List of Southern Oregon Raiders head football coaches

The Southern Oregon Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Southern Oregon University in the Frontier Conference, a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The team has had 17 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1927. The current coach is Berk Brown who first took the position for the 2023 season.^[1]

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]}

No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	Awards
1	Roy McNeal	1927–1931	27	13	9	5	.574	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Howard Hobson	1932–1934	20	12	7	1	.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Jean Eberhart	1935–1938	24	3	18	3	.188	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Al Simpson	1946–1950	44	27	16	1	.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	William Abbey	1951	9	1	8	0	.111	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Alex Petersen	1952–1954	22	8	14	0	.364	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Al Akins	1955–1969	136	71	62	3	.533	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Larry Kramer	1970–1971	20	3	17	0	.150	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Scott Johnson	1972–1979	74	35	39	0	.417	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Chuck Mills	1980–1988	92	44	47	1	.484	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Jim Palazzolo	1989–1995	63	30	31	2	.492	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Jeff Olson	1996–2004	86	50	36	0	.581	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Shay McClure	2005	10	1	9	0	.100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Steve Helminiak	2006–2010	47	16	31	0	.340	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Craig Howard	2011–2017	48	34	14	0	.708	23	7	0	.767	5	2	1	—
16	Charlie Hall	2017–2022	54	28	26	—	.519	26	24	—	.520	2	1	1	—
17	Berk Brown	2023–present	31	17	14	—	.548	12	10	—	.545	0	0	0	—

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Venues	Raider Stadium (1983–present)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950 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 2026
National championship seasons in bold

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