The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks college football team represents Northern Arizona University in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 31 head coaches since it began play during the 1915 season. Since December 2023, Brian Wright has served as Northern Arizona's head coach.
Four coaches have led Northern Arizona in the postseason: Max Spilsbury, Joe Salem, Steve Axman, and Jerome Souers. Three of those coaches also won conference championships: Spilsbury captured seven as a member of the Frontier Conference. Salem and Souers each captured one as a member of the Big Sky.
Souers is the leader in seasons coached, with 21 years as head coach and games coached (237) and won (123). Robert G. Stevenson has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .857. Earl Insley has the lowest winning percentage at .167.
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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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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