The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (I FCS) includes 128 teams. Each team has one head coach. As of the upcoming 2026 season, Division I FCS is composed of 13 conferences: the Big Sky Conference, CAA Football, Ivy League, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC), Northeast Conference (officially named NEC), OVC–Big South Football Association, Patriot League, Pioneer Football League, Southern Conference (Southern, or SoCon), Southland Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), and United Athletic Conference (UAC).
The two newest conferences—both of which were officially considered by the NCAA to be alliances between all-sports conferences instead of conferences in their own right through the 2025 season—are the OVC–Big South and UAC, each of which started play in 2023. The former combined most of the football membership of the Big South Conference and Ohio Valley Conference. The latter was a merger of the preexisting football leagues of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) and Western Athletic Conference (WAC), replacing a football alliance between the two conferences. Due to an NCAA moratorium on the establishment of new single-sport conferences, that organization denied a request by the UAC to be considered as an official conference. However, the UAC became an official multi-sport conference in July 2026 via a rebranding of the WAC. The initial all-sports UAC membership includes two football-sponsoring legacy WAC members; all five legacy ASUN members that play scholarship FCS football; and two non-football schools (one a legacy WAC member).
In the 2025 season, all schools except Merrimack and Sacred Heart were members of one of these conferences. Both Merrimack and Sacred Heart moved from the football-sponsoring Northeast Conference to the non-football-sponsoring Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2024, leaving their football programs to compete as independents. Sacred Heart joined CAA Football for the 2026 season, while one other program is independent in the same season. Chicago State, a full NEC member, launched its FCS program in 2026, playing that season as an independent before joining NEC football in 2027.
As of the upcoming 2026 season, the longest-tenured coach in Division I FCS is expected to be Jerry Schmitt of Duquesne, who has been head coach at Duquesne since being hired in 2005. In all, 23 FCS programs have new head coaches in 2026.
Conference affiliations are current for the upcoming 2026 season. Coaches records are updated through 3pm, Wednesday, September 16th, 2026.
Coaches Team Conference Head coach First seasonWLW%WLW% Offensive coordinator(s) Defensive coordinator(s) Special teams coordinator(s)CurrentCareer Cal Poly Mustangs Big Sky 2026211214 Eric Brown Eastern Washington Eagles 201758495849 / Idaho Vandals 2025411629 Idaho State Bengals 202317211721 / Montana Grizzlies 20263030 Vacant Montana State Bobcats 202164126412 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 202417115419 Northern Colorado Bears 20235335080 Portland State Vikings 2026034825 Southern Utah Thunderbirds 2022262311272 UC Davis Aggies 2024228228 Utah Tech Trailblazers 2024324324 Weber State Wildcats 20261212 Albany Great Danes CAA Football 2026218526 Bryant Bulldogs 201930463046 Campbell Fighting Camels 20247201948 Elon Phoenix 201940384038 Hampton Pirates 20261212 Maine Black Bears 202216331633 Monmouth Hawks 20261212 New Hampshire Wildcats 20261212 North Carolina A&T Aggies 20252132422 Rhode Island Rams 201461748275 Sacred Heart Pioneers 201282748274 Stony Brook Seawolves 202415121512 Towson Tigers 2023182017787 Chicago State Cougars Independent 2026122038 Merrimack Warriors 202410161016 / Brown Bears Ivy 201920403250 Eddy Morrissey Columbia Lions 20249111913 Hayden McDonald Cornell Big Red 20248124023 / Dartmouth Big Green 2023219219 Vacant Harvard Crimson 2024174174 Penn Quakers 2026003624 / / Princeton Tigers 2010846610269 / / Yale Bulldogs 2026002314 Delaware State Hornets MEAC 2025105105 DJ Taylor Howard Bison 20261212 Morgan State Bears 