Matthew John Entz (born October 9, 1972) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
coach. He is the head football coach at
North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as t ...
. Entz took over from the departing
Chris Klieman
Christopher Paul Klieman ( ; born September 27, 1967) is an American football coach and former player, and is currently the head coach for Kansas State University in the Big 12 Conference. He took over from the retiring Bill Snyder after leading ...
after Klieman led the
2018 North Dakota State Bison football team
The 2018 North Dakota State Bison football team represents North Dakota State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Klieman, who also coached his final season with the Bison bef ...
to the program's seventh
NCAA Division I Football Championship in eight seasons. Entz was the
defensive coordinator for the Bison from 2014 until his promotion following the 2018 season.
Personal life
Entz is married to Brenda Entz. They have two sons: Kellen and Konner.
Entz is a
Christian.
Entz earned a bachelor's degree in biology from
Wartburg College
Wartburg College is a private Lutheran liberal arts college in Waverly, Iowa. It has an additional campus, Wartburg West, in Denver, Colorado.
History
Wartburg College was founded in 1852 in Saginaw, Michigan, by Georg M. Grossmann, a nativ ...
in 1995 and a master's degree in education and exercise science from
Wayne State College
Wayne State College is a public college in Wayne, Nebraska. It is part of the Nebraska State College System and enrolls 4,202 students. The college opened as a public normal school in 1910 after the state purchased the private Nebraska Normal Co ...
in
Wayne, Nebraska
Wayne is a city in Wayne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,660 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wayne County and the home of Wayne State College.
History
Wayne was founded in 1881 when the Chicago, St. Paul, Minn ...
in 1998.
Head coaching record
References
External links
North Dakota State profile
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1972 births
Living people
Illinois College Blueboys football coaches
North Dakota State Bison football coaches
Northern Iowa Panthers football coaches
Wayne State Wildcats football coaches
Western Illinois Leathernecks football coaches
Winona State Warriors football coaches
Wartburg College alumni
Wayne State College alumni
Sportspeople from Waterloo, Iowa
Coaches of American football from Iowa