Bob Nielson

Bob Nielson
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Head coach
Team	South Dakota
Conference	MVFC
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	(1959-09-28) September 28, 1959
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1986	Wartburg (OL)
1987–1988	Wartburg (DC)
1989–1990	Ripon
1991–1995	Wartburg
1996–1998	Wisconsin–Eau Claire
1999–2003	Minnesota–Duluth
2008–2012	Minnesota–Duluth
2013–2015	Western Illinois
2016–present	South Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall	186–80–1
Tournaments	3–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs) 11–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA Division II National (2008, 2010) 1 IIAC (1993) 1 WIAC (1998) 5 NSIC (2002, 2008–2011)
Awards
AFCA Division II COY (2010) Liberty Mutual Division II COY (2010)

Bob Nielson (born September 28, 1959) is an American football coach. He is the current head football coach at the University of South Dakota. Nielson has also served as head coach at Ripon College (1989–1990), Wartburg College (1991–1995), the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (1996–1998), University of Minnesota–Duluth (1999–2003, 2008–2012), and Western Illinois University (2013–2015). His Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs won the NCAA Division II National Football Championship in 2008 and 2010.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Ripon Red Hawks (Midwest Conference) (1989–1990)
1989	Ripon	2–6–1
1990	Ripon	7–2
Ripon:		9–8–1
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1991–1995)
1991	Wartburg	6–4
1992	Wartburg	5–5
1993	Wartburg	9–2		1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
1994	Wartburg	10–2			L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
1995	Wartburg	9–1
Wartburg:		39–14
Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1996–1998)
1996	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	5–5	3–4	5th
1997	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	7–3	4–3	4th
1998	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	10–3	5–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division III Seminfinal
Wisconsin–Eau Claire:		22–11	12–9
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (1999–2003)
1999	Minnesota–Duluth	3–8	3–5	T–6th
2000	Minnesota–Duluth	7–4	5–3	T–3rd
2001	Minnesota–Duluth	9–3	7–2	2nd
2002	Minnesota–Duluth	11–1	9–0	1st	L NCAA Division II First Round
2003	Minnesota–Duluth	8–3	6–2	3rd
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (2008–2012)
2008	Minnesota–Duluth	15–0	10–0	1st	W NCAA Division II Championship
2009	Minnesota–Duluth	11–2	10–0	1st	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
2010	Minnesota–Duluth	15–0	10–0	1st	W NCAA Division II Championship
2011	Minnesota–Duluth	11–3	8–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
2012	Minnesota–Duluth	10–2	10–1	2nd	L NCAA Division II First Round
Minnesota–Duluth:		100–26	78–15
Western Illinois Leathernecks (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2013–2015)
2013	Western Illinois	4–8	2–6	9th
2014	Western Illinois	5–7	3–5	T–7th
2015	Western Illinois	7–6	5–3	T–3rd	L FCS Playoffs Second Round
Western Illinois:		16–21	10–14
South Dakota Coyotes (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2016–present)
2016	South Dakota	0–0	0–0
Total:		186–80–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

Bob Nielson at the College Football Data Warehouse

Ripon Red Hawks head football coaches

T. Y. McGovran (1893)
James Baird (1894)
W. H. Merriam (1895)
Frank Erickson (1896–1901)
F. J. Frazier (1902–1905)
Fred Luehring (1906–1909)
Ewald O. Stiehm (1910)
Arthur Hoffman (1911)
Wilbert Smith (1912)
Kent Lambert (1913–1914)
Harold Ofstie (1915–1916)
No team (1917)
Raymond McCrory (1918)
Harold Olsen (1919–1921)
Guy Sundt (1922–1923)
Carl Doehling (1924–1955)
Jerry Thompson (1956–1957)
John Storzer (1958–1973)
Bill Connor (1974–1975)
Bob Giesey (1976–1979)
Wayne Phillips (1980)
Larry Terry (1981–1986)
Doug Bradley (1987–1988)
Bob Nielson (1989–1990)
Ron Ernst (1991– )

Wartburg Knights head football coaches

Ralph McKinzie (1938–1939) Unknown (1940–1950) Earnest Oppermann (1951) Norman Johansen (1952–1962) Lee Bondhus (1965–1972) Don Canfield (1973–1990) Bob Nielson (1991–1995) Steve Hagen (1996) Rick Willis (1997–2005) Eric Koehler (2006–2007) Rick Willis (2008– )

Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds head football coaches

O. L. Loop (1917)
No team (1918)
William C. Phillips (1919)
George Simpson (1920–1924)
Erwin C. Gerber (1925–1927)
Bill Zorn (1928–1940)
James Barnes (1941)
Bill Zorn (1942)
No team (1943)
Cliff Fagan (1944–1946)
Ade Olson (1947–1956)
James J. Rice (1957–1967)
Link Walker (1968–1986)
Jim Lind (1987–1991)
Greg Polnasek (1992–1995)
Bob Nielson (1996–1998)
Todd Hoffner (1999–2005)
Todd Glaser (2006– )

Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs head football coaches

Frank Kovach (1930) Lloyd Peterson (1931–1942) No team (1943–1945) Lloyd Peterson (1946–1957) James S. Malosky (1958–1997) Vince Repesh & Jim Malosky, Jr. (1998) Bob Nielson (1999–2003) Kyle Schweigert (2004–2007) Bob Nielson (2008–2012) Curt Wiese (2013– )

Western Illinois Leathernecks head football coaches

Unknown (1903)
L. H. Laughlin (1904)
A. Laughlin (1905)
Oliver Dickerson (1906)
Coach Barnett (1907–1908)
Coach Taft (1909)
Oliver Dickerson (1910)
Albert Walrath (1911)
Unknown (1912–1913)
E. S. Dowell (1914)
Unknown (1915)
Erskine Jay (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
Erskine Jay (1919)
W. A. Cleveland (1920–1921)
Howard Hawkes (1922–1925)
Ray Hanson (1926–1941)
Wix Garner (1942–1943)
Bob Barnwell (1944)
Wix Garner (1945–1947)
Harold Ave (1948)
Vince DiFrancesca (1949–1953)
Wes Stevens (1954–1956)
Lou Saban (1957–1959)
Art Dufelmeier (1960–1968)
Darrell Mudra (1969–1973)
Brodie Westen (1974–1975)
Bill Shanahan (1976–1978)
Pete Rodriguez (1979–1982)
Bruce Craddock (1983–1989)
Randy Ball (1990–1998)
Don Patterson (1999–2009)
Mark Hendrickson (2008–2012)
Bob Nielson (2013–2015)
Charlie Fisher (2016– )

South Dakota Coyotes head football coaches

No coach (1889)
No team (1890–1893)
No coach (1894–1895)
No team (1896–1897)
B. H. Morrison (1898–1899)
Unknown (1900)
Ralph Norton (1901)
A. H. Whittemore (1902–1909)
Joseph Pipal (1910)
James Henderson (1911–1913)
Ion Cortright (1914–1915)
Blaine McKusick (1916–1917)
John W. Stewart (1918–1919)
A. H. Whittemore (1920–1921)
Stub Allison (1922–1926)
Vincent E. Montgomery (1927–1930)
Stanley G. Backman (1931–1933)
Harry Gamage (1934–1941)
Cletus Clinker (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Grant Heckenlively (1945)
Harry Gamage (1946–1955)
Ralph Stewart (1956–1961)
Bob Burns (1962)
James J. Dougherty (1962)
Marv Rist (1963–1965)
Joe Salem (1966–1974)
Bernard Cooper (1975–1978)
Dave Triplett (1979–1988)
John Fritsch (1989–1991)
Dennis Creehan (1992–1996)
Ron Rankin (1997–1998)
John Austin (1999–2003)
Ed Meierkort (2004–2011)
Joe Glenn (2012–2015)
Bob Nielson (2016– )

Current head coaches of the Missouri Valley Football Conference

Brock Spack (Illinois State) Mike Sanford (Indiana State) Dave Steckel (Missouri State) Chris Klieman (North Dakota State) Mark Farley (Northern Iowa) Bob Nielson (South Dakota) John Stiegelmeier (South Dakota State) Nick Hill (Southern Illinois) Charlie Fisher (Western Illinois) Bo Pelini (Youngstown State)

Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award winners

Division I FBS	2006: Schiano 2007: Zook 2008: Saban 2009: Patterson 2010: Chizik 2011: Miles 2012: Kelly 2013: Malzahn

Division I FCS	2007: Kill 2008: Matthews 2009: Moore 2010: Keeler 2011: Ash 2012: Fritz 2013: Bohl

Division II	2007: O'Boyle 2008: Broyles 2009: Tjeerdsma 2010: Nielson 2011: Beck 2012: Rossomando 2013: Wiese

Division III	2007: Gagliardi 2008: Kehres 2009: Staker 2010: Caruso 2011: Caruso 2012: Caruso 2013: Fredenburg

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