The Great GAS Memorial Countdown... 100Days!!!

[Tribe4SF]

Sorry for the late start. Travel issues.

W&M

Head Coach Jimmye Laycock

36th year.

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[Sammy94]

SHSU - KC Keeler


2nd year

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In his first season as head coach at Sam Houston State University, K. C. Keeler directed the Bearkats to a 11-5 record, the Southland Conference championship and the program’s third NCAA FCS playoff semi-finals appearance in the past three seasons. In his 21 years as a head coach, Keeler has produced a record of 185 victories, only 78 losses and one tie.

[The Cats]

Western Carolina - Head Coach Mark Speir

4th Season





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[bonarae]

Harvard - Tim Murphy (22nd season)

ETSU - Carl Torbush (3rd season overall, but 1st playing season)

Apologies, no pictures.

[Grizalltheway]

Montana

Head coach Bob Stitt-1st season

20760

[SFA 93]

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY

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Clint Conque - 2nd Season

Clint Conque enters his second season as the Lumberjacks' head coach, already setting a precedent for the success of SFA football.

In his first season in Nacogdoches, Conque led SFA to an 8-5 record, a five-win improvement from 2013, as the 2014 squad became just the 13th team in program history to reach the eight-win plateau. Picked to finish sixth in the preseason Southland Conference standings, SFA went 5-3 in SLC play, including wins at sixth-ranked McNeese State and against eighth-ranked Southeasten Louisiana, tying for third in the conference standings.

SFA cracked the FCS Coaches Poll Top-25 twice in 2014, marking the first time the Lumberjacks had been ranked in the nation's top-25 since 2010. Conque helped guide the 'Jacks to their first NCAA playoff appearance since 2010, earning SLC Coach of the Year honors for the third time in his career and was a finalist for the FCS Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year for the fourth time.

Under Conque's guidance, senior running back Gus Johnson had the best rushing season in program history, setting six SFA rushing records as well as setting the Southland Conference record for rushing yards in a season. Johnson was named the SLC Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award (finishing ninth in the voting) while sophomore quarterback Zach Conque was named the SLC Newcomer of the Year.

Conque brought to Nacogdoches an impressive coaching resume built on success, posting an overall career record of 105-59 (.640) during his 14 seasons as the head coach at Central Arkansas. He departs as the all-time winningest coach in Bear program history while becoming just the second collegiate head coach in the state of Arkansas to amass 100 career victories, sitting behind only legendary Razorback coach Frank Broyles.

Central Arkansas established itself as one of the top teams both regionally and nationally during Conque's tenure, capturing the Southland Conference title in 2008 and 2012, advancing to the FCS playoffs in both 2011 and 2012. UCA also made a pair of NCAA Division II playoff appearances during Conque's time in Conway, including advancing to the quarterfinals in 2005, before the program made the transition to the FCS level following the 2005 season.

During the eight seasons in which Central Arkansas competed in the Southland Conference, Conque has posted a 33-16 record in SLC play (.673), being named the Southland's Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2012 in addition to the same honor in 2005. The NCAA FCS Region 5 Coach of the Year in 2008, Conque has also been a three-time finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award with his teams boasting seven top-25 finishes since 2001.

Under Conque's tuteledge, his players have been recognized for their efforts on the field time and time again. During his coaching career, 126 players have been recognized as all-conference selections with 37 earning All-America honors as 31 former players have gone on to play professionally, including 12 signing NFL contracts with an additional six playing in the CFL.

Conque's UCA teams won eight or more games in eight of his 14 seasons in Conway, including an 11-3 mark in 2005 that tied the program record for wins in a season as the Bears advanced to the Division II national quarterfinals. Central Arkansas reached the 10-win plateau again in 2008 as the Bears posted a 10-2 mark.

Known for his high-tempo offenses, Conque's teams have consistently ranked among the national leaders in both scoring and passing offense as the Bears have finished in the top-10 nationally in passing offense five times and scoring offense four times.

His focus hasn't been solely on the field, however, as Conque's teams have boasted some of the highest APR (Academic Progress Rate) scores in the region with three Academic All-Americans during his coaching career.

