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The Nelson Lions football team represents Nelson University (formerly Southwestern Assemblies of God University) in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Lions are members of the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC), fielding its team in the GPAC since 2013. The Lions play their home games at Lumpkins Stadium in Waxahachie, Texas.[1]
Nelson Lions football | |
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First season | 1996 |
Athletic director | Jesse Godding |
Head coach | Jared Hudgins 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
Stadium | Lumpkins Stadium (capacity: 9,500) |
Year built | 1972 |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Waxahachie, Texas |
Conference | SAC |
Past conferences | NCCAA independent (1996–1997) NAIA independent (1998–1999, 2005–2007, 2012) CSFL (2000–2004, 2008–2017) |
All-time record | 97–173–2 (.360) |
Mascot | Judah the Lion |
Website | sagulions.com |
Their head coach is Jared Hudgins, who took over the position for the 2024 season.
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | 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[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
† | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] |
No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
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1 | John Allen | 1996–1997 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0.231 | — | — | — | – |
2 | Tommy Sugg | 1998 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | — | — | — | – |
3 | Paul Burgard | 1999 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | — | — | — | – |
4 | Tim Truman | 2000–2001 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0.150 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.111 |
5 | Jesse Godding | 2002–2014 | 137 | 43 | 94 | 0 | 0.314 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0.333 |
6 | Frank Tristan[5] | 2015–2017 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0.625 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0.650 |
7 | Ryan Smith[6][7] | 2018–2021 | 37 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0.486 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0.406 |
8 | Greg Ellis[8] | 2022–present | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0.615 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 |
National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
Nelson Lions | ||||||||||||||
1996 | 1996 | John Allen | NCCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1997 | 1997 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1998 | 1998 | Tommy Sugg | NAIA | Independent | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||
1999 | 1999 | Paul Burgard | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
2000 | 2000 | Tim Truman | CSFL | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||
2001 | 2001 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2002 | 2002 | Jesse Godding | 0 | 9 | 0 | N/A | — | — | ||||||
2003 | 2003 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2004 | 2004 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2005 | 2005 | Independent | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
2006 | 2006 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
2007 | 2007 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
2008 | 2008 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
2009 | 2009 | CSFL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
2010 | 2010 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2011 | 2011 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2012 | 2012 | Independent | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
2013 | 2013 | CSFL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
2014 | 2014 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2015 | 2015 | Frank Tristan | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
2016 | 2016 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2017 | 2017 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | ||||
2018 | 2018 | Ryan Smith | SAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||
2019 | 2019 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2020 | 2019 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2021 | 2021 | 9 | 3 | 0 | T–4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2022 | 2022 | Greg Ellis | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
2023 | 2023 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
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2024 | 2024 | Jared Hudgins | NAIA | — | SAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
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