2022202810973 Norfolk State Spartans 2025213213 LaRoy Reynolds North Carolina Central Eagles 201947264726 Chris Barnette Tommy Thigpen South Carolina State Bulldogs 20242264913 / Illinois State Redbirds MVFC 20091267912679 Indiana State Sycamores 201728662866 Murray State Racers 2024324324 / Josh Lawrence North Dakota Fighting Hawks 2025116116 Northern Iowa Panthers 20254103342 South Dakota Coyotes 20263030 Kyle Taylor South Dakota State Jackrabbits 2025116116 Southern Illinois Salukis 201657625762 Ryan McVicker Youngstown State Penguins 202033363336 Central Connecticut Blue Devils NECAdam Lechtenberg 202318211821 Duquesne Dukes 200513594163115 Vacant LIU Sharks 202218316690 Mercyhurst Lakers20260303New Haven Chargers20256767 Robert Morris Colonials 201829562956 Stonehill Skyhawks 201642544254 Wagner Seahawks 2020144758113 Charleston Southern Buccaneers OVC–Big South 202311274844 Eastern Illinois Panthers 202217326859 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs 20260202 / / Lindenwood Lions 2017484613970 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 201468736973 Tennessee State Tigers 20252138571 UT Martin Skyhawks 2006131100131100 / Western Illinois Leathernecks 2024918918 Bucknell Bison Patriot Jeff Behrman 2026127329 McNeil Parker Colgate Raiders 2025788751 Joe Gerbino Fordham Rams 201832553255 Vacant Georgetown Hoyas 201441814181 Holy Cross Crusaders 20249186276 Lafayette Leopards 2022282112088 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 2026301320 Richmond Spiders 2017614212079 / Villanova Wildcats 201770387038 William & Mary Tribe 2019453210793 / Butler Bulldogs Pioneer 20258787 Davidson Wildcats 20253121718 Dayton Flyers 202319161916 Vacant Drake Bulldogs 2026038991 Marist Red Foxes 2024719719 Morehead State Eagles 202414137460 Presbyterian Blue Hose 20261111 Mike Babcock Chad Veccharella 20081664017252 Vacant San Diego Toreros 202320163319 / Stetson Hatters 20254114831 Atif Austin Valparaiso Beacons 20253115872 Chattanooga Mocs Southern 201943364336 202310281028 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 2025873652 Vacant Furman Paladins 201762446244 Mercer Bears 2026211411 Samford Bulldogs 2026037229 / Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 20242179863 VMI Keydets 202603169 Western Carolina Catamounts 2021322812570 Wofford Terriers 202218262948 East Texas A&M Lions Southland 2023829829 Houston Christian Huskies 20249182324 Incarnate Word Cardinals 202325132513 Lamar Cardinals 202323169065 McNeese Cowboys 2025844210381 / Nicholls Colonels 20256969 Northwestern State Demons 20241263251 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 201854425442 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 2019473810656 UTRGV Vaqueros 2025105105 / Alabama A&M Bulldogs SWAC 2025692424 Alabama State Hornets 202232173217 / Alcorn State Braves 202413142128 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Lions 2023928928 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 202312251225 / / Florida A&M Rattlers 2026122513 Grambling State Tigers 202414133026 Alan Ricard Jackson State Tigers 2023309309 / Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils 2025312312 Prairie View A&M Panthers 20251165118 / Southern Jaguars 20261212 Vacant Texas Southern Tigers 202411131113 Abilene Christian Wildcats UAC 202230233024 Ty Morris Austin Peay Governors 202413141314 Central Arkansas Bears 201848454845 / / Eastern Kentucky Colonels 202036353635 North Alabama Lions 20239291930 Vacant Tarleton State Texans 20161295915487 / West Florida Argonauts2023279279 West Georgia Wolves 2026039177
See also List of current NCAA Division I FBS football coaches List of current NCAA Division II football coaches List of current NCAA Division III football coaches List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches List of current NCAA Division I men's basketball coaches List of current NCAA Division I women's basketball coaches List of current NCAA Division I men's ice hockey coaches List of NCAA Division I men's soccer coaches
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