The Northwestern State Demons college football team represents Northwestern State University as a member of the Southland Conference (SLC). The Demons compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 16 head coaches, since it began play during the 1907 season. Since November 2023, Blaine McCorkle has served as head coach at Northwestern State.
Three coaches have led Northwestern State to the postseason: Sam Goodwin, Steve Roberts, and Scott Stoker. Six of those coaches also won conference championships: H. Lee Prather captured one as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Harry Turpin captured two as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference and one as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Jack Clayton captured four as a member of the Gulf States Conference; George Doherty captured one as a member of the Gulf South Conference; Sam Goodwin captured one as a member of the Gulf Star Conference;, and Goodwin captured three and Scott Stoker one as a member of the SLC.
Prather is the leader in seasons coached with 20, Turpin is tke leader in games coached (202), and Goodwin is the leader in games won (102). J. H. Griffith has the highest winning percentage at 0.800. McCorkle has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.042.
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Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards 1 1907–1908 — — — — — — — — — 2 1909 — — — — — — — — — 3 1910–1912 — — — — — — — — — 4 1913–1933 — — — — 5 1934–1956 — — — — 6 1957–1966 — — — — 7 1967–1971 — — — — 8 1972–1974 — — — — 9 1975–1982 — — — — — — — — — 10 1983–1999 — 11 2000–2001 — — — — 12 2002–2008 — — — — 13 2009–2012 — — — — 14 2013–2017 — — — — 15 2018–2023 — — — — 16 2024–present — — — —
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