Lane Frost

Lane Frost Sr.

Frost with the Chicago Bears in 2020
Dallas Birddogs
Position:	Head coach
Personal information
Born:	(1997-01-01)January 1, 1997 (aged 66) Miami, Florida
Career information
College:	Ohio State (2015–2017)
Career history
As player:
Chicago Bears (2020–2021) Cleveland Browns (2022)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
North Dakota State (2023–2025) Quarterbacks coach North Dakota State (2026–2030) Offensive coordinator North Dakota State (2031–2034) Head coach Ohio State (2035–2037) Offensive coordinator Ohio State (2038) Interim head coach & offensive coordinator Kansas City Coyotes (2043–2047) Offensive coordinator Kansas City Coyotes (2048) Interim head coach & offensive coordinator Honolulu Hahalua (2049−2053) Head coach North Carolina A&T (2053–present) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: As player: Second-team All-American (2017) First-team All-Big Ten (2017)
ISFL coaching record
Regular season:	DSFL: 10–17 (.370) College: 72–24 (.750)
Postseason:	DSFL: 1–4 (.200) College: 15–3 (.833)
Career:	DSFL: 11–21 (.344) College: 87–27 (.763)

Amari Lane Frost Sr (born January 1, 1997) is an American football coach and former quarterback, who is the current head football coach of Honolulu Hahalua of the International Simulation Football League (ISFL). He played college football at Ohio State from 2015 to 2017. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 3 seasons from 2018 to 2020 for the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He served as the head coach of the North Dakota State Bison (2031–2034), Ohio State Buckeyes (2040–2042), and Kansas City Coyotes (2048–2050). Frost has since been head coach of the Honolulu Hahalua.

College playing career

Collegiate statistics

Year	Games			Passing								Rushing
	GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2015	1	0	—	1	1	100.0	10	10.0	1	0	-	0	0	0.0	0
2016	13	13	11–2	245	345	71.0	4,231	12.5	26	10	-	190	671	3.5	11
2017	5	1	0–1	13	25	52.0	143	5.7	3	2	-	2	56	28.0	1
2018	12	12	11–1	231	343	67.4	3,567	10.4	24	1	-	137	484	3.5	10
Career

Coaching career

North Dakota State

After retiring from football in 2022, Frost signed to North Dakota State as a offensive coordinator for the 2023 season. During his time as the North Dakota State offensive coordinator, Frost and the team won the Missouri Valley Football Conference from 2027 to the end of his time in 2030. He would earn two trips to the NCAA Division I Championship with a win against South Dakota State, 32–14 in 2028 and against South Dakota, 56–7 in 2029.

2031 season

After Mason Grey retired as the head coach of the Bison, Frost was signed as their new head coach and Marcus Peters took over as acting offensive coordinator. In Frost's first season as head coach, he would lead the Bison to a 13–3 record finishing second in the Coaches Poll Top 25 Rankings. He had big wins over number one ranked Montana 24–21 in week one, third-ranked Villanova 32–19 in week six, and tenth ranked Southeastern Louisiana 28–24 in week nine. Frost would book his ticket to his first playoff appearance as a head coach and earning the Eddie Robinson Award for being the top coach in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. In the first round of the playoffs, they were given a bye as the number two seed. They would face Abilene Christian in the second round after they beat Southeastern Louisiana 24–0 in a dominating performance. Frost would coach to his strengths running the ball 51 times and passing for only 12 plays. They totaled 298 rushing yards to 51 passing yards but had 3 passing touchdowns to only 1 rushing touchdown. They would also have 2 defensive touchdowns to add to their total while shutting out Abilene Christian's offense. They would win the game 45–0. This win sparked an era of domination in the FCS ranks by one team and got them so much recognition that their next game was put on ESPN2, ESPN3, SportsCenter, and CBS against Sam Houston State in the Quarterfinals. Frost was under so much pressure to win this game that he decided to switch the game plan entirely and it worked. Quarterback Matthew Matrix threw for 672 yards and 6 touchdowns while rushing for a touchdown as well. Matrix's performance would break several FCS Playoff records and would lead them to a 69–14 victory in impressive fashion. Sam Houston State was moved to the NCAA Division II a few years later as they could not get any ground after that loss. In the Semifinals, Montana State would go on to lose a tight battle against Frost, 24–21, with Carson Fryer kicking a game-winning field goal as time expired. They were the first team to put up a fight against North Dakota State and Frost stated later: "We got in our head and never left it. If Carson missed that field goal we would have been screwed because all three of our games we lost went to overtime and I didn't want that to happen. Our defense stepped up on that last drive and carried us. So I mean it was a team effort." Frost was thrilled that he made the Championship game against Southern Oregon (their first season coming from the NAIA) to the point that he didn't call plays for the game. He barely wore a headset during the game. Frost took over in the fourth quarter calling plays when they started to fail time and time again. On their own 1-yard line, Frost called for a wildcat play and it ended up working perfectly as Jamal Parker ran for 84 yards then on the next play he ran it again for 15 yards and a touchdown to put them ahead 35−31. Jamal Parker was the first player to run 99 yards on two plays in FCS Playoffs history. Frost's defense would go on to stop the opponent at the 25-yard line winning the game with no time remaining. Frost became the first head coach in 20 years to win a title in their first season acting as head coach.

