| Craig Howard | |
| Birth Date: | 29 January 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Klamath Falls, Oregon, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Ashland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1970–1973 |
| Player Team1: | Linfield |
| Coach Years1: | 1978–1981 |
| Coach Team1: | Oregon Tech (DC) |
| Coach Years2: | 1982–1983 |
| Coach Team2: | Portland State (DC) |
| Coach Years3: | 1987–1989 |
| Coach Team3: | Oregon Tech (DC) |
| Coach Years4: | 1990–1992 |
| Coach Team4: | Oregon Tech |
| Coach Years5: | 1993 |
| Coach Team5: | Livingston (DC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2003–2007 |
| Coach Team6: | Allen D. Nease HS (FL) |
| Coach Years7: | 2008–2010 |
| Coach Team7: | Columbia HS (FL) |
| Coach Years8: | 2011–2016 |
| Coach Team8: | Southern Oregon |
| Overall Record: | 56–44 (college) 76–23 (high school) |
| Tournament Record: | 8–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Championships: | 1 NAIA (2014) 1 Frontier (2012) |
Craig Howard (January 29, 1952 – January 20, 2017)[1] was an American football coach and former player. At the time of his death he was head football coach at Southern Oregon University, a position he had held since 2011. Howard served as the head football coach at Oregon Institute of Technology from 1990 until 1992, when the school dropped its football program.[2] He was later a high school coach of Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow at Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Florida, where his team won the high school state championship.[3] [4] He led the Southern Oregon Raiders to the NAIA Football National Championship in 2014.
In 2017, Howard died at his home at the age of 64.[5]