Sam Goodwin (American football)

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Sam Goodwin
Biographical details
Born	(1944-01-20)January 20, 1944 Pineville, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
1962–1965	Henderson State

Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1966-1967	Forest Heights Junior High (Little Rock, AR)
1968-1969	Little Rock Hall (AR)
1970–1978	Little Rock Parkview (AR)
1979–1980	Southern Arkansas
1981–1982	Arkansas (assistant)
1983–1999	Northwestern State
2010-2012	De Queen (AR)
2013	Pineville (LA) (assistant)
2014-2015	Alexandria (LA)

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2000–2010	Henderson State

Head coaching record
Overall	111–99–4 (college) 89–58–4 (high school)
Tournaments	3–3 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Gulf Star (1983) 3 Southland (1988, 1997–1998) 5 AAA state
Awards
Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame NSU N-Club Hall of Fame Southland Conference Hall of Honor

Sam Goodwin (born January 20, 1944) is a former American football coach and athletic director. He served as the head football coach at Southern Arkansas University from 1979 to 1980^[1] and at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from 1983 to 1999, compiling a career college football coaching record of 111–99–4.^[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NCAA^#	TSN^°
Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1979–1980)
1979	Southern Arkansas	3–6–1	1–4–1	7th
1980	Southern Arkansas	6–5	5–1	2nd
Southern Arkansas:		9–11–1	6–5–1
Northwestern State Demons (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1983)
1983	Northwestern State	4–7
Northwestern State Demons (Gulf Star Conference) (1984–1986)
1984	Northwestern State	7–4	4–1	T–1st
1985	Northwestern State	3–8	2–3	T–3rd
1986	Northwestern State	5–5–1	2–2	T–2nd
Northwestern State Demons (Southland Conference / Southland Football League) (1987–1999)
1987	Northwestern State	6–5	3–3	4th
1988	Northwestern State	10–3	6–0	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal	8
1989	Northwestern State	4–5–2	3–1–2	2nd
1990	Northwestern State	5–6	3–3	T–3rd
1991	Northwestern State	6–5	4–3	T–4th
1992	Northwestern State	7–4	4–3	T–3rd
1993	Northwestern State	5–6	3–4	4th
1994	Northwestern State	5–6	3–3	4th
1995	Northwestern State	6–5	2–3	T–3rd
1996	Northwestern State	6–5	3–3	T–3rd
1997	Northwestern State	8–4	6–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round		21
1998	Northwestern State	11–3	6–1	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal		3
1999	Northwestern State	4–7	3–4	5th
Northwestern State:		102–88–3	57–38–2
Total:		111–99–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ "Front and Center - Sam Goodwin". arkansasonline.com. August 16, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "2018 Football Media Guide". Northwestern State Demons. 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

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