Mel Tjeerdsma
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 24, 1946 Springfield, South Dakota |
| Alma mater | Southern State College (SD) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1976–1983 | Northwestern (IA) (OC) |
| 1984–1993 | Austin |
| 1994–2010 | Northwest Missouri State |
| 2011 | United States national team |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2013–present | Northwest Missouri State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 246–82–4 |
| Tournaments | 0–2 (NAIA D-II playoffs) 32–10 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 4–0 (IFAF World Cup) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 NCAA Division II National (1998–1999, 2009) 3 TIAA (1984–1985, 1988) 12 MIAA (1996–2000, 2002–2003, 2006–2010) 1 IFAF World Championship (2011) |
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| Awards | |
| 4x AFCA Division II COY (1997–1998, 2008–2009) Liberty Mutual Division II COY (2009) |
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Mel Tjeerdsma (/ˈtʃɜːrtʃmə/ CHURCH-mə; born May 24, 1946) is a retired American football coach and the athletic director at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. He served as the head coach at Austin College in Sherman, Texas from 1984 to 1993 and at Northwest Missouri State University from 1994 until his retirement after the 2010 season. In his 27 years as a head coach, Tjeerdsma compiled a career college football record of 242–82–4. He led the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats to three NCAA Division II Football Championship titles (1998, 1999, and 2009) and four additional NCAA Division II titles games (2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008).
Tjeerdsma was born and grew up on a farm in Springfield, South Dakota. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1964 and attended Southern State College in Springfield where he participated in several sports. Tjeerdsma earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from the college in 1967. He was a teacher and assistant football coach in Akron, Iowa in 1968. He received his master's degree in physical education at Northwestern College in 1977.
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