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Missouri State Bears Football
The Missouri State Bears football program is the college football team that represents Missouri State University located in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Missouri State competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and is a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The program is in the two-year transition up to the FBS subdivision; it will join Conference USA in 2025 and become a full FBS member in 2026. The school was known as Southwest Missouri State until 2005 when they changed the name to Missouri State. Missouri State's first football team was fielded in 1909 and the first coach in program history was Walter Langston who went 4–2 in his only season as head coach. Prior to 1923, the team competed as an Independent. From 1923 to 1980, Missouri State were members of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association (now Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association), of which Missouri State was a founding member. During that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ryan Beard
Ryan Beard (born ) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Missouri State University, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football at Western Kentucky and later coached them, Louisville, Northern Michigan, and Central Michigan before receiving a job at Missouri State in 2020. Early life and education A native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Beard attended Bowling Green High School where he played football for four seasons and helped them reach the Class 3A championship twice. He began playing college football for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in 2007 as a defensive back and was an all-freshman selection. Beard became a starter in 2008. He graduated following the 2011 season and has two degrees from Western Kentucky: a Bachelor of Science in business management and a Master of Science in recreation and sports administration. He was twice named All-Sun Belt Conference in his time with the Hilltoppers and was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Arthur W
The Countess (French language, French: ''La Comtesse''; born Arthur Berloget), also known as Pauline and Arthur W, was a French transgender courtesan, demimondaine, singer, artist, and writer who was prominent in Parisian society throughout the 1850s and 1860s. She was the mistress of a French nobility, nobleman and later became a singer in Parisian cafés and cabarets. Berloget was an active member of an LGBT community in Paris, whose members were called ''filles'', ''mignons'' and ''tribade sisters''. She was drafted to serve in the French Army, and was forced to temporarily de-transition. She was arrested in 1861 for robbery and for desertion, deserting her post, and was sentenced to ten years in prison. In 1874, she authored an autobiography ''The Secret Confessions of a Parisian: The Countess, 1850-1871'', which was published in 1895. Her autobiography describes intimate details of her life living as a woman during the Second French Empire and the beginning of Belle Époque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Del Miller
Del Miller (born November 6, 1950) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University—now known as Missouri State University—from 1995 to 1998, compiling a record of 21–23. Miller was a longtime assistant to Kansas State University under head coach Bill Snyder. He was the first assistant hired by Snyder in 1989, and has served three separate stints with the program. Miller and Snyder had previously coached together as assistants at the University of Iowa under Hayden Fry. Miller shared the offensive coordinator duties at Kansas State with Dana Dimel from 2009 to 2016. Miller graduated from Iowa Valley Community School District, Iowa Valley High School in 1968. Head coaching record College References {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Del 1950 births Living people American football defensive backs American football fullbacks American football linebackers Central Dutch football players Iowa Hawkeyes football c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jesse Branch
Jesse Branch (born February 1, 1941) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University – now Missouri State University – from 1986 to 1994, and Henderson State University from 2001 through 2004, compiling an overall college football record of 67 wins, 75 losses, and one tie. Branch also was the associate athletic director at the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. It is the Flagship campus, flagship campus of the University of Arkan ... from 1995 until 2000. Head coaching record References External links Missouri State profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Branch, Jesse 1941 births Living people American football halfbacks Players of Canadian football from Arkansas Arkansas Razorb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rich Johanningmeier
Richard Johanningmeier (born 1943) is a retired American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University—now known as Missouri State University from 1976 to 1985 and Illinois College from 1995 to 1997, compiling a career college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ... coaching record of 64–65–5 Head coaching record College References {{DEFAULTSORT:Johanningmeier, Rich 1943 births Living people American football offensive tackles Continental Football League players UConn Huskies football coaches Illinois College Blueboys and Lady Blues athletic directors Illinois College Blueboys football coaches Missouri State Bears football coache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Don Cross
