NDSU

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Five-time finalist and two-time Eddie Robinson Award winner as FCS Coach of the Year (2012-2013)...Two-time AFCA FCS National Coach of the Year (2012-2013)...Two-time AFCA FCS Regional Coach of the Year (2011, 2013)...Liberty Mutual FCS Coach of the Year (2013)...Three-time MVFC Coach of the Year (2011-2013)...GWFC Coach of the Year (2006)...All-time winningest coach in NDSU football history with a 104-32 record over 11 seasons from 2003 through 2013...Guided the Bison through their final season of Division II play with a landmark victory over then Division I-AA power Montana in his second game...Quickly transitioned the Bison to Division I prominence with a Great West Football Conference championship in 2006 and back-to-back 10-1 seasons...Beat FBS opponents Ball State, Central Michigan, Minnesota (twice), Kansas, Colorado State and Kansas State...Reached the NCAA FCS playoffs four times from 2010 to 2013...Won three straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championships and FCS national titles from 2011 to 2013...Led the Bison to a 15-0 record in his final season before accepting the head coaching position at Wyoming, where he took the Cowboys to six bowl games (four victories) in 10 seasons and went 61-60 overall...Served as president of the American Football Coaches Association in 2022 and also served on the AFCA Board of Trustees, NCAA Division I Football Competition Committee, NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee...Named executive director of the AFCA in 2024 after his retirement from coaching...Between NDSU and Wyoming, he compiled a 165-92 record (.642) in 21 seasons as a head coach...Career spanned 43 years including stops at Tulsa, Wisconsin, Rice, Duke and Nebraska as linebackers coach and defensive coordinator after accepting his first full-time coaching position at NDSU as defensive backs coach for the 1984 season.