Thomas Ford (American football)
American football coach
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Thomas Ford (b. c. 1982) is an American college football coach, currently the head coach at the University of Idaho, a position he has held since December 2024.[1][2][3][4] He was the head coach at Stadium High School in Tacoma, Washington, from 2014 to 2017 and Simon Fraser University from 2018 to 2019.[5][6] Ford also coached for Linfield, Southeastern Oklahoma State, Puget Sound, Washington, Idaho, and Oregon State.[7] He played college football for Linfield as a running back and graduated from Mountlake Terrace High School, north of Seattle.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Idaho |
| Conference | Big Sky |
| Record | 4–8 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1982 (age 43–44) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Linfield University (2004) Southeastern Oklahoma State University (2009) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 2001–2004 | Linfield |
| 2005–2006 | Tri-Cities Fever |
| 2007 | Alaska Wild |
| Track and field | |
| 2001–2004 | Linfield |
| Position | Running back (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 2007–2008 | Linfield (RB) |
| 2009–2011 | SE Oklahoma State (ST/WR) |
| 2012 | Puget Sound (ST/DB) |
| 2013 | Puget Sound (DC) |
| 2014–2017 | Stadium HS (WA) |
| 2018–2019 | Simon Fraser |
| 2020–2021 | Washington (OQC) |
| 2022–2023 | Idaho (ST/RB) |
| 2024 | Oregon State (RB) |
| 2025–present | Idaho |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–26 (.188) (college) 13–28 (.317) (high school) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2× All-NWC (2003–2004) Linfield Hall of Fame (2016) GNAC Coach of the Year (2018) | |
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Fraser Clan (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) (2018–2019) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Simon Fraser | 1–9 | 0–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2019 | Simon Fraser | 1–9 | 1–5 | T–3rd | |||||
| Simon Fraser: | 2–18 | 1–13 | |||||||
| Idaho Vandals (Big Sky Conference) (2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Idaho | 4–8 | 2–6 | T–8th | |||||
| Idaho: | 4–8 | 2–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 6–26 | ||||||||
High school
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadium Tigers () (2014–2017) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Stadium | 0–10 | 0–5 | 7th | |||||
| 2015 | Stadium | 3–8 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2016 | Stadium | 6–4 | 4–2 | 4th | |||||
| 2017 | Stadium | 4–6 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| Stadium: | 13–28 | 9–16 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–28 | ||||||||
