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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1956-01-10)January 10, 1956 (age 69) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1977 | Nevada |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978 | Nevada (GA) |
| 1980–1985 | Christian Brothers HS (CA) |
| 1986–1988 | Saint Mary's (CA) (assistant) |
| 1988 | Nevada (assistant) |
| 1989–1993 | Sacramento City |
| 1994–1995 | Nevada (AHC) |
| 1996–1999 | Nevada |
| 2000–2005 | Sierra |
| 2007–2012 | Sierra |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–22 (college) 121–48–1 (junior college) |
| Bowls | 1–0 (college) 6–4 (junior college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1Camino Norte Conference (1989) 2NCFL (1991–1992) 2Big West Conference (1996–1997) 2Bay Valley Conference (2002–2003) 1Mid-Empire Conference (2004) 3 Valley Conference (2007–2009) | |
Jeffrey Michael Tisdel (born January 10, 1956) is a formerAmerican football coach. He served as the head football coach at theUniversity of Nevada, Reno from 1996 to 1999, compiling a record of 23–22. Tisdel has two stints as the head football coach atSierra College, a junior college inRocklin, California, from 2000 to 2005 and from 2007 to 2012. His accomplishments include coaching theNevada Wolf Pack in its firstNCAA Division I-Abowl game victory, in the1996 Las Vegas Bowl, and leading Sierra to a nation-leading 37-game winning streak between 2002 and 2005. Tisdel was also the firstquarterback for Nevada to play in Division I-AA, moving up fromDivision II in 1978 and the first quarterback to play forChris Ault, who became a member of theCollege 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 byJCGridiron.com.
Tisdel experienced his greatest successes at the junior college level, especially atSierra 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 theBay Valley Conference. He also had success in his first head coaching position atSacramento 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 theUniversity of Nevada, Reno. His1996 team compiled a 9–3 record, secured theBig West Conference title, and won the1996 Las Vegas Bowl, Nevada's first victory in anNCAA Division I-Abowl game. Tisdel's subsequent Nevada teams were mediocre until, in the1999 season, he coached Nevada to its worst record since1975 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 thenext year, the program's worst record sinceDick Trachok's 1–9 season in1964, and was fired after the end of the 2003 season.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Wolf Pack(Big West Conference)(1996–1999) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Nevada | 9–3 | 4–1 | T–1st | WLas Vegas | ||||
| 1997 | Nevada | 5–6 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1998 | Nevada | 6–5 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1999 | Nevada | 3–8 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| Nevada: | 23–22 | 13–8 | |||||||
| Total: | 23–22 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento City Panthers(Camino Norte Conference)(1989) | |||||||||
| 1989 | Sacramento City | 8–3 | 4–1 | T–1st | L Bay Bowl | ||||
| Sacramento City Panthers(Northern California Football League)(1990) | |||||||||
| 1990 | Sacramento City | 4–5 | 3–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1991 | Sacramento City | 8–2 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1992 | Sacramento City | 10–0–1 | 6–0 | 1st | W Elks Bowl | ||||
| 1993 | Sacramento City | 8–2 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Sacramento City: | 39–12–1 | 22–7 | |||||||
| Sierra Wolverines(Bay Valley Conference)(2000–2003) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Sierra | 5–5 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2001 | Sierra | 6–5 | 1–3 | 4th | L Capital Shrine Bowl | ||||
| 2002 | Sierra | 10–1 | 5–0 | 1st | W Capital Shrine Bowl | ||||
| 2003 | Sierra | 11–0 | 5–0 | 1st | W Capital Shrine Bowl | ||||
| Sierra Wolverines(Mid-Empire Conference)(2004–2005) | |||||||||
| 2004 | Sierra | 11–0 | 5–0 | 1st | W Capital Shrine Bowl | ||||
| 2005 | Sierra | 9–2 | 3–2 | 3rd | W Holiday Bowl | ||||
| Sierra Wolverines(Valley Conference)(2007–2012) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Sierra | 9–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L Hawaiian Punch Bowl | ||||
| 2008 | Sierra | 10–1 | 4–1 | T–1st | W Premier West Bank Bowl | ||||
| 2009 | Sierra | 5–6 | 3–2 | T–1st | L Premier West Bank Bowl | ||||
| 2010 | Sierra | 3–7 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2011 | Sierra | 3–7 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Sierra: | 82–36 | 36–18 | |||||||
| Total: | 121–48–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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