Northwest Missouri State Athletics

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All-Time Coaches

Seasons	Head Coach	Seasons	W-L-T	Pct.	MIAA W-L-T	MIAA Pct.
1908 1916-17 1918 1919-20 1921 1922 1923-26 1927-36 1937-57 1958-59 1960-62 1963-70 1971-75 1976-82 1983-87 1988-93 1994-2010 2011 2011-16 2017	Paul White George Palfreyman M.H. Sims Robert Rice Russell Sprong Eugene Maynor H.F. Lawrence E.A. Davis Ryland Milner Paul Turner Earl Baker Ivan Schottel Gladden Dye James Redd Vern Thomsen Bud Elliott Mel Tjeerdsma Scott Bostwick Adam Dorrel Rich Wright	1 2 1 2 1 1 4 10 20 2 3 8 5 7 5 6 17 - 6	3-2-1 2-11-0 1-1 0-7-0 2-6-0 4-4-1 19-3-2 38-43-8 92-61-13 3-11-2 7-20-0 27-44-1 32-17-0 29-42-2 25-29-1 27-39-1 183-43 - 76-8	.583 .154 .500 .000 .250 .444 .791 .472 .593 .250 .259 .390 .653 .404 .464 .410 .809 - .905	8-3-1 16-21-3 45-37-7 2-7-1 3-12 13-28 19-11 15-23-2 11-14 25-27 131-20 57-5	.666 .400 .505 .200 .200 .317 .633 .375 .440 .480 .867 .919

 

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Most Wins				Head Coaching Honors
Rank	Coach	Wins		AFCA National Coach of the Year	AFCA Regional Coach of the Year	MIAA Coach of the Year
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 15. 17. 18.	Mel Tjeerdsma (1994-10) Ryland Milner (1937-57) Adam Dorrel (2011-16) E.A. Davis (1927-36) Gladden Dye (1971-75) Jim Redd (1976-82) Ivan Schottel (1963-70) Bud Elliott (1988-93) Vern Thomsen (1983-87) H.F. Lawrence (1923-26) Earl Baker (1960-62) Eugene Maynor (1922) Paul Turner (1958-59) Paul A. White (1908) Russell Sprong (1921) George Palfreyman (1916-17) M.H. Sims (1918) Robert Rice (1919-20)	183 91 76 38 32 29 28 27 25 22 7 4 3 3 2 2 1 0		2015 - Adam Dorrel 2013 - Adam Dorrel 2009 - Mel Tjeerdsma 2008 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1999 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1998 - Mel Tjeerdsma	2016 - Adam Dorrel 2015 - Adam Dorrel 2013 - Adam Dorrel 2008 - Mel Tjeerdsma 2006 - Mel Tjeerdsma 2000 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1999 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1998 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1997 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1996 - Mel Tjeerdsma	2016 - Adam Dorrel 2015 - Adam Dorrel 2013 - Adam Dorrel 2010 - Mel Tjeerdsma 2009 - Mel Tjeerdsma 2008 - Mel Tjeerdsma 2007 - Mel Tjeerdsma 2006 - Mel Tjeerdsma 2002 - Mel Tjeerdsma 2000 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1999 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1998 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1997 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1996 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1995 - Mel Tjeerdsma 1984 - Vern Thomsen

 

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Football History Year-by-Year

Year	Head Coach	Overall	MIAA
1908 1916 1917 1918 1919	Paul A. White George Palfreyman George Palfreyman M.H. Sims Robert Rice	3-2-1 2-5-0 0-7-0 1-1-0 0-4-0
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924	Robert Rice Russell Sprong Eugene Maynor H.F. Lawrence H.F. Lawrence	0-3-0 2-6-0 4-4-1 3-3-1 6-1-1	3-1
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929	H.F. Lawrence H.F. Lawrence E.A. Davis E.A. Davis E.A. Davis	7-0-1 6-2-0 1-7-0 5-3-1 3-2-3	3-0-1 2-2 0-4 1-2-1 1-1-1
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934	E.A. Davis E.A. Davis E.A. Davis E.A. Davis E.A. Davis	4-5-1 9-0-0 4-4-1 1-8-0 4-5-0	2-1 4-0 2-2 1-3 2-2
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939	E.A. Davis E.A. Davis Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner	3-5-1 4-4-1 2-5-2 9-0-0 9-0-0	2-3 1-3-1 1-3-1 5-0 5-0
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944	Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner	7-2-0 6-2-1 4-2-1 5-1-1 7-0-0	3-2 3-1-1 3-1
1945 1946 1947 1948 1949	No Football/World War II Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner	4-3-0 5-2-2 6-2-0 6-1-1	2-3 2-1-2 4-1 3-1-1
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954	Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner	3-5-1 2-6-1 6-3-0 3-4-1 2-6-0	1-3-1 2-3 4-1 2-2-1 1-4
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959	Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Ryland Milner Paul Turner Paul Turner	2-5-1 2-7-0 1-6-1 0-8-0 3-3-2	2-3 1-4 1-4 0-5 2-2-1
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964	Earl Baker Earl Baker Earl Baker Ivan Schottel Ivan Schottel	5-4-0 2-7-0 0-9-0 3-5-1 6-3-0	3-2 0-5 0-5 1-4 2-3
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969	Ivan Schottel Ivan Schottel Ivan Schottel Ivan Schottel Ivan Schottel	6-3-0 4-5-0 3-6-0 0-9-0 4-5-0	3-2 3-2 2-3 0-5 2-3
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974	Ivan Schottel Gladden Dye Gladden Dye Gladden Dye Gladden Dye	2-8-0 4-5-0 7-3-0 6-4-0 8-2-0	0-6 2-4 5-1 4-2 5-1
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979	Gladden Dye Jim Redd Jim Redd Jim Redd Jim Redd	7-3-0 8-2-0 5-5-1 0-11-0 6-5-0	3-3 4-2 2-3-1 0-6 5-1
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984	Jim Redd Jim Redd Jim Redd Vern Thomsen Vern Thomsen	2-8-0 6-4-0 2-7-1 5-6-0 10-2-0	1-5 3-2 0-4-1 2-3 5-0
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989	Vern Thomsen Vern Thomsen Vern Thomsen Bud Elliott Bud Elliott	4-6-1 2-9-0 4-7-0 2-9-0 9-3-0	2-3 1-4 1-4 2-4 8-2
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994	Bud Elliott Bud Elliott Bud Elliott Bud Elliott Mel Tjeerdsma	2-8-1 5-6-0 6-5-0 3-8-0 0-11	2-7 4-5 6-3 3-6 0-9
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999	Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma	6-5 11-2 12-1 15-0 14-1	6-3 8-1 9-0 9-0 9-0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004	Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma	11-1 7-4 12-1 8-3 11-2	9-0 6-3 9-0 7-2 8-1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009	Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma	11-4 14-1 12-2 13-2 14-1	6-2 9-0 9-0 9-0 9-0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014	Mel Tjeerdsma Adam Dorrel Adam Dorrel Adam Dorrel Adam Dorrel	12-2 11-3 10-3 15-0 10-2	9-0 7-3 8-2 10-0 10-1
2015 2016 2017	Adam Dorrel Adam Dorrel Rich Wright	15-0 15-0	11-0 11-0