Inductees

Born: May 24, 1946

Completing his 16th season at Northwest Missouri State and his 26th as a collegiate head coach, Tjeerdsma has guided the Bearcats to eleven MIAA Championships overall. In the past 11 years, the Bearcats have won three National Championships and the have made seven appearances in the championship game. Tjeerdsma has more postseason victories than any other coach in Division II history. Tjeerdsma has been named MIAA Coach of the Year eleven times (1995-2000, 2002, 2006-09). This past December, Coach Tjeerdsma once again led his Bearcats to the National Championship defeating the Grand Valley State University Lakers.