Before taking over the helm of the Central Arkansas program in 2000, Conque spent seven seasons at Louisiana Tech (1993-99) in a variety of roles. Conque oversaw the Bulldogs' running backs, receivers and special teams before ultimately serving as the offensive coordinator in 1999 as Louisiana Tech led the nation passing offense and was second in total offense en route to an 8-3 record.

Prior to his time in Ruston, three seasons at Samford University (1990-92) as the running backs coach, helping guide the Bulldogs to back-to-back NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearances in 1991 and 1992, posting a 22-4 record during that span. Conque began his collegiate coaching career at McNeese State (1987-89), spending three seasons coaching the Cowboys' running backs and outside linebackers.

A graduate of Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, La., Conque was an All-American linebacker at Nicholls State Universityin Thibodaux, La., picking up first team honors by the Associated Press. He also was named a second team LSWA All-Louisiana selection as a senior as Conque was selected to Nicholls' Silver Anniversary Team in 1997 and in 2005 was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.

Following his playing career at Nicholls, Conque landed with the Los Angeles Raiders only to have his career cut short by injury in 1983. He then returned to Nicholls and began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for the Colonels before spending a pair of seasons coaching in the high school ranks.

Conque is married to the former Angele' Jackson as the couple has three sons: Chasse (and his wife Lisa), Benton and Zach. He also became a grandfather as twins Julianna and Sydney were born to Chasse and Lisa in 2012, followed by the addition of Adeline in August of 2014.

Conque's Career Record



Year
School
Overall
Pct.
SLC
Pct.
Postseason


2000
Central Arkansas
3-8
.273
--
--
N/A


2001
Central Arkansas
9-3
.750
--
--
Division II First Round


2002
Central Arkansas
8-3
.727
--
--
None


2003
Central Arkansas
5-6
.455
--
--
None


2004
Central Arkansas
8-3
.727
--
--
None


2005
Central Arkansas
11-3
.786
--
--
Division II Quarterfinals


2006
Central Arkansas
8-3
.727
--
--
None


2007
Central Arkansas
6-5
.545
5-2
.714
None


2008
Central Arkansas
10-2
.833
6-1
.857
None


2009
Central Arkansas
5-7
.417
2-5
.286
None


2010
Central Arkansas
7-4
.636
4-3
.571
None


2011
Central Arkansas
9-4
.692
6-1
.857
Division I FCS Second Round


2012
Central Arkansas
9-3
.750
6-1
.856
Division I FCS First Round


2013
Central Arkansas
7-5
.583
4-3
.571
None


2014
Stephen F. Austin
8-5
.615
5-3
.625
Division I FCS First Round



TOTALS
113-64
.638
38-19
.667
Five Postseason Appearances



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[ursus arctos horribilis]

Nice work SFA 93.

[UAalum72]

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Head Coach Greg Gattuso

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Position: Head Coach
Alma Mater: Penn State
Graduating Year: 1983

