Jeff Tisdel

Jeffrey Michael Tisdel (born January 10, 1956) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1996 to 1999, compiling a record of 23–22. Tisdel has two stints as the head football coach at Sierra College, a junior college in Rocklin, California, from 2000 to 2005 and from 2007 to 2012. His accomplishments include coaching the Nevada Wolf Pack in its first NCAA Division I-A bowl game victory, in the 1996 Las Vegas Bowl, and leading Sierra to a nation-leading 37-game winning streak between 2002 and 2005. Tisdel was also the first quarterback for Nevada to play in Division I-AA, moving up from Division II in 1978 and the first quarterback to play for Chris Ault, who became a member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002. After taking the 2006 season off, Tisdel returned to coaching his Sierra College team which ended the 2007 season ranked fifth in the nation by JCGridiron.com.

Jeff Tisdel
Biographical details
Born (1956-01-10) January 10, 1956
Sacramento, California
Playing career
1974–1977Nevada
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978Nevada (GA)
1980–1985Christian Brothers HS (CA)
1986–1988Saint Mary's (CA) (assistant)
1988Nevada (AC)
1989–1993Sacramento CC
1994–1995Nevada (AHC)
1996–1999Nevada
2000–2005Sierra JC
2007–2012Sierra JC
Head coaching record
Overall23–22 (college)
176–76–1 (junior college)
Bowls1–0 (college)
5–2 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Northern California Athletic League (1989, 1991–1992)
2 Big West Conference (1996–1997)
2 Bay Valley Conference (2002, 2003)
1 Mid-Empire Conference (2004)
2 Valley Conference (2007–2008)

Coaching career

Tisdel experienced his greatest successes at the junior college level, especially at Sierra College, where he brought a relative no-name program to national prominence at its level of competition by collecting three conference championships and, in his first year there, brought Sierra College to second place in the Bay Valley Conference. He also had success in his first head coaching position at Sacramento City College, where his teams won three Northern California Athletic League championships.

Tisdel's head coaching record at the college level was more mixed. In 1996, he was hired as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Reno. His 1996 team compiled a 9–3 record, secured the Big West Conference title, and won the 1996 Las Vegas Bowl, Nevada's first victory in an NCAA Division I-A bowl game. Tisdel's subsequent Nevada teams were mediocre until, in the 1999 season, he coached Nevada to its worst record since 1975 at 3–8. Tisdel announced his resignation prior to the final game of the 1999 season.[1][2] His successor, Chris Tormey, coached Nevada to an even more futile 2–10 record the next year, the program's worst record since Dick Trachok's 1–9 season in 1964, and was fired after the end of the 2003 season.

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Nevada Wolf Pack (Big West Conference) (1996–1999)
1996 Nevada 9–34–1T–1stW Las Vegas
1997 Nevada 5–64–1T–1st
1998 Nevada 6–53–2T–2nd
1999 Nevada 3–82–46th
Nevada: 23–2213–8
Total:23–22
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Junior college

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Sacramento City College Panthers (Independent) (1989–1993)
Sacramento City College: 38–12–1
Sierra Wolverines (Big 8 Conference) (2000–2005)
2000 Sierra 5–53–22nd
2001 Sierra 6–54–12ndL Shrine Bowl
2002 Sierra 10–15–01stW Shrine Bowl
2003 Sierra 11–05–01stW Shrine Bowl
2004 Sierra 11–05–01stW Shrine Bowl
2005 Sierra 9–23–22ndW Holiday Bowl (JC)
Sierra Wolverines (Big 8 Conference) (2007–2012)
2007 Sierra 9–25–01stL Hawaiian Punch Bowl (JC)
2008 Sierra 10–14–11stW Premier West Bank Bowl (JC)
2009 Sierra 5–63–21st
2010 Sierra 3–70–5
2011 Sierra 3–72–3
Sierra: 79–32
Total:176–76–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. Snedden, Steve (November 14, 1999). "UNR football coach quits". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. p. 1A. Retrieved July 5, 2020 via Newspapers.com .
  2. Snedden, Steve (November 14, 1999). "Tisdel (continued)". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. p. 4A. Retrieved July 5, 2020 via Newspapers.com .
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