Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Alma |
Conference | MIAA |
Record | 37–20 |
Biographical details | |
Alma mater |
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Playing career | |
1993–1996 | Alma |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1997–1998 | Merrill HS (MI) (assistant) |
1999–2000 | Troy HS (MI) (assistant) |
2001–2002 | Romeo HS (MI) (assistant) |
2003–2017 | Romeo HS (MI) (co-HC/OC) |
2018–present | Alma |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 37–20 (college) |
Tournaments | 3–2 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 MHSAA (2015) 2 MIAA (2022–2023) | |
Jason Couch is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan, a position he has held since the 2018 season.
Couch is known for wearing an Alma College Tartan kilt [1] on the sidelines.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | D3° | ||
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Alma Scots (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(2018–present) | |||||||||
2018 | Alma | 2–8 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
2019 | Alma | 6–4 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
2020–21 | Alma | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3rd | |||||
2021 | Alma | 5–5 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
2022 | Alma | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 18 | 22 | ||
2023 | Alma | 12–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinals | 7 | 6 | ||
Alma: | 37–20 | 19–15 | |||||||
Total: | 37–20 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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