Stephen F. Austin State University is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas. It was founded as a teachers' college in 1923 and subsequently renamed after one of Texas's founding fathers, Stephen F. Austin. Its campus resides on part of the homestead of Thomas Jefferson Rusk. On May 11, 2023, the university joined the University of Texas System; it was previously one of two public universities in the state not affiliated with one of Texas's seven university systems.
Homer Bryce Stadium, located in Nacogdoches, Texas, is the home of Stephen F. Austin State University's Lumberjack football and Ladyjack and Lumberjack track and field events. The stadium includes a walking and running track open to the public. After renovations to take place over the summer of 2021 the track will be closed to the public. Recent renovations to the area include a sports medicine and academic center addition to the field house that houses the new athletic training program and the installation of a new artificial turf surface provided by a donation from a former Lumberjack football letterman. A state of the art video board with replay screen was completed in September 2016, home to largest video board in the South land Conference.
The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of the Southland Conference, which SFA rejoins for the 2024 season after a three-year absence. SFA had played the 2023 season in the United Athletic Conference (UAC), newly formed for the 2023 season as a merger of the football leagues of SFA's previous home of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). It replaced an alliance between the two conferences that operated in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
The 2011–12 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin University in the 2011–12 men's college basketball season. This was head coach Danny Kaspar's twelfth season at SFA. The Lumberjacks play their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum. They are members of the West Division of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 12–4 in Southland play to finish in second place in the West Division. They lost in the semifinals of the Southland Basketball tournament to Lamar. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a post season tournament.
The 2012 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks were led by sixth-year head coach J. C. Harper and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–3 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fourth place.
The 2013 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks were led by seventh-year head coach J. C. Harper and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–6 in Southland play to finish in a tie for seventh place.
The 2013–14 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by new head coach Brad Underwood and played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 32–3, 18–0 in Southland play to claim their second consecutive Southland regular season championship. They were champions of the Southland Conference tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they upset VCU in the second round before losing in the third round to UCLA.
The 2014 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks were led by first year head coach Clint Conque and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. They are members of the Southland Conference. The Lumberjacks finished the season 8–5 overall and 5–3 in conference play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round playoff to Northern Iowa 10–44.
The 2015 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks were led by second-year head coach Clint Conque and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. They were members of the Southland Conference.
The 2016 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks were led by third-year head coach Clint Conque and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in sixth place.
The 2017 Stephen F. Austin football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks were coached by fourth-year head coach Clint Conque and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. They played as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
The 2017–18 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by second-year head coach Kyle Keller and played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum in Nacogdoches, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 14–4 in Southland play, to finish in third place. They defeated Central Arkansas, Nicholls State, and Southeastern Louisiana to become champions of the Southland tournament. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas Tech.
The 2018 Stephen F. Austin football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks were led by interim head coach Jeff Byrd and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 2–8, 2–7 in Southland play to finish in tenth place.
The 2018–19 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by third-year head coach Kyle Keller and played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum in Nacogdoches, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 14–16 overall, 7–11 in Southland play to finish in a tie for ninth place. Since only the top eight teams are eligible to play in the Southland tournament, the Lumberjacks failed to qualify this season.
The 2019 Stephen F. Austin football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Lumberjacks wereled by first-year head coach Colby Carthel and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium.
The 2019–20 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by fourth-year head coach Kyle Keller and played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum in Nacogdoches, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 28–3, 19–1 in Southland play to win the Southland regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed, they received a double-bye to the semifinals of the Southland tournament, however, the tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With the Southland tournament's cancellation, they were awarded the Southland's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, however, the NCAA tournament was also cancelled due to the same outbreak.
The 2020 Stephen F. Austin football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Lumberjacks were led by second-year head coach Colby Carthel and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. The team finished 6–4 for the program's first winning season since 2014. All four losses were against NCAA Division I FBS teams.
The 2021–22 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks, led by sixth-year head coach Kyle Keller, played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum in Nacogdoches, Texas. This season was the Lumberjacks' first as members of the Western Athletic Conference; SFA was one of four schools, all from Texas, that left the Southland Conference in July 2021 joining the WAC.
The 2009 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach J. C. Harper and played its home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 10–3 record overall and a 6–1 record in the Southland Conference, making the team conference champions. The team qualified for the playoffs, in which it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Montana.
The 2002 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mike Santiago, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Southland. Stephen F. Austin played home games at Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches, Texas.