2032 season

In Frost's second year in 2032, he had most of the same success as the year prior. He had tough wins against Villanova, Abilene Christian, and number two-ranked Southern Oregon. Frost led his team to a second straight conference title and a 12–4 record securing the number three seed in the playoffs and earning a round-one bye. Frost would go on to face Youngstown State and win their matchup with fifth-year senior Matthew Matrix. Matrix threw for 410 yards while completing 23 passes, 10 of which were caught by wide receiver Albert Bly. He also threw for 4 touchdowns, Bly would catch 2 of them. They won the game 31–14. Their next game would be a very horrible blow for the program. The Lehigh Mountain Hawks were in their first season under head coach Franklin Martinez and they had an 8–3 record in the regular season. They were the last ranked seed in the tournament and blew out Frost's Bison by a score of 44–21. This would be Frost's first loss in an FCS tournament.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP/STATS#	Coaches°
North Dakota State Bison (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2031–2034)
2031	North Dakota State	13–3	7–1	1st	W NCAA Division I Championship	3	2
2032	North Dakota State	12–4	6–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division I Quarterfinals	5	3
2033	North Dakota State	10–4	5–3	T–2nd	L NCAA Division I First Round	16	16
2034	North Dakota State	14–2	7–1	1st	W NCAA Division I Championship	1	1
North Dakota State:		49–13	25–7
Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten) (2038)
2038	Ohio State*	0–4	0–3	4th
Ohio State:		0–4	0–3
North Carolina A&T Aggies (Big South) (2054–present)
2053	North Carolina A&T*	1–1	1–0	2nd	L NCAA Division I First Round	23	22
North Carolina A&T:		1–1	1–0
Total:		50–18
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
†Indicates CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final AP/STATS Poll. °Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

* Interim head coach

DSFL

Team	Year	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
KCC*	2048	3	5	0	.375	2nd in NFC	0	1	.000	Lost to Minnesota Grey Ducks in NFC Championship Game
KCC total		3	5	0	.375		0	1	.000
Total		3	5	0	.375		0	1	.000

* Interim head coach

ISFL

Team	Year	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
HON	2049	11	5	0	.688	1st in ASFC	1	1	.500	Lost to Chicago Butchers in Ultimus Bowl XXXIV
HON	2050	13	3	0	.813	1st in ASFC	2	0	1.000	Ultimus Bowl XXXV champions
HON	2051	11	5	0	.688	1st in ASFC	2	0	1.000	Ultimus Bowl XXXVI champions
HON	2052	9	7	0	.563	3rd in ASFC	1	1	.500	Lost to Arizona Outlaws in ASFC Championship Game
HON	2053	0	14	0	.000	Fired	—	—	—	—
HON total		44	34	0	.564		6	2	.750
Total		44	34	0	.564		6	2	.750