Greg Gattuso enters his second season at the helm of the UAlbany football program in 2015.
With a 7-5 overall record and 3-5 mark in the CAA, Gattuso led the Great Danes to a six-win turnaround in his inaugural season. Going undefeated in non-conference play while opening the season with four straight victories, the Great Danes received votes in the national polls for 10 consecutive weeks. UAlbany appeared in The Sports Network Top-25 for four weeks, ranking as high as No. 23.
Enforcing discipline and care of the football, UAlbany led the nation in turnover margin (1.25) as well as fumble recoveries (20), while quarterback Will Fiacchi became UAlbany’s all-time leading passer with 7,150 career yards and broke the program’s single-season passing record with 2,636 yards.
Under Gattuso’s direction, true freshman wide receiver Josh Gontarek was named the CAA Offensive Rookie of the Year, headlining UAlbany’s group of seven players who were honored by the CAA. Running back Omar Osbourne was named to the second team, while tight end Brian Parker, offensive lineman Kevin Malloy, place kicker Patrick Toole, and linebacker Michael Nicastro were all named to the CAA’s third team. In addition, wide receiver Jake Meek was the recipient of the Chuck Boone Leadership Award.
Greg Gattuso, a former head coach at Duquesne University and assistant head coach at both Pittsburgh and Maryland, was named the University at Albany’s head football coach in December of 2013. Gattuso became the second football coach in the program’s 41-varsity season history, taking the reins from program architect Bob Ford.
Throughout both his playing and coaching career, Gattuso boasts a long history of exceptional success. As a defensive lineman at Penn State, Gattuso helped lead the Nittany Lions to a national title in 1982. In his first collegiate head-coaching role, Gattuso piloted Duquesne to a 97-32 record during his 12-season tenure, and while making three bowl appearances at Pittsburgh, he turned the defensive line into one of the best in the nation as an assistant head coach and hauled in a top-10 recruiting class.
Gattuso came to UAlbany after spending three seasons as a member Randy Edsall’s University of Maryland coaching staff. There, he led the defensive line that ranked among the top in the ACC and was promoted to the position of assistant head coach in February 2012.
Prior to Maryland, Gattuso spent six seasons at Pittsburgh (2005-10) where he turned the Panthers’ defensive line into one of the team’s major strengths. The line was one of the top sack producers in the nation, as Brandon Lindsey (10.0) and Jabaal Sheard (9.0) both ranked in the top 20 nationally in sacks during the 2010 regular season and Pittsburgh led the nation in that category in 2009 (3.6 per game). Gattuso developed three Big East Defensive Player of the Year winners, as Sheard received the honor in 2010, and defensive linemen Greg Romeus and Mick Williams shared the award in 2009.
Before Pitt, Gattuso had a successful 12-year stint (1993-2004) as head coach at Duquesne University where he built the Dukes into one of the most elite I-AA football programs in the nation. The winningest coach in school history, the Dukes went 97-32 (.752) under his direction, won eight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) titles, made five bowl appearances, and captured the 2003 Mid-Major Division I-AA national championship.
Gattuso was an assistant coach at Duquesne in 1992 before taking over the head coaching post the following year.
From 1989-1991, he served as head coach at his high school alma mater, Seton-LaSalle. Taking over a team that went 6-34 during the four seasons prior to his arrival, Gattuso led the Rebels to a 28-10-1 mark (.731), including three WPIAL playoff berths, a WPIAL championship and Parkway Conference title.
During his playing career, Gattuso was named the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Class AA Player of the Year his senior season at Seton-LaSalle and was a two-time All-East defensive lineman at Penn State. He was a member of the Lions’ 1982 national title team and graduated in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in administration and criminal justice.
Gattuso and his wife Colleen have two daughters, Jacqueline (27) and Kaitlin (22).

[melloware13]

Delaware
Head Coach
Dave Brock
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Hometown: Moorestown, NJ
Alma Mater: Salisbury State
Graduating Year: 1994
Major: Political Science
Experience: 3rd Season

A new era of Blue Hen football began at the University of Delaware in 2013 led by head coach Dave Brock.


Brock, a native of Moorestown, N.J. and a veteran of 22 collegiate seasons as an assistant coach, became just the fifth head coach of the Blue Hens since 1940.
The University has produced six national championships, five national runner-up finishes, 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, 20 Lambert Cup trophies, three College Football Hall of Fame head coaches, and numerous All-Americans and National Football League players during that time.


Highlighted by an exciting offensive attack and formidable special teams play, the Blue Hens found success in Brock’s rookie campaign in 2013 as Delaware produced an overall record of 7-5 and earned a fifth place finish with a 4-4 mark in the rugged Colonial Athletic Association. Delaware earned votes in The Sports Network Media Top 25 Poll every week during the season, peaking at the No. 15 spot on Nov. 4.


Delaware jumped out to a 7-2 start that included big victories over No. 14 James Madison on Sept. 28 and a thrilling 32-31 last minute triumph over eventual NCAA FCS national runner-up Towson on Nov. 2. Two of Blue Hens’ five losses came by just three points or less and the squad was an impressive 5-2 at Delaware Stadium.


