Mel Tjeerdsma (/ˈtʃɜːrtʃmə/ CHURCH-mə; born May 24, 1946) is a retired American football coach and athletic director at Northwest Missouri State University...

Division II national title games – winning six – since going 0–11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994. The Bearcats have made the playoffs in 20 seasons...

The playing field itself is called Tjeerdsma Field in honor of the school's winning football coach Mel Tjeerdsma. The stadium originally opened in 1917...

Florence, AL 6,149 Mel Tjeerdsma 27 1999 Northwest Missouri (2) 58–52 (a.e.t.) Carson–Newman Braly Stadium Florence, AL 8,451 Mel Tjeerdsma 28 2000 Delta State...

Prison, which is named for a star athlete and teacher at the school. Mel Tjeerdsma, a national championship-winning football coach at Northwest Missouri...

Division III and 1 former NAIA player. The head coach of Team USA was Mel Tjeerdsma of Northwest Missouri State University, with Larry Kehres the offensive...

Northwest Missouri State University from 1994 to 2010 under head coach Mel Tjeerdsma, during which time the Bearcats captured three NCAA Division II Football...

(1979–1980), Texas Tech (1981–1985), Appalachian State (1989–2012) 39 Mel Tjeerdsma† 27 242 82 4 .744 Austin (1984–1993), Northwest Missouri State (1994–2010)...

under Northwest's Mel Tjeerdsma during Tjeerdsma's first Northwest season in 1994 in which the Bearcats went 0–11 before Tjeerdsma began his run of seven...

Coker along with Tulsa's co-defensive coordinator Paul Randolph and Mel Tjeerdsma, head coach from Northwest Missouri State were the finalists for the...

professional wrestler Wilbur Stalcup – former college basketball coach Mel Tjeerdsma – Northwest's 3x national champion winning coach, 12x MIAA champion...

Football Coaches Association (AFCA) History First award 1940 Most recent Mel Tjeerdsma Website http://www.afca.com/article/article.php?id=StaggAward...

1 – 2 27 Stan McGarvey 1983 10 6 4 0 0.600 3 3 0 0.500 – – – – – 28 Mel Tjeerdsma 1984–1993 102 59 39 4 0.598 30 22 4 0.571 0 2 0 – 3 29 David Norman...

assistant for Northwest Missouri State under College Football Hall of Famer Mel Tjeerdsma. In the fall he went to Oklahoma State in the same capacity and remained...

titles. Northwest Missouri State from 1998 to 2016. Led by head coaches Mel Tjeerdsma (1994–2010) and Adam Dorrel (2011–2016). Northwest Missouri played in...

River. Maria Pearson, Yankton Sioux activist, was born in Springfield Mel Tjeerdsma, past president of the American Football Coaches Association, grew up...

[citation needed] Maryville became a football powerhouse in 1994 when Mel Tjeerdsma became coach of Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football. The Bearcats...

transferred to Austin College as a defensive back under head coach Mel Tjeerdsma. In 1990, Dawson began his coaching career as an assistant coach for...

Colorado 1997 Joe Glenn Northern Colorado 1998 Mel Tjeerdsma Northwest Missouri State 1999 Mel Tjeerdsma Northwest Missouri State 2000 Danny Hale Bloomsburg...

Redd (1976–1982) Vern Thomsen (1983–1987) Harold Elliott (1988–1993) Mel Tjeerdsma (1994–2010) Adam Dorrel (2011–2016) Rich Wright (2017–2019) No team...

Redd (1976–1982) Vern Thomsen (1983–1987) Harold Elliott (1988–1993) Mel Tjeerdsma (1994–2010) Adam Dorrel (2011–2016) Rich Wright (2017–2019) No team...

McMurry, Angelo State, Baylor 1960 1992 30 329 170 151 8 .529 2001 Mel Tjeerdsma Austin, Northwest Missouri State 1984 2010 26 332 246 82 4 .747 2018...

Redd (1976–1982) Vern Thomsen (1983–1987) Harold Elliott (1988–1993) Mel Tjeerdsma (1994–2010) Adam Dorrel (2011–2016) Rich Wright (2017–2019) No team...

Duane Nutt (1969–1972) Larry Kramer (1973–1982) Stan McGarvey (1983) Mel Tjeerdsma (1984–1993) David Norman (1994–2005) Ronnie Gage (2006–2009) Loren Dawson...

Duane Nutt (1969–1972) Larry Kramer (1973–1982) Stan McGarvey (1983) Mel Tjeerdsma (1984–1993) David Norman (1994–2005) Ronnie Gage (2006–2009) Loren Dawson...

Duane Nutt (1969–1972) Larry Kramer (1973–1982) Stan McGarvey (1983) Mel Tjeerdsma (1984–1993) David Norman (1994–2005) Ronnie Gage (2006–2009) Loren Dawson...

Duane Nutt (1969–1972) Larry Kramer (1973–1982) Stan McGarvey (1983) Mel Tjeerdsma (1984–1993) David Norman (1994–2005) Ronnie Gage (2006–2009) Loren Dawson...

lineman in the small college ranks. At Northwest he was coached by Mel Tjeerdsma, who took the Bearcats to five consecutive NCAA Division II Football...

Redd (1976–1982) Vern Thomsen (1983–1987) Harold Elliott (1988–1993) Mel Tjeerdsma (1994–2010) Adam Dorrel (2011–2016) Rich Wright (2017–2019) No team...

transferred to Northwest Missouri State to serve as a graduate assistant for Mel Tjeerdsma. He served as a graduate assistant for two years before being hired...