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Coaching History

Northern Illinois Football Coaches

Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Northern Illinois.

Huskie Stadium • DeKalb • IL

Mountain WestHuskie Stadium
Coaches
12
Indexed Record
321-339-4
Best Win %
Dave Doeren 85.2%

All-time coaching ledger

Records use fallback-adjusted coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are not included in the table totals.

CoachYearsRecordWin %Best SRSBest Finish
Thomas Hammock2019-20257 seasons35-4742.7%-1.1
Rod Carey2012-20187 seasons52-3063.4%5.1#22
Dave Doeren2011-20122 seasons23-485.2%5.1#22
Jerry Kill2008-20103 seasons23-1659.0%6.3
Joe Novak1996-200712 seasons63-7645.3%6.0
Charlie Sadler1991-19955 seasons18-3732.7%-6.5
Jerry Pettibone1985-19906 seasons33-32-150.8%-1.7
Lee Corso1984-19841 seasons4-6-140.9%-15.2
Bill Mallory1980-19834 seasons25-1956.8%1.0
Pat Culpepper1976-19794 seasons14-29-133.0%-9.9
Jerry Ippoliti1971-19755 seasons25-29-146.4%-7.0
Doc Urich1969-19702 seasons6-1430.0%-15.4

Quick Answers

Northern Illinois football coaches quick answers

Indexed coach record

321-339-4

Longest/latest leader

Joe Novak (1996-2007)

Coaches indexed
12
Coach-seasons
58
Top coach
Joe Novak (63 wins)
Best win pct
Joe Novak 45.3%