A total of nine Blue Hen players received All-CAA notice led by defensive tackle Zach Kerr, who earned All-American notice and an invitation to the East-West Shrine All-Star Game and the National Football League Scouting Combine.


Kerr (Indianapolis Colts) was one of three Blue Hens to sign NFL free agent contracts following the season, joining defensive back Travis Hawkins (New England Patriots) and offensive tackle Erle Ladson (Oakland Raiders).


Delaware scored 30 or more points eight times and ranked No. 2 in the CAA in scoring offense (31.2 points per game) and No. 3 in passing offense (240.0 yards per game). On special teams, the Hens led the CAA in net punting, blocked punts for and against, and punt returns.


“I'm thrilled to welcome Dave Brock to UD,” said University of Delaware President Patrick T. Harker in making the announcement on Jan. 18, 2013. “Dave has substantial coaching experience at some highly competitive schools and has nurtured an impressive roster of players. Just as importantly, Dave has a strong reputation for integrity and caring leadership. I think our student-athletes will thrive with him as their coach and mentor. And I know Dave will benefit from working with such a talented and committed group of young men.”


Brock, 47, came to Delaware after serving one season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under coach Kyle Flood at Rutgers University. In 2012, Rutgers posted a 9-4 record, won a share of the Big East title, and advance to the Russell Athletic Bowl. Prior to Rutgers, Brock coached at Boston College, Kansas State, North Carolina, Temple, Hofstra, Salisbury State, and Western Connecticut State.


“When we started this search process to begin a new chapter in our football history, we received tremendous interest from around the country,” said University of Delaware Director of Athletics and Recreation Services Eric Ziady. “The interest speaks so highly of our University and of our football program’s rich tradition. In the end, it was clear that Dave Brock has the character, the experience, the passion, the recruiting skills, and the leadership qualities that will enable him to lead our program to championships on the field and success off the field.”


“The opportunity to coach at a place with such a storied tradition, in the footprint of where I grew up and where I have coached most of my life, is an honor for my family and I am humbled by the opportunity,” said Brock. “The University of Delaware represents excellence in academics and athletics and I want to thank President Harker and Eric [Ziady] for inviting me into the family.”


The New Jersey native’s coaching career includes stops at North Carolina, Temple, Hofstra, Kansas State and Boston College. He has been an offensive coordinator for seven of those seasons and has mentored many current NFL standouts, including Hakeem Nicks (Indianapolis Colts), Josh Freeman (current free agent), Jordy Nelson (Green Bay Packers), and Marques Colston (New Orleans Saints).


Brock was also instrumental in recruiting quarterback Dave Shinskie, a one-time Delaware recruit who came to BC after a career in professional baseball. Despite being picked to finish last in the ACC's Atlantic Division in preseason media voting, the 2009 Eagles finished with an 8-5 record and came within one win of playing in a third consecutive ACC Championship Game.


Brock spent the 2008 season as Kansas State's offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach after coaching the wideouts in 2007. Kansas State ranked 18th nationally in passing (269.6) and 19th in scoring offense (34.9) under Brock's leadership.


As offensive coordinator at Kansas State, Brock spearheaded a Wildcat offense that produced the 2008 Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year in wide receiver Brandon Banks and Kansas State's most prolific passer in school history in quarterback Josh Freeman. Banks set a Wildcat junior record with 67 receptions and 1,049 yards while Freeman became Kansas State's career leader in passing attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns and total offense in 2008.


In 2007, Brock tutored Kansas State's Jordy Nelson, who was a consensus All-American and Biletnikoff Award finalist, as well as Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year Deon Murphy. Nelson, who became the Wildcats' first-ever offensive consensus All-American, ranked second in the nation in receptions (10.2) and receiving yards per game (133.8) en route to setting 11 Kansas State receiving records.


Kansas State, which set school records for passing yards, completions and attempts in a season, also ranked 20th nationally in passing offense (285.4) and 21st in scoring offense (35.2). The Wildcats finished the season with a 3,000-yard passer, a 1,600-yard receiver and a 1,000-yard rusher for the first time in school history.
Prior to Kansas State, Brock spent two years at North Carolina, where he served as the Tar Heels' assistant head coach/recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach. In 2005, Jarwarski Pollock became the all-time leading receiver at Carolina with 177 catches.


