Ryan Nourse

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Ryan Nourse
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Montana Western
Conference Frontier
Record71–48
Playing career
1990–1991 Dickinson State
1992–1994 Western Montana
Position Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1999 Salmon HS (ID)
2000 Western State (assistant)
2001–2007 Morningside (assistant)
2008–2009 Truman State (assistant)
2010Morningside (assistant)
2011–2012 Montana Western
2016–presentMontana Western
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2013–2016 Montana Western
Head coaching record
Overall71–48
Tournaments1–3 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Frontier (2021, 2023–2024)
Awards
AFCA NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year (2007)
2× Frontier Coach of the Year (2023–2024)

Ryan Nourse is an American college football coach and former athletic administrator. He is the head football coach at the University of Montana Western, a position he held from 2011 to 2012 and resumed in 2016. Nourse served as the athletic director at Montana Western from 2013 to 2016.

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Playing career

Nourse started his playing career at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota. [1] He played for the Blue Hawks, helping his team make it to the semifinal round of the 1991 NAIA Division II tournament. [1] He then transferred to Western Montana College (now the University of Montana Western), where he was a two year starter for the Bulldogs. [1] While there, he helped the Bulldogs win two Frontier Conference championships in 1993 and 1994. [2]

Coaching career

Nourse started his coaching career at Salmon High School in Salmon, Idaho. [3] He coached the Savages for three years before receiving his first collegiate coaching job at Western State College of Colorado (now Western Colorado University), where he was put in charge of coaching the defensive backs. [3] Nourse's next stint came as an assistant coach at Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa from 2001 to 2007. [3] From 2003 to 2007, Nourse was the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach for the Morningside Mustangs, as well as serving as the strength and conditioning coordinator, special teams coach, and recruiting coordinator. [3] Following the 2007 season, Nourse was named as the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Assistant Coach of the Year. [4] He then served as the defensive coordinator, linebackers coach, and academic coordinator for the Truman Bulldogs from 2008 to 2009. [3] [1] Then, in 2010, Nourse returned to Morningside where he served as the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, and the recruiting and camp coordinator. [3]

In 2011, Nourse received his first head coaching opportunity at his alma mater, the University of Montana Western. [5] He coached the Bulldogs for two seasons before being named as the school's athletic director. [6] [7] Then, in December of 2015, Nourse was again named as the head football coach for Montana Western. [5] In his time as head coach, Nourse has led the Bulldogs to three Frontier Conference championships in 2021, 2023, and 2024, and has accumulated an overall record of 71–48. He has also been named as the Frontier Conference Coach of the Year twice, in 2023 and 2024. [8] [9]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs NAIA#
Montana Western (Frontier Conference)(2011–2012)
2011 Montana Western2–92–86th
2012 Montana Western4–64–65th
Montana Western (Frontier Conference)(2016–present)
2016 Montana Western7–46–43rd20
2017 Montana Western4–74–6T–5th
2018 Montana Western6–46–4T–2nd
2019 Montana Western7–37–32nd22
2020–21 No team—COVID-19
2021 Montana Western8–47–3T–1stL NAIA First Round 18
2022 Montana Western7–46–4T–3rd
2023 Montana Western9–27–11stL NAIA Second Round 8
2024 Montana Western10–27–11stL NAIA Quarterfinal 5
2025 Montana Western7–34–23rd (West)18
Montana Western:71–4860–42
Total:71–48
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2009 Truman Football Media Guide" (PDF). amazonaws.com. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Frontier Football History". fcsports.org. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "UMW Bulldogs Football Camps Coaching Staff". umwbulldogs.com. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  4. ↑ AFCA offices (January 2, 2008). "AFCA Annouces Assistant Coach of the Year". NAIA . Waco, Texas . Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Nourse named Bulldog head football coach". umwestern.edu. December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  6. ↑ Plutt, J.P. (May 29, 2013). "Western Fills AD job with football coach Ryan Nourse". Dillon Tribune. Dillon, Montana. p. A3. Retrieved December 28, 2025– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. ↑ "Rocky's Robertson named Western FB coach". Butte Sports. Dillon, Montana. May 30, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  8. ↑ "2023 All-Frontier Football Awards Announced". Frontier Conference . Helena, Montana. November 20, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  9. ↑ "2024 All-Frontier Football teams and postseason awards announced". Frontier Conference . Helena, Montana. November 25, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
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