Craig Howard
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1952–2017)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Craig Howard
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|1|29}}
| birth_place = Klamath Falls, Oregon, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|1|20|1952|1|29}}
| death_place = Ashland, Oregon, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1970–1973
| player_team1 = Linfield
| coach_years1 = 1978–1981
| coach_team1 = Oregon Tech (DC)
| coach_years2 = 1982–1983
| coach_team2 = Portland State (DC)
| coach_years3 = 1987–1989
| coach_team3 = Oregon Tech (DC)
| coach_years4 = 1990–1992
| coach_team4 = Oregon Tech
| coach_years5 = 1993
| coach_team5 = Livingston (DC)
| coach_years6 = 2003–2007
| coach_team6 = Allen D. Nease HS (FL)
| coach_years7 = 2008–2010
| coach_team7 = Columbia HS (FL)
| coach_years8 = 2011–2016
| coach_team8 = Southern Oregon
| overall_record = 56–44 (college)
76–23 (high school)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 8–2 (NAIA playoffs)
| championships = 1 NAIA (2014)
1 Frontier (2012)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Craig Howard (January 29, 1952 – January 20, 2017){{cite web|url=https://www.litwillersimonsen.com/obituaries/Craig-Howard-2/#!/Obituary|title=Obituary for Craig Howard|publisher=Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home|access-date=July 25, 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19921203&id=U0JWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1506,492758&hl=en|title=Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/collegefootball/index.ssf/2015/12/southern_oregons_inspirational.html|title=Southern Oregon's inspirational coach Craig Howard: 'He could have been Billy Graham'|publisher=The Oregonian|access-date=January 9, 2016|first=Nick|last=Daschel|date= December 17, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://jacksonville.com/sports/football/2011-02-10/story/ex-nease-football-coach-craig-howard-takes-southern-oregon-job|title=Ex-Nease football coach Craig Howard takes Southern Oregon job|publisher=The Times-Union|date=February 10, 2011|access-date = January 9, 2016}} 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.[http://www.souraiders.com/news/2017/1/20/sou-football-coach-craig-howard-passes-away.aspx SOU football coach Craig Howard passes away], Southern Oregon University, January 20, 2017.
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = NAIA }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls
| conf = Columbia Football Association
| startyear = 1990
| endyear = 1992
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1990
| name = Oregon Tech
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–6th (Mount Hood)
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1991
| name = Oregon Tech
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th (Mount Hood)
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1992
| name = Oregon Tech
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–5th (Mount Hood)
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Oregon Tech
| overall = 6–21
| confrecord = 6–12
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southern Oregon Raiders
| conf = NAIA independent
| startyear = 2011
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2011
| name = Southern Oregon
| overall = 5–5
| conference =
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southern Oregon Raiders
| conf = Frontier Conference
| startyear = 2012
| endyear = 2016
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2012
| name = Southern Oregon
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NAIA Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 5
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2013
| name = Southern Oregon
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 7–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 24
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 2014
| name = Southern Oregon
| overall = 13–2
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NAIA Championship
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 1
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2015
| name = Southern Oregon
| overall = 11–3
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NAIA Championship
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 2
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2016
| name = Southern Oregon
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 5–5
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southern Oregon
| overall = 50–23
| confrecord = 36–14
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 56–44
| bowls = no
| poll =
| polltype = Rankings from final NAIA Coaches' Poll
}}
References
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External links
- [https://souraiders.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/craig-howard/220 Southern Oregon profile]
{{Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls football coach navbox}}
{{Southern Oregon Raiders football coach navbox}}
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