Current position | |
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Title | Outside linebackers coach |
Team | North Dakota |
Conference | MVFC |
Playing career | |
c. 1990 | Dickinson State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1991 | Dickinson State (WR) |
1992 | Belfield HS (ND) |
1993–1994 | North Dakota (GA) |
1995–2003 | North Dakota (OLB/DL) |
2004–2007 | Jamestown |
2008–2009 | Southern Illinois (ST/ILB) |
2010–2019 | Northern State |
2023–present | North Dakota (OLB) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 78–74 |
Tournaments | 0–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 DAC (2007) 1 NSIC North Division (2015) | |
Awards | |
NSIC Coach of the Year (2014) | |
Thomas Dosch is an American college football coach and former player. He is the outside linebackers coach for the University of North Dakota, a position he has held since 2023. [1] [2] He served as the head football coach at the Jamestown College from 2004 to 2007 and Northern State University, from 2010 to 2019. [3] [4] [5] Dosch was the inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2008 and 2009.
Dosch was the head football coach at University of Jamestown in Jamestown, North Dakota for four seasons, from 2004 until 2007. His coaching record at Jamestown was 25–17. [6]
Dosch was named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Football Coach of the Year Following Northern State's 8–3 season in 2014. The 8–3 record was the best finish for Northern State football since 1999. Dosch took over at Northern State following a 2–9 record in 2009.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Jamestown Jimmies (Dakota Athletic Conference)(2004–2007) | |||||||||
2004 | Jamestown | 5–5 | 5–4 | T–4th | |||||
2005 | Jamestown | 3–7 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
2006 | Jamestown | 8–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | L NAIA First Round | 14 | |||
2007 | Jamestown | 9–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | L NAIA First Round | 11 | |||
Jamestown: | 25–17 | 19–11 | |||||||
Northern State Wolves (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference)(2010–2019) | |||||||||
2010 | Northern State | 2–9 | 2–8 / 2–4 | T–11th / 5th (North) | |||||
2011 | Northern State | 5–6 | 4–6 / 4–2 | T–9th / 3rd (North) | |||||
2012 | Northern State | 6–5 | 6–5 / 5–2 | T–7th / T–3rd (North) | |||||
2013 | Northern State | 4–7 | 4–7 / 3–4 | T–10th / 5th (North) | |||||
2014 | Northern State | 8–3 | 8–3 / 6–1 | 4th / 2nd (North) | |||||
2015 | Northern State | 6–5 | 6–5 / 6–1 | T–7th / T–1st (North) | |||||
2016 | Northern State | 6–5 | 6–5 / 4–3 | 8th / T–4th (North) | |||||
2017 | Northern State | 6–5 | 6–5 / 5–2 | T–6th / 3rd (North) | |||||
2018 | Northern State | 4–7 | 4–7 / 3–4 | T–10th / 5th (North) | |||||
2019 | Northern State | 6–5 | 6–5 / 4–3 | T–7th / 4th (North) | |||||
Northern State: | 53–57 | 52–56 | |||||||
Total: | 78–74 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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