The Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football program is a college football team that represents University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, a part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The team has had 18 head coaches on record since its first recorded football game in 1923 (Donzell Young held the position twice). In December 2022, Alonzo Hampton was hired as head coach of the Golden Lions.
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Coaches Statistics updated through end of 2025 season.
No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards 1 Unknown 4 0 4 0 — — — — — — — No team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Caesar Felton Gayles 20 8 9 3 — — — — — — — 3 James Lytle 15 11 4 0 — — — — — — — 4 James W. Hazzard 38 19 14 5 2 3 1 — — — — 5 James McCrary 10 4 6 0 — — — — — — — 6 William S. Taylor 49 21 22 6 8 16 6 — — — — No team 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — 7 Chester Hynes 16 3 13 0 1 11 0 — — — — 8 Lamar Allen 43 17 19 5 6 17 4 — — — — 9 Roland K. Bernard 30 11 15 4 11 15 4 — — — — 10 Leroy Moore 40 9 26 5 5 18 2 — — — — 11 Charles Spearman 49 19 29 1 8 23 1 — — — — 12 Vannette W. Johnson 105 53 46 6 22 29 5 — — — — 13 Donzell Young 57 10 45 2 0 14 0 — — — — 14 James Shaw 40 15 24 1 — — — — — — — 15 Ben McGee 43 17 22 4 — — — — — — — 16 Archie Cooley 42 27 13 2 — — — — — — — 17 Lee Hardman 121 64 57 0 23 25 0 — — — — 18 Mo Forte 39 17 22 0 15 15 0 — — — — 19 Monte Coleman 111 40 71 0 27 57 0 — — 1 — 20 Cedric Thomas 22 8 14 0 4 10 0 — — — — 21 Doc Gamble 23 8 15 0 5 11 0 — — — — Int. Don Treadwell 4 1 3 0 1 3 0 — — — — 22 Alonzo Hampton 35 9 26 0 5 19 0 — — — —
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