Jeff Tisdel

Jeff Tisdel
Biographical details
Born (1956-01-10) January 10, 1956 (age 68)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
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 (assistant)
1989–1993Sacramento City
1994–1995Nevada (AHC)
1996–1999Nevada
2000–2005Sierra
2007–2012Sierra
Head coaching record
Overall23–22 (college)
121–48–1 (junior college)
Bowls1–0 (college)
6–4 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Camino Norte Conference (1989)
2 NCFL (1991–1992)
2 Big West Conference (1996–1997)
2 Bay Valley Conference (2002–2003)
1 Mid-Empire Conference (2004)
3 Valley Conference (2007–2009)

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.