In 2006, Brock coached wide receiver Hakeem Nicks to honorable mention freshman All-America honors by The Sporting News as Nicks set UNC freshman records with 39 receptions for 660 yards and four touchdowns.


Before coaching at North Carolina, Brock was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for three seasons at Temple. In 2004, Temple ranked third in the Big East in rushing, generating 173.0 yards on the ground per game.


Brock served in various roles during seven seasons at Hofstra from 1995 through 2002, including running backs coach (1995), wide receivers coach/recruiting coordinator (1997-99), offensive coordinator (2000-01) and associate head coach (2002). In 2000, Hofstra finished the year ranked No. 7 with a 9-4 record.


He played linebacker at Ferrum (Va.) College before earning a bachelor of science degree in political science from Salisbury (Md.) State University in 1994.


Brock and his wife, Karen, have five children - Henry, William, Richard, Kate, and Maggie.


Coaching Career
2013-Present - Delaware (head coach, 13-11, 8-8 CAA)
2012 - Rutgers (offensive coordinator (wide receivers)
2009-11 – Boston College (tight ends)
2008 – Kansas State (offensive coordinator/tight ends)
2007 – Kansas State (wide receivers)
2006 – North Carolina (assistant head coach/recruiting coordinator)
2005 – North Carolina (wide receivers)
2002-04 – Temple (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks)
2002 – Hofstra (associate head coach/offensive coordinator)
2000-01 – Hofstra (offensive coordinator/wide receivers)
1997-99 – Hofstra (recruiting coordinator/wide receivers)
1995 – Hofstra (running backs)
1994 – Salisbury State (recruiting coordinator/defensive backs)
1991-93 – Western Connecticut State (recruiting coordinator/defensive backs)
1988-90 – Salisbury State (assistant coach)

[Grizalltheway]

Nice work SFA 93.

Friggin overachievers.

[bonarae]

Additional info on Murphy and Torbush -

Both were former FBS coaches. (Murphy joined Harvard after a stint at FBS Cinncinati as head coach; Fulmer, a former FBS coach himself and a former consultant hired by ETSU to restart football, hired Torbush, then a coordinator in a high tier FBS, and also a former FBS head coach himself.)
Both played football in lower division schools (Murphy in a D-III and Torbush in a NAIA school.)
Both played defense in college (as linebackers) and focus on defense in coaching.

[UIWWildthing]

Straight from TowsonTigers.com:

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Over the last three years, Head Coach Rob Ambrose has led the Tigers to 29 wins, a pair of Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championships and two NCAA FCS playoff appearances.
In 2013, he guided the Tigers to a magical season as Towson reached the NCAA FCS championship game by beating No. 9 Fordham, No. 2 Eastern Illinois and No. 3 Eastern Washington in consecutive weeks. Towson finished the campaign with a 13-3 record; the 13 wins were a school record.


Ranked second in the final NCAA FCS polls, Towson won the Lambert/Meadowlands Award as the top FCS team in the East. The Tigers were also honored as the ECAC FCS Team of the Year.
During the 2012 season, Ambrose led the Tigers to a 7-4 record against a brutal schedule. The Tigers lost to a pair of nationally ranked FBS programs in Kent State and LSU. But, Towson finished the season with a 6-2 CAA record as the Tigers shared the league title.


In 2011, just his third season as the Tigers’ coach, he guided Towson to one of the most dramatic turnarounds in college football history. Only one season removed from a 1-10 record, the 2011 Tigers became the Turnaround Tigers - their 7.5-game improvement was the most dramatic improvement in NCAA Division I and one of the biggest ever.


They posted a 9-2 regular season record, beating six nationally ranked teams, and won the CAA championship outright with a 7-1 record. The Tigers also made their first appearance in the NCAA FCS playoffs, becoming the first program to earn playoff berths at the Division III, Division II and FCS (I-AA) levels.


Once the season ended, the Tiger coach was honored as the 2011 CAA Coach of the Year, the AFCA District Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year. In January 2012, he was the recipient of the Eddie Robinson Award as the top coach in FCS football.


Ambrose joined the staff at UConn as the Huskies grew from an NCAA Division I-AA program into a major college contender. During his seven seasons in Storrs, Connecticut, the Huskies were 49-36 with just two losing seasons. UConn made three bowl appearances in five years, debuted in the AP national rankings at 16th, and won a share of the Big East title in 2007.


Joining the staff as the quarterbacks coach, Ambrose played a major role in the development of Dan Orlovsky, the first UConn quarterback to play in the NFL as a fifth-round draft pick by the Detroit Lions. In 2008 as the offensive coordinator, Ambrose coached Donald Brown, an All-American and the 2008 Big East Offensive Player of the Year. Brown led the nation with 2,083 yards on 367 carries and became the first UConn player to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft.


He left Towson after the 2000 season to become the head coach at Catholic University in 2001, a?Division III program in Washington, D.C. In one year at Catholic, Ambrose led the Cardinals to a 3-7 record.
In nine years as a Tiger assistant, the team went 54-36 with only two losing seasons. Ambrose started as a student-assistant before being promoted to wide receivers coach in 1993, offensive coordinator in 1997 and then to associate head coach in 2000.


He coached four All-Americans in running back Tony Vinson, quarterback Dan Crowley, and wide receivers Mark Orlando and Jamal White. Vinson led the nation in rushing yards (2,016), all-purpose yards (2,073) and points scored (138) in 1993. Vinson went on to be a fifth-round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers. Orlando earned All-America notice by catching 55 passes for 1,223 yards and 12 touchdowns.
In 1999, Towson led the nation in passing yardage, averaging 381.2 passing yards per game.


As a player at Towson, Ambrose started his career as a quarterback but moved to wide receiver as a sophomore. In 1990, he caught four passes for 20 yards. As a junior, he had four catches for 35 yards. Three of those receptions were touchdown passes from Dan Crowley. He caught an 11-yard TD pass at James Madison, a seven-yard TD toss at Liberty and a 14-yard TD?pass against Hofstra. An injury in the spring before his senior year forced Ambrose to the sidelines.


The Tigers’ coach is the son of one of the most successful high school football coaches in Maryland. His father, Tim, was the head coach at Middletown for 31 years and won 249 games, leading the Knights to 14 Monocacy Valley League championships. He retired in 2013, just in time to follow the Tigers' march to the NCAA championship game. The former athletic director at Middletown, he stepped down as football coach after the 2004 season. Coach Ambrose’s brother, Jared, was an assistant football coach at Delaware for two years before joining the Tigers’ staff. He is currently the program’s offensive coordinator.


Ambrose and his wife, Melissa, have two children: Grace and Riley.

[dewey]

There is no #100 for the four time defending National Champion North Dakota State University Bison so I will highlight head coach Chris Klieman.
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Chris Klieman
Head Coach

Phone: (701) 231-6171
Email: [email protected]

* 2014 Eddie Robinson Award Finalist
* 2014 Rawlings Football/American Football Monthly FCS Coach of the Year
* 2012 Football Scoop FCS Coordinator of the Year

Chris Klieman completed his first season as North Dakota State's head football coach in 2014 with a 15-1 record, a fourth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship and an unprecedented fourth straight NCAA Division I FCS national championship.

Klieman, 47, came to NDSU in 2011 as the defensive backs coach and was the defensive coordinator in 2012 and 2013. He signed a two-year contract extension in January 2015 that will keep him at North Dakota State through the 2020 football season.

"Chris is a man of high integrity and character, and his leadership of the young men in this program goes beyond the football field," said NDSU athletic director Matt Larsen. "He is developing successful students who will go on to great things after football. I am impressed with his passion, energy, and the level of respect he's earned from his players, staff and the local community."

NDSU didn't skip a beat in Klieman's first year despite losing 23 seniors and welcoming seven new assistant coaches. The Bison scored 34 unanswered points to beat Big 12 member Iowa State in the season opener as part of an FCS-record 33-game winning streak that extended into November.

