Craig Howard

For the Australian cricketer, see Craig Howard (cricketer).

Craig Howard (January 29, 1952 – January 20, 2017)^[1] 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 1990 until 1992, when the school dropped its football program.^[2] He was later a high school coach of Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow at Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Florida, where his team won the high school state championship.^[3][4] He led the Southern Oregon Raiders to the NAIA Football National Championship in 2014.

Craig Howard

Biographical details
Born	(1952-01-29)January 29, 1952 Klamath Falls, Oregon, U.S.
Died	January 20, 2017(2017-01-20) (aged 64) Ashland, Oregon, U.S.
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)
1990–1992	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	56–44 (college) 76–23 (high school)
Tournaments	8–2 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NAIA (2014) 1 Frontier (2012)

In 2017, Howard died at his home at the age of 64.^[5]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NAIA#
Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls (Columbia Football Association) (1990–1992)
1990	Oregon Tech	1–8	1–5	T–6th (Mount Hood)
1991	Oregon Tech	3–6	3–3	4th (Mount Hood)
1992	Oregon Tech	2–7	2–4	T–5th (Mount Hood)
Oregon Tech:		6–21	6–12
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:		56–44
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
#Rankings from final NAIA Coaches' Poll.