CURRIER QUICK FACTS
- 2025 marks Currier's 19th season overall, 14th at Concordia
- 74-113 career record in 17 years as Division II head coach
- 54-78 career record in 11 years at Concordia (2000-03, 2016-pres.)
- 46-74 record in NSIC play at Concordia
- Produced 2021 NFL Draft Pick Chris Garrett (LA Rams, 7th round)
- 2003 NSIC Coach of the Year & NSIC Champion
- 2003 Midwest Region Coach of the Year, honorable mention
- BA, physical education from Hamline University (1993)
- MS, health, physical education and recreation from Bemidji State (2002)
Shannon Currier was hired to lead the Concordia football program in December, 2015 for his second head coaching stint with the Golden Bears.
“This is a great day for Concordia football,” said Tom Rubbelke, athletic director at CSP when Currier was hired. “Shannon has already proven he can win at Concordia at the Division II level and he is hungry to take the program to the next level. We are thrilled that he is bringing his passion for football back to campus.”
The eighth head coach in program history when hired in 2000, Currier led the Golden Bears for four seasons until 2003 and became the program's all-time wins leader in 2018.
In 2021, the program produced its second-ever NFL Draft pick when Chris Garrett was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round after leading NCAA Division II in sacks and setting the NCAA DII career record for most fumbles forced.
Early in his coaching career, Currier tied the program record for wins with a 9-2 campaign in 2002 and followed that up with a 2003 NSIC Championship, earning NSIC Coach of the Year honors along with taking the team to its first-ever postseason game in the 2003 Mineral Water Bowl.
“I’m really excited to get back into coaching and working with young men, and especially excited that it’s at Concordia which provides a phenomenal environment to work in,” said Currier. “I have a lot of respect for the leadership at Concordia with President Ries, Dr. Eric LaMott and Tom Rubbelke. Concordia feels like home to me. I look forward to working with the current players and I’m anxious to start finding excellent student-athletes that fit into the overall mission of Concordia. Additionally, working with the alumni across our program’s history is exciting.”
Concordia went 25-9 (.795) in Northern Sun play with winning conference seasons all four years and cracked the Division II Top-25 in each of Currier’s final three seasons.
As head coach of the Golden Bears, Currier put together the most wins in a four year span in program history, winning at least seven games each season after inheriting a team that debuted at the Division II level in 1999 with a 2-8 record the year before. No other coach has been able to put together four consecutive or cumulative winning campaigns since the program started in 1969. In the 11 years between Currier's head coaching stints at CSP, the Golden Bears put together four winning campaigns - a feat he accomplished in each of his first four years leading the program.
Following the 2003 season, Currier was named the 20th head coach at Truman State University where he led the Bulldogs for five seasons (2004-08) in the strong Mid-America Athletics Association (MIAA) with a 20-35 overall record. The Bulldogs posted back-to-back winning campaigns with 6-5 records in 2006 and 2007 including a 6-3 MIAA record in 2006 for a fourth place league finish as the Bulldogs were ranked in the final NCAA regional poll.
He holds a career Division II head coaching record of 74-113, coached his 100th career Division II game in the 2016 season opener, his 100th game at Concordia in the 2022 season opener and his 100th NSIC football game in the 2022 finale.
Following his time at Truman, Currier spent seven years at iHigh.com as a senior sales manager working to build a digital platform for Minnesota high school sports, reaching 1.5 million Minnesotans last year. Part of his responsibilities included creating a revenue stream through the sales of digital advertising while also managing and training a team field representatives.
A native of Cosmos, Minnesota, Currier was a quarterback for Hamline University where he graduated with a degree in physical education in 1993. Prior to arriving at Concordia in 1999 as offensive coordinator for Dan O’Brien, Currier spent six seasons coaching at the college level starting as a graduate assistant at Bemidji State where he earned a master’s in physical education. He then was hired as offensive coordinator at Minnesota Crookston and later Southwest Minnesota State.
| Currier Year-by-Year Head Coaching |
| Year |
School |
Ovr W-L |
Conf W-L |
Place |
| 2000 |
Concordia |
7-3 |
5-3 |
t-3rd |
| 2001 |
Concordia |
8-3 |
6-3 |
3rd |
| 2002 |
Concordia |
9-2 |
7-2 |
3rd |
| 2003 |
Concordia* |
8-4 |
7-1 |
1st |
| 2004 |
Truman |
2-9 |
2-7 |
t-8th |
| 2005 |
Truman |
2-9 |
0-8 |
9th |
| 2006 |
Truman |
6-5 |
6-3 |
t-4th |
| 2007 |
Truman |
6-5 |
4-5 |
7th |
| 2008 |
Truman |
4-7 |
3-6 |
7th |
| 2016 |
Concordia |
2-9 |
2-9 |
14th |
| 2017 |
Concordia |
2-9 |
2-9 |
13th |
| 2018 |
Concordia |
5-6 |
5-6 |
9th |
| 2019 |
Concordia |
6-5 |
6-5 |
t-7th |
| 2021 |
Concordia |
1-10 |
1-10 |
13th |
| 2022 |
Concordia |
1-10 |
1-10 |
t-12th |
| 2023 |
Concordia |
3-8 |
2-8 |
t-10th |
| 2024 |
Concordia |
2-9 |
2-8 |
11th |
| Career Totals |
74-113 |
61-103 |
|
| CSP Totals |
54-78 |
46-74 |
|
| * - NSIC Coach of the Year |
| * - NSIC Champions |
| * - Mineral Water Bowl appearance |
| SHANNON CURRIER COACHING EXPERIENCE |
| Years |
School |
Coaching Position |
| 2016-present |
Concordia-St. Paul |
Head Coach |
| 2004-08 |
Truman State |
Head Coach |
| 2000-03 |
Concordia-St. Paul |
Head Coach |
| 1999 |
Concordia-St. Paul |
Offensive Coordinator & Recruiting Coordinator |
| 1997-98 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
Offensive Coordinator & Recruiting Coordinator |
| 1995-96 |
Minnesota Crookston |
Offensive Coordinator & Recruiting Coordinator |
| 1994 |
Bemidji State |
Graduate Assistant / Offensive Backfield |
| 1993 |
Silver Valley HS (Calif.) |
Offensive Backfield / Special Teams |
