List of Nicholls Colonels head football coaches
# List of Nicholls Colonels head football coaches

The Nicholls Colonels college football team represents Nicholls State University in the Southland Conference. The Colonels compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship (FCS). The program has had 10head coaches since it began play during the 1972 season. Since November 2014, Tim Rebowe has served as Nicholls' head coach. Bill Clements is the leader in seasons coached with seven, and Sonny Jackson is both the leader in games won with 39 and winning percentage with .581. Charlie Stubbs has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .208.

## Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :

| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Order of coaches | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

## Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :

| No. | Name | Term | G | W | L | T | PCT | CW | CL | CT | PCT | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | Awards |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gary Kinchen | 1972–1973 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0.227 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Bill Clements | 1974–1980 | 76 | 36 | 39 | 1 | 0.480 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 0.488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Sonny Jackson | 1981–1986 | 68 | 39 | 28 | 1 | 0.581 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.571 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Phil Greco | 1987–1992 | 66 | 27 | 37 | 2 | 0.424 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0.179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Rick Rhoades | 1993–1994 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0.364 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Darren Barbier | 1995–1998 | 45 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 0.378 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0.400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Robinson Award (1996) Southland Conference Coach of the Year (1996) |
| 7 | Daryl Daye | 1999–2003 | 55 | 13 | 42 | — | 0.236 | 6 | 26 | — | 0.188 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Jay Thomas | 2004–2009 | 62 | 27 | 35 | — | 0.435 | 17 | 21 | — | 0.447 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Charlie Stubbs | 2010–2014 | 48 | 10 | 38 | — | 0.208 | 4 | 24 | — | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Steve Axman | 2014 | 9 | 0 | 9 | — | .000 | 0 | 8 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Tim Rebowe | 2015–present | 90 | 47 | 43 | — | 0.522 | 40 | 25 | — | 0.615 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — |
