Jed Stugart
Jed Lance Stugart (born March 4, 1970) is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, a position he assumed after the 2016 season. Prior to that, he spent seven seasons as the head football coach at the University of Sioux Falls (2010–2016) and three years in the same position at MidAmerica Nazarene University (2006–2008).
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Lindenwood |
| Conference | OVC |
| Record | 36–31 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 4, 1970 Greeley, Colorado, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1992 | Azusa Pacific |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2002 | Northern Colorado (DL/LB) |
| 2003–2005 | Northern Colorado (DC) |
| 2006–2008 | MidAmerica Nazarene |
| 2009 | UNLV (LB) |
| 2010–2016 | Sioux Falls |
| 2017–present | Lindenwood |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 127–55 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Tournaments | 3–3 (NAIA playoffs) 2–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 HAAC (2008) 1 GPAC (2010) 1 NSIC (2016) 2 GLVC (2019, 2021) | |
| Awards | |
| NCIS Coach of the Year (2016) | |
A native of Greeley, Colorado, Stugart played football as a linebacker at Azusa Pacific University. During the 1990s he pursued a country music career in Nashville, Tennessee. Performing as Jed Lance, he opened for Lonestar, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Tim McGraw. Stugart returned to Greeley in the late 1990s and volunteered as a high school football coach. Joe Glenn, then head football coach at the University of Northern Colorado, hired Stugart to join his staff as a volunteer. Stugart later became a graduate assistant at Northern Colorado before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2003.