John Stiegelmeier is an American football

American football

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 coach

Coach (sport)

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, currently the head coach

Head coach

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 of the South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University is the largest university in the U.S. state of South Dakota, located in Brookings. A public land-grant university and sun grant college, founded under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act, SDSU offers programs of study required by, or harmonious to, this Act...

 (SDSU) Jackrabbit football

South Dakota State Jackrabbits football

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team is a Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Jackrabbits were a Division II program in the North Central Conference until moving to Football Championship Subdivision in 2004...

 team.

Stiegelmeier was hired as 20th Jackrabbit head coach in 1997 and has compiled an 83-60 record at South Dakota State. In 1999, Stiegelmeier was named the North Central Conference Coach of the Year after finishing the season with a 8-3 overall record. Stiegelmeier was also honored as the Great West Football Conference

Great West Football Conference

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 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 1 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.

Career

• 1981-1984 North High School
  North High School (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
  North High School is one of two public high schools in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It has a student body of about 1,500. North's course offerings include five foreign languages and several Advanced Placement courses. It also has a foreign exchange program...
  
   , Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  Eau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 65,883 as of the 2010 census, making it the largest municipality in the northwestern portion of the state, and the 9th largest in the state overall. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County,...
  
   - head coach
• 1984-1987 Northern State University
  Northern State University
  Northern State University is a four-year public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. NSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents and offers 38 majors and 42 minors, as well as six associate, eight pre-professional and nine graduate degrees.-History:Founded on the...
  
   - defensive coordinator
  Defensive coordinator
  A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a gridiron football team who is in charge of the defense. Generally, along with his offensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
  
  , secondary
  Defensive back
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   coach and recruiting coordinator
• 1987-1988 University of Wisconsin–Madison
  University of Wisconsin–Madison
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   - graduate assistant
• 1988-1990 South Dakota State University
  South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
  The South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team is a Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Jackrabbits were a Division II program in the North Central Conference until moving to Football Championship Subdivision in 2004...
  
   - secondary coach and recruiting coordinator
• 1990-1997 South Dakota State University
  South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
  The South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team is a Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Jackrabbits were a Division II program in the North Central Conference until moving to Football Championship Subdivision in 2004...
  
   - defensive coordinator
• 1997–present South Dakota State University
  South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
  The South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team is a Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Jackrabbits were a Division II program in the North Central Conference until moving to Football Championship Subdivision in 2004...
  
   - head coach, and safeties coach

External links

• South Dakota State profile