Ryan Nourse

Ryan Nourse is an American college football coach and former athletic administrator. He is the head football coach for the University of Montana Western, a position he held from 2011 to 2012 and resumed in 2016. Nourse served as the athletic director at Montana Western from 2013 to 2016.

Playing career Nourse started his playing career at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota. He played for the Blue Hawks, helping his team make it to the semifinal round of the 1991 NAIA Division II tournament.

Coaching career Nourse started his coaching career at Salmon High School in Salmon, Idaho. He coached the Savages for three years before receiving his first collegiate coaching job at Western State College of Colorado (now Western Colorado University), where he was put in charge of coaching the defensive backs. He then served as the defensive coordinator, linebackers coach, and academic coordinator for the Truman Bulldogs from 2008 to 2009. He coached the Bulldogs for two seasons before being named as the school's athletic director. Then, in December of 2015, Nourse was again named as the head football coach for Montana Western.

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