2024-2025 Division II Coaching Changes
/Updated: 2/13/2025
Team
Adams State (CO):
2024 Coach: Jarrell Harrison
2025 Coach: Levi Gallas
Notes: After four seasons as head coach at Adams State, Jarrell Harrison stepped down following an 0-11 (0-9 RMAC) season. Harrison, who was a part of the Grizziy program for eight years, compiled an overall record of 6-38 while in the head coach role. A month later, former two-time team captain Levi Gallas returned to Adams State. For the past two seasons Gallas has been the defensive coordinator at West Texas A&M.
Arkansas Tech:
2024 Coach: Kyle Shipp
2025 Coach: Roy Thompson, Jr.
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Bentley (MA):
2024 Coach: Saj Thakkar
2025 Coach: CJ Scarpa
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Charleston (WV):
2024 Coach: Quinn Sanders
2025 Coach: Mike Tesch
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Colorado School of Mines
2024 Coach: Pete Sterbick
2025 Coach: Bob Stitt
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Concord (WV):
2024 Coach: Brian Ferguson
2025 Coach: Cody Edwards
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Edinboro (PA):
2024 Coach: Jake Nulph
2025 Coach: Matthew Scott
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Elizabeth City State (NC):
2024 Coach: Marcus Hilliard
2025 Coach: Adrian Jones
Notes: Hilliard announced on 11/15/24 that he was stepping down after three seasons as the Vikings head coach. During that time, he had an 8-22 overall record, including a 5-18 record in conference play. Hilliard began his coaching career here back in 2004 and served in various roles for 13 years, including time as the Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator. His replacement, Adrian Jones, was terminated from Shaw (another CIAA school) following the 2024 season. Jones served as head coach of the Bears for nine seasons.
Fort Valley State (GA):
2024 Coach: Shawn Gibbs
2025 Coach: Marlon Watson
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Lane College (TN):
2024 Coach: Vyron Brown
2025 Coach: Stanley Conner
Notes: After the Dragons season ended, Brown stepped down as their head coach. He was hired back on January 16, 2020 and had is debut season in 2021 – the year the Dragons beat Tuskegee for the first time in school history. That first season (6-4) was his most successful, as Lane wouldn’t finish above .500 the next three years.
Lock Haven (PA):
2024 Coach: Dan Mulrooney
2025 Coach: TBD
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Miles (AL):
2024 Coach: Sam Shade
2025 Coach: Chris Goode
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North Greenville (SC):
2024 Coach: Jeff Farrington
2025 Coach: Nate Garner
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Northwest Missouri State:
2024 Coach: Rich Wright
2025 Coach: John McMenamin
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Pace (NY):
2024 Coach: Andy Rondeau
2025 Coach: Chad Walker
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Roosevelt (IL):
2024 Coach: Jared Williamson
2025 Coach: William McKeon
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Shaw (NC):
2024 Coach: Adrian Jones
2025 Coach: Lamar Manigo
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Southern Connecticut State:
2024 Coach: Tom Godek
2025 Coach: TBD
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Southwest Baptist (MO):
2024 Coach: Robert Clardy
2025 Coach: TBD
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Sul Ross State (TX):
2024 Coach: Barry Derickson
2025 Coach: Lee Hays
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Texas A&M-Kingsville:
2024 Coach: Mike Salinas
2025 Coach: Scott Parr
Notes: On November 19th it was announced that the Javelinas football program will have a new face on the sidelines, as head coach Michael Salinas was recently appointed as the newest Athletic Director of the school. Salinas was hired in 2019 as head football coach and has made a lasting impact on the Javelina football program by building a 26-19 record in his six seasons. Salinas also has had three straight seven-win seasons, a feat that TAMUK football had failed to achieve since the 2004 season. Parr joins the program as head football coach after serving as Co-Offensive Coordinator at Louisiana Tech University since 2022.
Valdosta State (GA):
2024 Coach: Tremaine Jackson
2025 Coach: Graham Craig
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Washburn (KS):
2024 Coach: Craig Schurig
2025 Coach: Zach Watkins
Notes: The school’s all-time record holder with 142 career victories, longtime head coach Schurig was fired after 23 seasons after back-to-back losing seasons. Schurig led the Icabods to four Division II playoff trips, one MIAA title, and four runner-up finishes in conference play, the last of which occurred in 2021. It wasn’t long before Washburn named Zach Watkins as the 38th head football coach in program history. Watkins was a four-year starter at linebacker for Washburn from 2006-09, compiling an impressive career of 100 or more tackles in each season as well as a school record 473 throughout his four years.
West Alabama:
2024 Coach: Brett Gilliland
2025 Coach: Scott Cochran
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Winona State (MN):
2024 Coach: Brian Bergstrom
2025 Coach: Brian Curtin
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