The Montana State–Northern Lights football team represents Montana State University–Northern in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Lights are members of the Frontier Conference, fielding its team in the Frontier Conference since 1999. The Lights play their home games at Tilleman Field in Havre, Montana.
The school's head coach is Jerome Souers, who took over the position for the 2022 season.
Conference affiliations Frontier Conference (1999–present)
List of head coaches Key
Coaches since 1999 + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records and conference records No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% 1 Walt Currie 1999–2003 52 10 42 0 7 33 0 2 Mark Samson 2004–2013 104 45 59 0 40 56 0 3 Jake Eldridge 2014, 2017 14 3 11 2 11 0 4 Aaron Christensen 2015–2017 32 2 27 1 26 0 5 Andrew Rolin 2018–2021 37 3 34 1 33 0 6 Jerome Souers 2022–present 41 3 38 1 31 0
Year-by-year results since 1999 National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieMontana State–Northern Lights 1999 1999Walt CurrieNAIA—Frontier 3 8 0 T–4th 1 70— — 2000 2000 2 8 0 4th 2 60— — 2001 2001 3 8 0 T–3rd 2 60— — 2002 2002 1 9 0 5th 1 70— — 2003 2003 1 9 0 5th 1 70— — 2004 2004Mark Samson 1 10 0 T–4th 1 70— — 2005 2005 5 5 0 3rd 3 50— — 2006 2006 9 2 0 2nd 8 20NAIA First Round11 2007 2007 6 5 0 T–3rd 5 50— — 2008 2008 7 3 0 2nd 7 30— 21 2009 2009 2 9 0 T–5th 1 90— — 2010 2010 3 7 0 5th 3 70— — 2011 2011 5 5 0 3rd 5 50— — 2012 2012 3 7 0 7th 3 70— — 2013 2013 4 6 0 T–5th 4 60— — 2014 2014Jake Eldridge 3 8 0 7th 2 80— — 2015 2015Aaron Christensen 0 11 0 8th 0 100— — 2016 2016 1 9 0 8th 1 90— — 2017 2017Aaron Christensen / Jake Eldridge (interim, last 3 games) 1 10 0 8th 0 100— — 2018 2018Andrew Rolin 1 10 0 8th 0 100— — 2019 2019 1 10 0 8th0100——202020200405th040—— 2021 2021 1 10 0 8th 1 90—— 2022 2022Jerome Souers 0 10 0 8th 0 100—— 2023 2023 1 9 0 9th 0 80——
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