Donald Ray "Red" Cross (January 26, 1925 – November 29, 2003) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University—now known as Missouri State University—in Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the List of cities in Missouri, third most populous city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County, Missouri, Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 censu ... from 1969 to 1975, compiling a record of 23–45–3. Head coaching record College References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Don 1925 births 2003 deaths Illinois State Redbirds football coaches Missouri State Bears football coaches Southern Illinois Salukis football coaches Southern Illinois Salukis football players Western Illinois Leathernecks football coaches High school football coaches in Missouri High school football coaches in Illinois People f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jim Mentis
James Edward Mentis (December 25, 1925 – December 24, 2012) was an American football and wrestling and coach. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University–now known as Missouri State University Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second-largest u ...–from 1965 to 1968, compiling a record of 20–21. Mentis was also the school's wrestling coach from 1961 to 1962. Head coaching record College football References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mentis, James 1925 births 2012 deaths American football ends American football tackles Missouri State Bears football coaches Missouri State Bears football players College wrestling coaches in the United States High school football coaches in Missouri People from Mount Vernon, Ohio Players o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Orville Pottenger
William Orville "Potch" Pottenger (November 7, 1921 – April 9, 1978) was an American football player and coach. Career Pottenger served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Southwest Missouri State University now known as Missouri State University—in Springfield, Missouri, from 1961 to 1964, compiling a record of 24–12–1. Pottenger was a three-time letter-winner at Southwest Missouri State, from 1939 to 1941. He was the head football coach at Lamar High School in Lamar, Missouri from 1952 to 1955 and Parkview High School in Springfield from 1956 to 1960. Before that, beginning June 1949, Pottenger was an assistant football coach at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, under head coach Spot Collins (1922–1996). Pottenger and Collins were also members of the Marine Corps Reserve unit, Company A (a rifle company), 15th Infantry Battalion, of Austin. Company A was mobilized July 27, 1950, after the outbreak of the Korean War. The company was composed of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aldo Sebben
Aldo A. Sebben (September 20, 1920 – October 7, 1997) was an American football, cross country, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Central College—now known as Central Methodist University—in Fayette, Missouri from 1950 to 1951 and Missouri State University—then known as Southwest Missouri State University—in Springfield, Missouri from 1956 to 1960, compiling a career college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ... coaching record of 19–36–1. Head coaching record Football References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sebben, Aldo 1920 births 1997 deaths American football centers Illinois State Redbirds football players Central Methodist Eagles football coaches Florida State Seminoles football coaches Missouri S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Harold "Tuffy" Stratton
Harold Lavern "Tuffy" Stratton (December 21, 1920 – August 17, 1994) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University—now known as Missouri State University Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second-largest u ...–1955 and at Northeastern Oklahoma State University from 1956 to 1961, where he led his team to the NAIA Football National Championship in 1958. Head coaching record College References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stratton, Harold 1920 births 1994 deaths American football halfbacks Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football coaches Bacone Warriors (junior college) football coaches Missouri State Bears football coaches Northeastern State RiverHawks football coaches Northeastern State RiverHawks footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bill Dellastatious
Joseph William Dellastatious (October 2, 1922 – November 6, 2023) was an American college football player and coach. He played as a quarterback with the Missouri Tigers. Career Dellastatious played college football at the University of Missouri, where he was a quarterback. He had previously played at Clemson University and attended Bucknell and George Washington University. Dellastatious was drafted by National Football League (NFL) teams twice. In the 1945 NFL draft he was chosen with the 19th overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but was ruled "not yet eligible" by the NFL and the pick was forfeited. He was then properly drafted in the first round of the 1946 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions. Despite being such a highly-sought recruit, instead of playing professional football, Dellastatious chose to take a job as an assistant coach at the University of Florida. He went on to coach and teach at Southwest Missouri State College, the Citadel, Wake Forest University, and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fred Thomsen
Fred Charles Thomsen (April 25, 1897 – January 7, 1986) was an American football player and coach. From 1929 to 1941, he was the head football coach at the University of Arkansas, compiling a record of 56–61–10. In 1949, he became the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State College, now Missouri State University, where he served until 1952. His record at Southwest Missouri State was 19–17–4. Thomsen's career record as a head coach was 75–78–4. Thomsen played for the Rock Island Independents in the National Football League (NFL) for one season in 1924. Arkansas In 1933, Thomsen's Razorbacks had the best record in the Southwest Conference, but Arkansas had to forfeit their first conference championship because Thomsen played Heinie Schleuter, an ineligible athlete. Schleuter had told Thomsen he could play, but actually had no remaining eligibility. A member of the SMU Mustangs noticed him as a former Nebraska Cornhusker, forcing the Hogs to give up their fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
