Northern State University Athletics

Record at NSU: 16-28 (4 seasons)
Overall Record: 16-28 (4 seasons)

    Chris Boden became Northern State University’s 26th Head Football Coach in the program’s 100-year+ history on March 30, 2005. In his first three seasons with the Wolves, Boden has worked with existing players to produce 21 All-Conference athletes and two All-Northwest Region honorees. He has also worked to usher in new and talented young athletes who have shown the potential to bring Wolves Football to new heights in upcoming years.

    Boden has guided the Wolves to a 16-28 overall record through his first four seasons as head coach. In his first year at the helm of the program, the Wolves went 6-5 overall and took third place in the NSIC with a 5-2 record. In 2006, the young Wolves suffered a number of key injuries as they took sixth place in the league with a 4-7 overall record and a mark of 3-5 in the NSIC. With another young roster in 2007, the Wolves finished the season with wins in three of their final four games and went 5-6 overall.  They moved back over the .500 mark in NSIC play and took fifth place with a 5-4 record.  The 2008 squad fell on hard times as injuries and inconsistency beliguered their season on the way to a 1-10 overall record and a 1-9 tally in the Northern Sun.

    Boden came to Northern State after one year as the offensive coordinator at Texas A&M University-Commerce and eight seasons at Valdosta State University (GA).

    At Texas A&M Commerce, Boden helped improve the Lions from one win in 2003 to four wins in 2004 with help from an offense that ranked #11 in the nation in passing offense. The Lions were also fifth in the nation in turnover margin after turning the ball over only twelve times all season.

    In 1996 at Valdosta State, Boden was the recruiting coordinator, director of football operations and coached quarterbacks/wide receivers. From 1997-2003, he coached the offensive backfield. He helped the Blazers to four Gulf South Conference (GSC) Championships and four NCAA Playoff appearances, as well as to the 2002 National Championship Game. He also coached two GSC Offensive Players of the Year: 1996 Quarterback Lance Funderburk and 2002 Running back Aaron Jenkins.

    Prior to serving at Valdosta, Boden was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Urbana University (Ohio) in 1994 and 1995. He was also a member of the Central Michigan University coaching staff from 1991-1993 working with the defensive secondary and serving as video coordinator.

    Boden is a 1990 graduate of Saginaw Valley State University (MI), and he earned his Master’s degree in 1994 from Central Michigan University.

    Boden and his wife, Jennifer, have three children, Lynn, Ty, and Brett.