North Dakota State Bison football
Head coaches

#
Coach
Years active
Record
Conference titles
National championships
1
Henry Luke Bolley
1894–1899
7–8–1
No Affiliation
-
2
Jack Harrison
1900–1901
15–1–1
No Affiliation
-
3
Eddie Cochems
1902–1903
9–1–0
No Affiliation
-
4
A. L. Marshall
1904–1905
4–7–1
No Affiliation
-
5
Gil Dobie
1906–1907
7–0–0
No Affiliation
-
6
Paul Magoffin
1908
2–3–0
No Affiliation
-
7
Arthur Reuber
1909–1912
12–7–1
No Affiliation
-
8
Howard Wood
1913–1914
5–5–2
No Affiliation
-
9
Paul J. Davis
1915–1917
10–7–1
No Affiliation
-
10
Stanley Borleske
1919–1921, 1923–1924, 1928
17–14–4
0
-
11
Joe Cutting
1922
6–2–0
0
-
12
Ion Cortright
1925–1927
13–8–2
1
-
13
Casey Finnegan
1928–1940
57–49–11
2
-
14
Stan Kostka
1941, 1946–1947
8–17–0
0
-
15
Robert A. Lowe
1942–1945
3–9–2
0
-
16
Howard Bliss
1948–1949
3–16–0
0
-
17
Mac Wenskunas
1950–1953
11–21–1
0
-
18
Del Anderson
1954–1955
1–16–1
0
-
19
Les Luymes
1956
5–4–0
0
-
20
Bob Danielson
1957–1962
13–39–2
0
-
21
Darrell Mudra
1963–1965
24–6–0
2
1965
22
Ron Erhardt
1966–1972
61–7–1
6
1968, 1969
23
Ev Kjelbertson
1973–1975
17–13–0
2
-
24
Jim Wacker
1976–1978
24–9–1
2
-
25
Don Morton
1979–1984
57–15–0
4
1983
26
Earle Solomonson
1985–1986
24–2–1
2
1985, 1986
27
Rocky Hager
1987–1996
91–25–1
5
1988, 1990
28
Bob Babich
1997–2002
46–22
0
-
29
Craig Bohl
2003–2013
104–32
4
2011, 2012, 2013
30
Chris Klieman
2014–2018
69–6
5
2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
31
Matt Entz
2019–
0–0
0
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Question: Who was the most successful head coach for North Dakota State Bison football?
Answer: The most successful head coach for North Dakota State Bison was Chris Klieman, who was head coach from 2014 to 2018 and won 4 national championships as head coach.