North Dakota State University-Main Campus Football

Tim Polasek is the 32nd head coach in the history of the North Dakota State University football program. He was an assistant for 10 years with the Bison over...

FootballSkip AdBostad, BrettAmoako, EricBeschorner, JoeBostad, BrettChmura, DylanCrutchley, SteveKlieman, DevinLarson, DanLittlejohn, CarltonLucas, TaylorMoonen, TonyMorgan, KodyOjuri, SamOlson, GrantPolasek, TimWienke, DavidWilliams, Marcus

North Dakota State University hired Carlton Littlejohn as defensive ends coach for the Bison football program in February 2024. He added the role of special ...

Dan Larson has been part of three Missouri Valley Football Conference and NCAA Division I FCS national championship teams since joining the North Dakota Stat...

FootballSkip AdWienke, DavidAmoako, EricBeschorner, JoeBostad, BrettChmura, DylanCrutchley, SteveKlieman, DevinLarson, DanLittlejohn, CarltonLucas, TaylorMoonen, TonyMorgan, KodyOjuri, SamOlson, GrantPolasek, TimWienke, DavidWilliams, Marcus

Devin Klieman was named the safeties coach for the North Dakota State University football program in January 2024 and was part of a Missouri Valley Football ...

Dylan Chmura was named offensive line coach at North Dakota State in February 2025. Chmura most recently coached the offensive line at Tennessee State in 2024, Bemidji State in 2023 and Northern Michigan in 2021 and 2022. He was a graduate assistant at Iowa in 2019 and 2020, where he served as assistant offensive line coach alongside Tim Polasek. He nine years of college coaching experience including two seasons as a graduate assistant at Fresno State in 2017 and 2018, and one season as a volunteer assistant at Michigan State in 2016 coaching offensive line and tight ends. Chmura was a two-year letterwinner at tight end and long snapper for Michigan State and part of two Big Ten championship teams in 2013 and 2015. He is the son of Green Bay Packers hall of fame tight end Mark Chmura.

Cornerbacks coach Eric Amoako joined the North Dakota State football staff in February 2026. Amoako spent the past two seasons as the cornerbacks coach at Ca...

Grant Olson, a record-setting All-America linebacker during his career at North Dakota State, returned to his alma mater as the linebackers coach in 2019 und...

Joe Beschorner joined the North Dakota State University football staff in January 2021. Beschorner was the Bison running backs coach for four seasons before ...

Kody Morgan rejoined the North Dakota State University football staff in July 2025 as the defensive tackles coach after spending two years at the FBS level w...

FootballSkip AdWilliams, MarcusAmoako, EricBeschorner, JoeBostad, BrettChmura, DylanCrutchley, SteveKlieman, DevinLarson, DanLittlejohn, CarltonLucas, TaylorMoonen, TonyMorgan, KodyOjuri, SamOlson, GrantPolasek, TimWienke, DavidWilliams, Marcus

Sam Ojuri joined the North Dakota State University football staff as running backs coach in February 2025. Ojuri, who played for the Bison from 2009 to 2013,...

Steve Crutchley was named wide receivers coach at North Dakota State University in February 2023 after spending one season as the running backs coach at the University of North Dakota. North Dakota State's passing game had a resurgence in 2023. NDSU made 226 receptions for 2,977 yards, which was the most by a Bison team since 2014. NDSU also had two 600-yard receivers for the first time since 2014 in senior Zach Mathis (665) and sophomore Eli Green (877). He coached 2024 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference wide receiver Bryce Lance, who made 75 catches for 1,071 yards, the second most catches and third most yards in NDSU single-season history. Lance led the FCS with a school-record 17 receiving touchdowns, which tied the MVFC record. Crutchley came to NDSU with nine years of experience in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and also spent five years at the FBS level as offensive analyst at Temple from 2019 to 2021 and wide receivers coach at Northern Illinois in 2017 and 2018. Crutchley was the running backs coach at Southern Illinois from 2008 to 2012 alongside offensive coordinator and current NDSU quarterbacks coach Randy Hedberg, and he coached running backs from 2013 to 2015 at Western Illinois, where former NDSU head coach Matt Entz was the defensive coordinator in 2013. At UND, Crutchley coached all-conference running back Tyler Hoosman and assisted with special teams coaching returners. UND ranked third in the FCS averaging 20.2 yards per punt return and ranke

FootballSkip AdMoonen, TonyAmoako, EricBeschorner, JoeBostad, BrettChmura, DylanCrutchley, SteveKlieman, DevinLarson, DanLittlejohn, CarltonLucas, TaylorMoonen, TonyMorgan, KodyOjuri, SamOlson, GrantPolasek, TimWienke, DavidWilliams, Marcus