas	2013–2017	57	21	36	—	0.368	15	27	—	0.357	0	0	—	0	—
15	Brad Laird	2018–2023	57	16	41	—	0.281	15	25	—	0.375	0	0	—	0	—
16	Blaine McCorkle	2024–present	24	1	23	—	0.042	0	15	—	.000	0	0	—	0	—

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Venues	Demon Stadium (1939–1974) State Fair Stadium (1975) Harry Turpin Stadium (1976–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Louisiana Tech McNeese Nicholls: NSU Challenge Southeastern Louisiana Stephen F. Austin: Chief Caddo
Culture & lore	Vic the Demon Spirit of Northwestern Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

List of Northwestern State Demons head football coaches

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