The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) includes 95 teams. Each team has one head coach. As of the 2023 season, the NAIA is composed of eleven conferences: the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC), Frontier Conference, Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), Heart of America Athletic Conference (HCAC), independent, Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC), Mid-South Conference (MSC), Mid-States Football Association (MSFA), North Star Athletic Association (NSAA), Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC), and the Sun Conference (TSC).
As of the start of the 2023 season, the longest-tenured coach in NAIA, is Dennis McCulloch of Valley City State University, who has been head coach at the school since 1997. In all, 16 NAIA programs will have new head coaches in 2023.
Conference affiliations are current for the 2023 season. Two future NAIA teams have hired their head coaches; the teams are indicated with a light blue background.