Dan Thiessen is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player and coach in the United States. He played professionally in the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

 and presently coaches at the high school level.

McPherson

Coach Dan Thiessen was the head college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 coach for the McPherson

McPherson College

McPherson College was chartered in 1887 by the leaders of the Church of the Brethren. The college provides a career-oriented liberal arts education...

 Bulldogs located in McPherson, Kansas

McPherson, Kansas

McPherson is a city in and the county seat of McPherson County, Kansas, United States, in the central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 13,155. The city is named after Union General James Birdseye McPherson, a Civil War general...

. He held that position for 7 seasons, from 1986 until 1992. His coaching record at McPherson was 21 wins and 44 losses. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #4 at McPherson in total wins and #16 at the school in winning percentage .

Tabor

Thiessen was the head coach of the Tabor Blue Jays in Hillsboro, Kansas

Hillsboro, Kansas

Hillsboro is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. Hillsboro was named after John Gillespie Hill, who homesteaded in the area in 1871. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,993. Hillsboro is home of Tabor College, which has approximately 550 students.-19th century:For...

 for six seasons, from 1993 through 1998. Theissen played quarterback for the college as well as competing on the tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

team before taking the coaching position.