Northern State Football Career Coaching Records
| Name | Years | Season | Wins | Loss | Ties | PCT | |
| J.A. Schlueter | 1 | 1902 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | |
| Fred W. Smith | 1 | 1903 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | |
| H. W. Mansfield | 3 | 1904-1906 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0.769 | |
| Tod Kirk | 1 | 1907 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | |
| Paul M. Young | 2 | 1908-1909 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | |
| Raymond L. Quigley | 2 | 1910-1911 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.571 | |
| Coach Nichol | 2 | 1912-1913 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0.636 | |
| P.Coffey | 1 | 1914 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.714 | |
| Llyod R. Brown | 1 | 1915 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | |
| Coach Strum | 1 | 1916 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | |
| Coach Fenenga | 1 | 1917 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Verne Collinge | 4 | 1919-1922 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0.381 | |
| Jacob Speelman | 3 | 1923-1925 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0.738 | |
| Joe Swetland | 1 | 1926 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | |
| Telfor Mead | 2 | 1927-1928 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0.250 | |
| Coach Campbell | 4 | 1929-1932 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0.645 | |
| William L. Carberry | 9 | 1933-1939 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 0.439 | |
| 1942, 1945 | |||||||
| Harley L. Robertson | 2 | 1940-1941 | 12 | 5 | 0.706 | ||
| Clark Swisher | 22 | 1946-1955 | 146 | 42 | 4 | 0.771 | |
| 1957-1968 | |||||||
| Bob Wachs | 1 | 1956 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.667 | |
| Jim Kretchman | 12 | 1969-1980 | 67 | 46 | 7 | 0.588 | |
| Doug Ekmark | 4 | 1981-1984 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0.385 | |
| Rob Bollinger | 1 | 1985 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.350 | |
| Dennis Miller | 12 | 1986-1997 | 77 | 55 | 0 | 0.350 | |
| Ken Heupel | 7 | 1998-2004 | 44 | 33 | 0 | 0.571 | 2004 Mineral Water Bowl |
| Chirs Boden | 1 | 2005- | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 Coaches | 101 | 502 | 319 | 34 | 0.607 | ||
| 855 | Total Games | ||||||
| Games thru 2004 |