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Mel Tjeerdsma was born on 24 May, 1946 in Springfield, South Dakota, U.S., is an American football coach. Discover Mel Tjeerdsma's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 24 May, 1946
Birthday 24 May
Birthplace Springfield, South Dakota, U.S.
Nationality South Dakota

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1946

Mel Tjeerdsma (born May 24, 1946) is a retired American football coach and athletic director at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri.

1964

He graduated from Springfield High School in 1964 and attended Southern State College in Springfield where he participated in several sports.

1967

Tjeerdsma earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from the college in 1967.

1968

He was a teacher and assistant football coach in Akron, Iowa in 1968.

1972

Tjeerdsma coached at Sioux Center (Iowa) High School and in 1972 won the very first Class 2A State football championship.

He earned Northwest Iowa Football Coach of the Year honors in 1972 and was the Northwest Iowa Track and Field Coach of the Year in 1973, 1974 and 1975.

Tjeerdsma was the offensive coordinator at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa for eight years.

He was also the head track and field coach at Northwestern.

1975

He went on to Denison High School in Denison, Iowa, where he guided his team to a 9–0 record in 1975 and a berth in the state playoffs.

1977

He received his master's degree in physical education at Northwestern College in 1977.

1983

The Red Raiders earned four trips to the NAIA Division II Playoffs while Tjeerdsma was there, including a national championship in 1983.

His offense twice led the nation in total offense and scoring.

His track and field teams won three Tri-State Conference titles and five consecutive NAIA District 15 indoor championships.

1984

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.

Tjeerdsma was the head coach at Austin College in Sherman, Texas from 1984 through 1993.

He compiled a 59–39–4 record and was the school's winningest coach.

Tjeerdsma guided Austin College to three Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships in 1984, 1985 and 1988 and made two trips to the NAIA Division II playoffs.

1994

Before Tjeerdsma's arrival in 1994, Northwest Missouri State University experienced a series of problems.

Missouri under Governor John Ashcroft had announced plans to close the school.

The state had also balked at converting U.S. Route 71 to Maryville to a four-lane highway, even as it had converted the rest of the highway south of Saint Joseph, Missouri to interstate standards.

The Bearcats went 0–11 in Tjeerdsma's first year in 1994, finishing last in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

1996

In 1996, they made the playoffs for the first time since 1984.

1998

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.

In 1998, the Bearcats won the NCAA Division II Football Championship compiling a record of 15–0.

It also marked the first time the Bearcats won a national championship in any sport.

2002

The renovated Rickenbrode Stadium opened in 2002.

2004

The stadium was renamed Bearcat Stadium in 2004 to honor the contributions of the many individuals and organizations who worked in the fundraising efforts.

2005

In 2005, the Bearcats were a Cinderella team being ranked 22nd at the start of the playoffs, but won four games on the road until reaching the finals where they faced Grand Valley State.

Oddly enough, the title game was the first time in the 2005 playoffs that the Bearcats played on the same field for a second time.

They beat North Alabama in Florence the week before.

Northwest Missouri State led the game until the closing minutes and came within a dropped pass in the end zone in the closing seconds from a victory.

The championships have rocketed Northwest into high visibility.

The St. Louis Rams donated their private jet to the team to fly the Bearcats to the championship game in Florence, Alabama.

When Tjeerdsma began his run, Northwest could not play some home playoff games to which it was entitled because of poor conditions at Rickenbrode Stadium.

The stadium underwent a $5 million renovation including the additions of luxury boxes and a color replay video board.

2006

In 2006, Tjeerdsma was elected president of the American Football Coaches Association.

2007

On August 23, 2007, the field at Bearcat Stadium was named Mel Tjeerdsma Field in the coach's honor.

2011

In 2011, he was named head coach of the United States national American football team in the 2011 IFAF World Cup.