Vern Thomsen
American football coach
Biographical details | |
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Born | Exeter, Nebraska, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1957–1958 | Fairbury JC |
1959–1960 | Peru State |
1965 | Lincoln Comets |
Position(s) | Tackle, defensive tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1965–1966 | Weeping Water HS (NE) |
1967–1971 | Wahoo HS (NE) |
1973 | Fairbury JC |
1974–1975 | Ellsworth (assistant) |
1976–1982 | Ellsworth |
1983–1987 | Northwest Missouri State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 24–31–1 (college) |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 MIAA (1984) | |
Vern Thomsen is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri for five seasons, from 1983 to 1987, compiling a record of 24–31–1. Thomsen was the head football coach at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa from 1976 to 1982, tallying a mark of 58–12–1 in seven seasons.[1] Thomsen was born in Exeter, Nebraska, and attended Fairbury Junior College (now part of Southeast Community College) and Peru State Teachers College.[2]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NCAA# | |||
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Northwest Missouri State Bearcats (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1983–1987) | |||||||||
1983 | Northwest Missouri State | 5–6 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
1984 | Northwest Missouri State | 10–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II First Round | 5 | |||
1985 | Northwest Missouri State | 4–6–1 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1986 | Northwest Missouri State | 2–9 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
1987 | Northwest Missouri State | 3–8 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
Northwest Missouri State: | 24–31–1 | 11–14 | |||||||
Total: | 24–31–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Thomsen to NW Missouri". Waterloo Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. December 8, 1982. p. C1. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Schrader, Gus (November 10, 1976). "Red Peppers". Cedar Rapids Gazette. p. 43. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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Northwest Missouri State Bearcats head football coaches
- Paul A. White (1908)
- No team (1909–1915)
- George Palfreyman (1916–1917)
- M. H. Sims (1918)
- Robert Rice (1919–1920)
- Russell Sprong (1921)
- Eugene Maynor (1922)
- H. Frank Lawrence (1923–1926)
- Earl A. Davis (1927–1936)
- Ryland Milner (1937–1944)
- No team (1945)
- Ryland Milner (1946–1957)
- Paul Turner (1958–1959)
- Earl Baker (1960–1962)
- Ivan Schottel (1963–1970)
- Gladden Dye (1971–1975)
- James Redd (1976–1982)
- Vern Thomsen (1983–1987)
- Harold Elliott (1988–1993)
- Mel Tjeerdsma (1994–2010)
- Adam Dorrel (2011–2016)
- Rich Wright (2017–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Rich Wright (2021– )
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