Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall-of-Famer Greg Gothard came to OBU in 2014 as offensive line coach. He added the title of assistant head coach in 2016 and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2019. He has since moved into primarily coaching the offensive line while keeping the assistant head coach title. Gothard is entering his 10th fall coaching the Bison.

Under Gothard's direction, the offensive line has paved the way for an abundance of offensive success. A season ago (2023), Gothard coached his fourth All-Conference offensive lineman as Jake Sitsler was named to All-GAC second team. 

In 2021, Jake Foshee signed a professional contract with Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL), the first of any Bison offensive lineman in program history. Foshee collected a D2CCA All-Super Region 3 nod and was named the All-GAC First Team. That same year, four Bison earned All-American nods, courtesy of the offensive line's production. JT Vongor, a force at right tackle, also collected an All-GAC nod as an honorable mention selection. 

In the 2019 season, as offensive coordinator, Gothard coached two players who were the first Bison to achieve All-Region selections. Quarterback Preston Haire and wide receiver Josh Cornell earned the D2CCA Super Region 3 Second Team. These awards contributed to the most successful Division II season.

In 2018, Gothard's Bison offensive line led NCAA Division II in pass protection, allowing the fewest sacks (three) of any team in the country as OBU quarterbacks dropped back for over 500 attempts on the season. Brian Cornell was named to the All-GAC Second team, the first offensive line All-GAC honoree in Gothard's tenure in Shawnee. 

Prior to coming to Bison Hill, Gothard spent 25 years at Velma-Alma High School, including 16 years as head coach and nine as defensive coordinator. Gothard's teams twice reached the state championship (2001 and 2006). He won over 73 percent of the time finishing with a career record of 143-51 with the Comets.

As an assistant, Gothard was part of back-to-back state Class A State Champion football teams in 1993 and 1994. During that stretch the Comets won a school-record 40 consecutive games.

Gothard also coached the power-lifting and golf teams at Velma-Alma. He led boys team to Class 2A state titles in 2002, 2003 and 2005.

Gothard, a native of Kingston, received his bachelor of science degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State in 1985 and a master’s of education degree from East Central in 2001.

He has served as president of the Oklahoma Coaches Association, and President of the Oklahoma Football Coaches Association, been an All-State 2001 and Oil Bowl Head Coach 2010 and been an Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-State coach.

Gothard and his wife, Leslie, have two children, Kirsten Martin and Cord Gothard. Kirsten and her husband Derek are the parents of coach Gothard’s only grandchild, Addie Mae Martin. The Gothards are members at Immanuel Baptist Church.