The Humboldt State Lumberjacks college football team represent California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, formerly Humboldt State University. The Lumberjacks competed as an independent until joining the Far Western Conference (FWC) in 1946. The conference was renamed to the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) in 1983, and they remained in the NCAC until the conference folded after the 1996 season. They then competed in the NAIA's Columbia Football Association (CFA) from 1997 to 2000. They joined the NCAA Division II's Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) in 2001 and have played there ever since.
The program has had 15 head coaches in its 88 seasons of existence.
Coaches No. Coach Tenure Seasons Win Loss Tie Pct. Bowls 1 Bert Smith 1924 1 1 0 0 0 2 Cy Falkenberg 1925 1 1 3 0 0 3 Fred Telonicher 1927–1934 8 8 23 2 0 4 Charles F. Erb 1935–1937 3 15 6 1 0 5 Herbert L. Hart 1938–1940 3 12 8 0 0 6 Earl Hoos 1941 1 2 5 1 0 7 Joseph Forbes 1946–1947 2 10 7 1 0 8 Lou Tsoutsouvas 1948 1 6 3 0 0 9 Ted Staffler 1949–1950 2 0 12 2 0 10 Phil Sarboe 1951–1965 15 104 37 5 1 11 Bud Van Deren 1966–1985 20 98 101 4 1 12 Mike Dolby 1986–19901987 record adjusted for UC Davis forfeit to Humboldt State 5 18 33 2 0 13 Fred Whitmire 1991–19991992 record adjusted for two Humboldt State forfeits (to Azusa Pacific and Western Montana) 9 43 49 2 0 14 Doug Adkins 2000–2007 8 33 51 0 0 15 Rob Smith 2008–2017 10 63 44 0 0 Totals 1924–present 89 414 382 21 2
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