Northern Colorado BearsHead coach J.W. Hancock
J.W. Hancock has led Northern Colorado since 1932, going 84-223-1 across 43 seasons with 41 bowl trips.
- Record since 1932
- 84-223-1
- Seasons
- 43
- Bowl trips
- 41
Coaching profile Updated weekly
Strategy & scheme
Leadership & results
Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from J.W. Hancock's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.
Northern Colorado record by season
| Season | Record | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2-3 | Partial record |
| 2025 | 4-8 | Partial record |
| 2024 | 1-11 | Partial record |
| 2023 | 0-11 | Partial record |
| 2022 | 3-8 | Partial record |
| 2021 | 3-8 | Partial record |
| 2019 | 2-10 | Partial record |
| 2018 | 2-9 | Partial record |
| 2017 | 3-7 | Partial record |
| 2016 | 5-5 | Partial record |
| 2015 | 6-5 | Partial record |
| 2014 | 3-8 | Partial record |
| 2013 | 1-11 | Partial record |
| 2012 | 0-1 | Partial record |
| 2011 | 0-11 | Partial record |
| 2010 | 3-8 | Partial record |
| 2009 | 3-8 | Partial record |
| 2008 | 1-10 | Partial record |
| 2007 | 1-11 | Partial record |
| 2006 | 1-10 | Partial record |
| 2005 | 4-7 | Partial record |
| 2004 | 2-10 | Partial record |
| 2003 | 8-2 | Partial record |
| 1986 | 0-1 | Partial record |
| 1984 | 0-1 | Partial record |
| 1983 | 0-1 | Partial record |
| 1979 | 0-1 | Partial record |
| 1977 | 0-1 | Partial record |
| 1949 | 0-2 | Partial record |
| 1948 | 0-1 | Partial record |
| 1947 | 1-2 | No bowl |
| 1946 | 0-3 | No bowl |
| 1945 | 0-3 | Partial record |
| 1942 | 0-2 | Partial record |
| 1941 | 0-2 | Partial record |
| 1940 | 0-1 | Partial record |
| 1938 | 0-1 | Partial record |
| 1937 | 2-6 | Partial record |
| 1936 | 5-4 | Partial record |
| 1935 | 4-3 | Partial record |
| 1934 | 6-1 | Partial record |
| 1933 | 4-3 | Partial record |
| 1932 | 4-2-1 | Partial record |
Records with Northern Colorado since 1932, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.
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J.W. Hancock: Northern Colorado head coach profile
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