The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) includes 96 teams. Each team has one head coach. [1] As of the 2025 season, the NAIA is composed of nine conferences: the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC), Frontier Conference, Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC), Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC), Mid-South Conference (MSC), Mid-States Football Association (MSFA), Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC), and the Sun Conference (TSC).
As of the start of the 2024 season, the longest-tenured coach in NAIA, is Dennis McCulloch of Valley City State University, who has been head coach at the school since 1997. In all, 14 NAIA programs will have new head coaches in 2024.
Conference affiliations are current for the 2024 season. One future NAIA team has hired their head coach; that team is indicated with a light blue background. Records are current as of 9/7/24.