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A Gerald native who played on the 1974 Owensville High School state championship team, Tappmeyer compiled a 460-238 record (.659) coaching NCAA Division II men’s basketball from 1988 to 2013. That covered 21 seasons and a program-best 408 wins at Northwest Missouri State, where his teams reached 10 NCAA Tournaments, with two appearances in the Elite Eight (2002, 2004), and won seven MIAA championships. They also had a stretch of 11 consecutive seasons with 19 or more wins, and his teams surpassed 22 wins in nine of his final 12 campaigns. A four-time MIAA Coach of the Year and the 2001 South Central Region Coach of the Year, Tappmeyer also has coached at East Central Juco and Missouri-St. Louis.