| Josh Lamberson | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Central Missouri |
| Current Conference: | MIAA |
| Current Record: | 15–9 |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Wilber, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 2001–2005 |
| Player Team1: | Northwest Missouri State |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 2006–2008 |
| Coach Team1: | Northwest Missouri State (GA/QB) |
| Coach Years2: | 2008–2010 |
| Coach Team2: | Southeastern Oklahoma State (QB) |
| Coach Years3: | 2010–2014 |
| Coach Team3: | Central Missouri (OC) |
| Coach Years4: | 2015–2016 |
| Coach Team4: | Nebraska–Kearney |
| Coach Years5: | 2017–2021 |
| Coach Team5: | Abilene Christian (AHC/OC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team6: | Central Missouri |
| Overall Record: | 16–30 |
| Tournament Record: | 1–1 (D-I playoffs) |
| Championships: | 1 MIAA (2023) |
| Awards: | Northwest Missouri State Bearcats M-Club Hall of Fame (2015) MIAA Coach of the Year (2023) |
Joshua Lamberson (born September 1, 1982) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for the University of Central Missouri, a position he has held since 2022. He was previously the assistant head football coach and offensive coordinator at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. Prior to taking this position on December 21, 2016, he served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska at Kearney in Kearney, Nebraska.[1] Lamberson was announced as the new head coach on December 14, 2014, replacing Darrell Morris.[2] Before becoming head coach at UNK, Lamberson served as the offensive coordinator at Central Missouri from 2010 to 2014. He served as a graduate assistant at Northwest Missouri State from 2006 to 2008, and as the offensive coordinator and recruiting coach at Southeastern Oklahoma State from 2008 to 2010.[3]
Lamberson was an All-American quarterback for Northwest Missouri State, leading the Bearcats to the National Championship game in 2005. Lamberson was also the ESPN Academic All-American Football National Player of the Year in 2005 as a senior, as well as the Disney Sportsman of the Year. Lamberson won the Ken B. Jones Award as the MIAA's top male student-athlete in 2005, as well.[4]
Lamberson and his wife, his wife, Mandy, have a two-year-old daughter, Kiya and a newborn son, Ace.[5]