The Northern Colorado Bears football program is a college football team that represents University of Northern Colorado in the Big Sky Conference, a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship. The team has had 18 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1892. Since December 2022, Ed Lamb has served as Northern Colorado's head coach.
Four coaches have led Northern Colorado in the postseason: John W. Hancock, Bob Blasi, Joe Glenn, and Kay Dalton. Four of those coaches also won conference championships: Hancock and Blasi each captured two as a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Blasi captured an additional three as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference and one as a member of the North Central Conference. Glenn captured four and Dalton one as a member of the Big Sky. Glenn also captured two national championships as head coach at Northern Colorado in 1996 and 1997.
Blasi is the leader in seasons coached, with 19 years as head coach and games coached (181) and won (107). Glenn has the highest winning percentage at .737. John Lister has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000.
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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 CCs NCs Awards Unknown — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — – 19961997 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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