Craig Howard

Craig Howard
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born c. 1952
Klamath Falls
Died (aged 64)
Ashland, Oregon
Playing career
1970–1973 Linfield
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1981 Oregon Tech (DC)
1982–1983 Portland State (DC)
1987–1989 Oregon Tech (DC)
1991–1992 Oregon Tech
1993 Livingston (DC)
2003–2007 Allen D. Nease HS (FL)
2008–2010 Columbia HS (FL)
2011–2016 Southern Oregon
Head coaching record
Overall 58–36 (college)
76–23 (high school)
Tournaments 8–2 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NAIA National (2014)
1 Frontier (2012)

Craig Howard (c. 1952 – January 19, 2017) was an American football coach and former player. At the time of his death he was head football coach at Southern Oregon University, a position he had held since 2011. Howard served as the head football coach at Oregon Institute of Technology from 1991 until 1992, when the school dropped its football program.[1] He was later a high school coach of Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow at Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where his team won the high school state championship.[2][3] He led the Southern Oregon Raiders to the NAIA Football National Championship in 2014.

In 2017, Howard died at his home at the age of 64.[4]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs NAIA Coaches'#
Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls (Columbia Football Association) (1991–1992)
1991 Oregon Tech 6–6
1992 Oregon Tech 2–7
Oregon Tech: 8–13
Southern Oregon Raiders (NAIA independent) (2011)
2011 Southern Oregon 5–5
Southern Oregon Raiders (Frontier Conference) (2012–2016)
2012 Southern Oregon 9–3 8–2 T–1st L NAIA Quarterfinal 5
2013 Southern Oregon 7–4 7–3 T–2nd 24
2014 Southern Oregon 13–2 8–2 2nd W NAIA Championship 1
2015 Southern Oregon 11–3 8–2 2nd L NAIA Championship 2
2016 Southern Oregon 5–6 5–5 4th
Southern Oregon: 50–23 36–14
Total: 58–36
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

References

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