North Dakota State went 9-1 against Top 25 competition and earned the No. 2 national seed for the FCS playoffs. NDSU had nine players named All-America, including Buck Buchanan Award-winning defensive end Kyle Emanuel, and four Capital One Academic All-America® selections.

Klieman was a finalist for the 2014 Eddie Robinson Award, which is given annually to the FCS National Coach of the Year. His 9-0 start was the best by any first-year head coach in NDSU and Missouri Valley Football Conference history.

Klieman came to NDSU following a nine-year stay at Northern Iowa where he was the defensive coordinator, co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach from 2006-10 under head coach Mark Farley and 1991-93 under head coach Terry Allen.

North Dakota State led the nation in scoring defense each of Klieman's three years on NDSU’s defensive staff, including a low of 11.3 points per game in 2013. He was named the 2012 Football Scoop FCS Coordinator of the Year and coached a two-time Buck Buchanan Award finalist in cornerback Marcus Williams, who is now starting for the New York Jets.

NDSU is Klieman's second head coaching job. He was the head coach for one season at Division III member Loras College where he went 3-7 in an injury-plagued 2005 season. He had been the defensive coordinator at Loras the previous three seasons and transformed the Duhawks into one of the Iowa Conference's most feared defensive units. Klieman took Loras from ninth in the league in defense to leading the league in rushing defense, passing defense and total defense.

A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Klieman was a three-time All-Gateway Conference defensive back at Northern Iowa and a four-year letterwinner from 1986-90. He graduated from UNI in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in health education and earned a master's degree in physical education from UNI in 1992.

Following his playing career, Klieman was an assistant coach for the Panthers from 1991-93. He also had assistant coaching stints at Western Illinois (1994-96), Kansas (1997), Missouri State (1999) and Loras (2002-04).

Klieman and his wife, Rhonda, are the parents of two sons, Devin and Colby, and one daughter, Haley.


Year
Team
Position
Overall
Conference
NCAA Playoffs


1991
Northern Iowa
Graduate Assistant





1992
Northern Iowa
Graduate Assistant





1993
Northern Iowa
Assistant Coach





1994
Western Illinois
Assistant Coach





1995
Western Illinois
Assistant Coach





1996
Western Illinois
Assistant Coach





1997
Kansas
Graduate Assistant





1999
Missouri State
Assistant Coach





2002
Loras
Defensive Coordinator





2003
Loras
Defensive Coordinator





2004
Loras
Defensive Coordinator





2005
Loras
Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator





2006
Northern Iowa
Assistant Coach





2007
Northern Iowa
Assistant Coach





2008
Northern Iowa
Co-Defensive Coordinator





2009
Northern Iowa
Defensive Coordinator





2010
Northern Iowa
Defensive Coordinator





2011
North Dakota State
Assistant Coach
14-1
7-1 MVFC (1st, tie)
FCS Champion


2012
North Dakota State
Defensive Coordinator
14-1
7-1 MVFC (1st)
FCS Champion


2013
North Dakota State
Defensive Coordinator
15-0
8-0 MVFC (1st)
FCS Champion


2014
North Dakota State
Head Coach
15-1
7-1 MVFC (1st, tie)
FCS Champion



Record at NDSU: 15-1 (1 season)
Career Head Coaching Record: 18-8 (2 seasons)


Here is an article from the Fargo Forum about NDSU extending coach Klieman's contract through 2020 and also his salary information.
http://www.inforum.com/sports/bison/3664394-ndsu-extends-head-football-coach-kliemans-contract-through-2020-season

"Klieman finished his first season at NDSU with a 15-1 record, and the school’s fourth straight FCS national title. Klieman signed a five-year contract last year at a base salary of $261,177 that included appearance and media fees that brought the deal to $326,000. His bonuses – $10,000 for a Missouri Valley Football Conference title, $15,000 for three FCS playoff home games and $15,000 for the title – made his contract worth more than $366,000 this season."

Good luck on the upcoming season coach Klieman and good luck leading another great group of young men.Dewey