Biographical details | |
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Born | Selby, South Dakota, U.S. | February 7, 1957
Alma mater | South Dakota State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1979 | South Dakota State (SA) |
1980 | Northern Iowa (assistant) |
1981–1983 | North HS (WI) (assistant) |
1984–1987 | Northern State (DC/DB/RC) |
1988–1990 | South Dakota State (DB/RC) |
1991–1997 | South Dakota State (DC) |
1997–2022 | South Dakota State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 199–112 (college) |
Tournaments | 18–11 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 NCAA Division I (2022) 1 GWC (2007) 3 MVFC (2016, 2020, 2022) | |
Awards | |
Eddie Robinson Award (2022) | |
John Stiegelmeier (born February 7, 1957) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at South Dakota State University from 1997 to 2022, compiling a record of 199–112. In his final season, he led the 2022 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team to the NCAA Division I Football Championship title, the first national title in South Dakota State Jackrabbits football program history.
Stiegelmeier was hired as the 20th head coach of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits football program in 1997. In 1999, Stiegelmeier was named the North Central Conference Coach of the Year after finishing the season with an 8–3 overall record. Stiegelmeier was also honored as the Great West Football Conference Coach of the Year in 2007 after compiling a 7–4 overall record and winning the GWFC title. He was also named by the American Football Coaches Association as the 2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision Region 5 Coach of the Year along with being named one of the five finalists for the 2007 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award. Stiegelmeier was also a finalist in 2009. Stiegelmeier is the recipient of the 2022 Eddie Robinson Award.[1]
Head coaching record
[edit]College
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | TSN/STATS° | ||
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South Dakota State Jackrabbits (North Central Conference) (1997–2003) | |||||||||
1997 | South Dakota State | 4–6 | 3–6 | T–6th | |||||
1998 | South Dakota State | 6–5 | 5–4 | 5th | |||||
1999 | South Dakota State | 8–3 | 6–3 | 4th | |||||
2000 | South Dakota State | 6–5 | 4–5 | 6th | |||||
2001 | South Dakota State | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
2002 | South Dakota State | 6–4 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
2003 | South Dakota State | 7–4 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (Great West Conference) (2004–2007) | |||||||||
2004 | South Dakota State | 6–5 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
2005 | South Dakota State | 6–5 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
2006 | South Dakota State | 7–4 | 3–1 | 2nd | 22 | ||||
2007 | South Dakota State | 7–4 | 4–0 | 1st | 22 | 19 | |||
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2008–2022) | |||||||||
2008 | South Dakota State | 7–5 | 6–2 | 3rd | |||||
2009 | South Dakota State | 8–4 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I First Round | 11 | 11 | ||
2010 | South Dakota State | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–3rd | |||||
2011 | South Dakota State | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
2012 | South Dakota State | 9–4 | 6–2 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 17 | 14 | ||
2013 | South Dakota State | 9–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 14 | 13 | ||
2014 | South Dakota State | 9–5 | 5–3 | 4th | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 13 | 12 | ||
2015 | South Dakota State | 8–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | L NCAA Division I First Round | 16 | 15 | ||
2016 | South Dakota State | 9–4 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal | 7 | 6 | ||
2017 | South Dakota State | 11–3 | 6–2 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division I Semifinal | 4 | 3 | ||
2018 | South Dakota State | 10–3 | 6–2 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I Semifinal | 3 | 3 | ||
2019 | South Dakota State | 8–5 | 5–3 | T–3rd | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 12 | 10 | ||
2020–21 | South Dakota State | 8–2 | 5–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I Championship | 2 | 2 | ||
2021 | South Dakota State | 11–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | L NCAA Division I Semifinal | 5 | 4 | ||
2022 | South Dakota State | 14–1 | 8–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division I Championship | 1 | 1 | ||
South Dakota State: | 199–112 | 128–70 | |||||||
Total: | 199–112 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
[edit]- ^ Haley, Craig (December 8, 2022). "No. 1 Again: South Dakota State Coach John Stiegelmeier is 2022 Eddie Robinson Award Recipient". The Analyst. Retrieved January 8, 2022.