List of Portland State Vikings head football coaches
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The Portland State Vikings college football team represents Portland State University[A 1] in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky). The Vikings compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship (FCS). The program has had 15 head coaches since it began play during the 1947 season.[1] Since December 2025, Chris Fisk has served as the head coach at Portland State.[2]
The team has played nearly 700 games over 65 seasons of Portland State football.[1] In that time, two coaches have led the Vikings to postseason appearances: Pokey Allen and Tim Walsh.[3] Three coaches also won conference championships: Jerry Lyons won two as a member of the Oregon Collegiate Conference; Don Read and Allen won a combined six as a member of the Western Football Conference.[3] Walsh is the leader in seasons coached with fourteen years with the program.[3] Walsh is also the leader in games won with 90 and Allen has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .703.[1] Ron Stratten and Jerry Glanville are tied with the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .273.[1]
| 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] | ||||