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Chris Willis (born February 2, 1974) is an American football coach. He was recently the head football coach at the University of North Alabama. Willis was named as the 10th head football coach in North Alabama history on December 22, 2016.[1][2] Willis previously served under head coaches Mark Hudspeth, Terry Bowden and Bobby Wallace with the Lions.[1] Willis was fired midway through the 2022 season, following a 1–7 start, after over twenty years with the program.[3]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
North Alabama Lions (Gulf South Conference) (2017)
2017 North Alabama 5–5 5–3 6th
North Alabama Lions (NCAA Division I FCS independent) (2018)
2018 North Alabama 7–3
North Alabama Lions (Big South Conference) (2019–2021)
2019 North Alabama 4–7 0–0 N/A
2020–21 North Alabama 0–4[a]
2021 North Alabama 3–8 3–4 T–3rd
North Alabama Lions (ASUN Conference) (2022)
2022 North Alabama 1–7[b] 0–4
North Alabama: 20–34 8–11
Total: 20–34
  1. ^ North Alabama opted to play non-conference games in the fall as an independent, and declined to play in the spring season as a part of the Big South conference season.
  2. ^ North Alabama fired Willis with 3 games left in the season.

References

  1. ^ a b Wray, Cheryl (December 22, 2016). "UNA assistant Chris Willis announced as new head football coach". AL.com. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "North Alabama promotes Chris Willis to head coach". USA Today. Associated Press. December 22, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Samuels, Doug (October 30, 2022). "North Alabama has made a head coaching change". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

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