The Nelson Lions football team represents Nelson University (formerly Southwestern Assemblies of God University) in college football in the

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its stud ...

(NAIA). The Lions are members of the

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(SAC), fielding its team in the GPAC since 2013. The Lions play their home games at Lumpkins Stadium in

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. Their head coach is

Jared Hudgins Jared Hudgins (born ) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Nelson University, a position he has held since 2024. He was the head football coach for Fort Worth Christian School from 2019 to 2020. He also coache ...

, who took over the position for the 2024 season.

Conference affiliations

* NCCAA independent (1996–1997) * NAIA independent (1998–1999, 2005–2007, 2012) * Central States Football League (2000–2004, 2008–2017) *

(2018–present)

List of head coaches

Key

Coaches

Year-by-year results

Notes

References

External links

* {{SAGU Lions football coach navbox 1996 establishments in Iowa American football teams established in 1996