Jerome Souers

Jerome Souers
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMontana State–Northern
ConferenceFrontier
Record1–27
Biographical details
Born (1958-05-20) May 20, 1958 (age 66)
Alma materUniversity of Oregon
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984Western Washington (DC/DB)
1985Portland State (RB)
1986–1989Montana (DB)
1990–1997Montana (DC/DB)
1998–2018Northern Arizona
2020–2021Southern Oregon (DC)
2022–presentMontana State–Northern
Head coaching record
Overall124–141
Tournaments1–5 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big Sky (2003)
Awards
Big Sky Coach of the Year (1999)

Jerome Souers (born May 20, 1958) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Montana State University–Northern, a position he has held since 2022.[1] He was formerly the head football coach at Northern Arizona University, a position he held from 1998 until 2018.[2] Souers was selected as the 1999 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year and was an Eddie Robinson Award finalist in 2003.

He was raised in Eugene, Oregon and attended North Eugene High School along with former NBA player and head coach Danny Ainge.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs STATS# Coaches°
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (Big Sky Conference) (1998–2018)
1998 Northern Arizona 6–5 3–5 T–7th
1999 Northern Arizona 4–8[n 1] 2–6[n 1] T–7th[n 1] L NCAA Division I-AA First Round 16 19
2000 Northern Arizona 3–8 2–6 T–7th
2001 Northern Arizona 8–4 5–2 2nd L NCAA Division I-AA First Round 16 15
2002 Northern Arizona 6–5 3–4 T–4th
2003 Northern Arizona 9–4 5–2 T–1st L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal 10 9
2004 Northern Arizona 4–7 3–4 5th
2005 Northern Arizona 3–8 1–6 T–7th
2006 Northern Arizona 6–5 5–3 4th
2007 Northern Arizona 6–5 5–3 3rd
2008 Northern Arizona 6–5 4–4 5th
2009 Northern Arizona 5–6 4–4 T–5th
2010 Northern Arizona 6–5 4–4 6th
2011 Northern Arizona 4–7 3–5 6th
2012 Northern Arizona 8–3 6–2 4th 20 15
2013 Northern Arizona 9–3 7–1 2nd L NCAA Division I First Round 15 15
2014 Northern Arizona 7–5 5–3 T–5th
2015 Northern Arizona 7–4 5–3 T–4th
2016 Northern Arizona 5–6 4–4 T–6th
2017 Northern Arizona 7–5 6–2 T–3rd L NCAA Division I First Round 25
2018 Northern Arizona 4–6 3–4 8th
Northern Arizona: 123–114 85–77
Montana State–Northern Lights (Frontier Conference) (2022–present)
2022 Montana State–Northern 0–10 0–10 8th
2023 Montana State–Northern 1–9 0–8 9th
2024 Montana State–Northern 1–9 1–7 9th
Montana State–Northern: 2–29 1–25
Total: 125–143
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
  • #Rankings from final Sports Network poll.
  • °Rankings from final USA/ESPN poll.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Northern Arizona later forfeited four conference victories during the 1999 season because of the use of an inelligble player.

References

  1. ^ "MSU-Northern hires former UM assistant, NAU head coach Jerome Souers to lead football program". missoulian.com. Missoulian. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Jerome Souers will not coach NAU football in 2019


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