List of NAIA football seasons

This is a list of NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Division II football seasons from when the NAIA split its football championship into two divisions in 1970 until it consolidated back into a single championship in 1996.[1]

Single division (1956–1969)

Year National Champions Coach of the Year[2]
1956 Montana State & Saint Joseph's (IN)
1957 Pittsburg State
1958 Northwestern State (OK)
1959 Texas A&I
1960 Lenoir–Rhyne
1961 Pittsburg State (2)
1962 Central State (OK)
1963 St. John's (MN)
1964 Concordia–Moorhead & Sam Houston State
1965 St. John's (MN) (2)
1966 Waynesburg
1967 Fairmont State
1968 Troy State
1969 Texas A&I (2)

Division I (1970–1996)

Year NAIA Division I Champion Coach of the Year
1970 Texas A&I (3)
1971 Livingston
1972 East Texas State
1973 Abilene Christian
1974 Texas A&I (4)
1975 Texas A&I (5)
1976 Texas A&I (6)
1977 Abilene Christian (2)
1978 Angelo State
1979 Texas A&I (7)
1980 Elon
1981 Elon (2)
1982 Central State (OK) (2)
1983 Carson–Newman
1984 Carson–Newman (2) & Central Arkansas
1985 Central Arkansas (2) & Hillsdale
1986 Carson–Newman (3)
1987 Cameron
1988 Carson–Newman (4)
1989 Carson–Newman (5)
1990 Central State (OH)
1991 Central Arkansas (3)
1992 Findlay (OH) (2)
1993 East Central (OK)
1994 Northeastern State (OK) (2)
1995 Central State (OH) (3)
1996 Southwestern Oklahoma

Single division (1997–present)

Year National Champions Player of the Year Coach of the Year
1997 Findlay (OH) (4) Bo Hurley (QB), Findlay (OH)
1998 Azusa Pacific Jack Williams (RB), Azusa Pacific
1999 Northwestern Oklahoma Eddie Eviston (QB), Georgetown (KY)
2000 Georgetown (KY) (2) Eddie Eviston (QB), Georgetown (KY) (2)
2001 Georgetown (KY) (3) Eddie Eviston (QB), Georgetown (KY) (3)
2002 Carroll Nick Kortan (RB), Sioux Falls
2003 Carroll (2) Tyler Emmert (QB), Carroll
2004 Carroll (3)
2005 Carroll (4)
2006 Sioux Falls (2)
2007 Carroll (5)
2008 Sioux Falls (3)
2009 Sioux Falls (4)
2010 Carroll (6)
2011 Saint Xavier
2012 Marian
2013 Grand View
2014 Southern Oregon
2015 Marian (2)

See also

References

  1. "All-Time Conference Champions" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 1–28. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. p. 16. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
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