Mel Tjeerdsma ( /ˈtʃɜrtʃmə/ CHURCH-mə; born May 24, 1946) is a retired American football coach. He served as the head coach at Austin College in Sherman, Texas from 1984 to 1993 and at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri 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. He led the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats to three NCAA Division II National Football Championships (1998, 1999, and 2009) and four additional NCAA Division II titles games (2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008).
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