For the past 24 years, David Colt has held the position of Head Athletic Trainer and Assistant Professor at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. Responsible for the health care of 390 athletes in 15 sports, he also devotes much of his time to the classroom teaching various college courses. Colt became a Certified Athletic… Read more »
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2019 Class – Diamond Nine
CLASS OF 2019 Nick Admire (Lebanon High School/University of Missouri) Charissa Fuhr (Kickapoo High School/Iowa State University) Hailee Hendricks Fury (Miller High School/Northwest Missouri State University), Colby Hughes (St. Louis Community College- Meramec/Missouri-St. Louis/Colorado Rockies) Logan Hughes (North Arkansas College/Missouri-St. Louis) Trent Oxenreider (Strafford High School/College of the Ozarks) Joey Rich (A.S.A./USA Softball) Brad Roweton (Bolivar High… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2021
CLASS of 2021 Brock Baker — Bolivar High School/Western Kentucky University Blaise Bauer — Monett High School/Pittsburg State University Joe Close — Parkview High School/University of Missouri Lance Johnston — Branson High School/Northwest Missouri State University Marcus Klund — Scott City & Cape Central High Schools/Lindenwood University Drew Newhart — Cameron High School/Missouri Western State… Read more »
Richard Flanagan
A life-long resident of Northwest Missouri, Flanagan attended Northwest Missouri State and lettered three years in football. His coaching career began at King City High School in 1958. After seven years, he became the head football coach at Savannah. Flanagan arrived back at Northwest Missouri State in 1971, as assistant football coach and assistant track… Read more »
Dr. Patrick Harr
Dr. Patrick Harr has served concurrently as the team doctor for Maryville High School and Northwest Missouri State University for over 25 years. He services about 15 high schools in Northwest Missouri and Southern Iowa in his practice at Maryville.
Larry Holley
Think Larry Holley loved coaching from the start? Get this – his first basketball job was at Harrisburg, where he coached six teams (boys and girls varsity, JV and junior high) without an assistant coach and lived in a mobile home across the street. “I coached 91 games that year,” Holley said, “and I’m proud… Read more »
Howard Iba
Howard Iba, the brother of legendary Oklahoma State University basketball coach Henry Iba, was the longtime basketball coach at Central High School in St. Joseph. He and his brother grew up in the northwest Missouri town of Easton, playing basketball on a dirt court with their other two brothers, Clarence and Earl . All four brothers… Read more »
Ben McCollum
Sometimes loss can be the driving force behind success. Ben McCollum knows that all too well. The former Northwest Missouri State men’s basketball head coach was at a crossroads in 2016 after the Bearcats lost in the NCAA Regional final for the third straight year. His team couldn’t get over the hump and make that… Read more »
Ryland Milner
Ryland H. Milner, a model man of consistency and achievement in northwest Missouri, was elected in 1988 to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at age 79 after an outstanding career as an athlete and versatile coach. At Northwest Missouri State University over six decades, from 1929 to 1975, he achieved legendary status, beginning as… Read more »
Herschel Neil
Herschel Neil’s nod for his all-around excellence as an athlete came unfortunately 10 years after his death. In 1936, he earned All-America recognition when he set NCAA records in the triple jump. He also won the 100-yard dash in 1936 in both the Kansas and Drake Relays and later was a Drake Relays’ Hall of… Read more »
1998 & 1999 Northwest Missouri State Football Teams
Two years after finishing 0-11 – and two years before winning the first of their program’s back-to-back national championships – the Northwest Missouri State football Bearcats could only shake their heads. But in a good way. In December 1996, the team they nearly beat in the playoffs went on to win it all. “We were… Read more »
Jim Redd
At Northwest Missouri State University, Redd captained the team for three years, garnering First Team Defensive Lineman and Second Team Offensive Tackle awards in 1965. Jim began his head coaching career in 1976, mentoring the Bearcats of his alma mater. He was later named Director of Athletics for Northwest, and in 2003 was appointed Director… Read more »
Mark Rosewell
Mark Rosewell has built a coaching career that many dream of. He had the opportunity to coach at his alma mater, and made his mark on the program, and settled in for more than 40 years of success that have made his name synonymous with the sport in his region. And it all started when… Read more »
Wilbur “Sparky” Stalcup
Sparky Stalcup coached basketball at the University of Missouri from 1946 to 1962, compiling a 195-179 record in 16 seasons. His 195 victories stood as the Mizzou record until broken by one of his protégés, Norm Stewart. Before his term at Mizzou, Stalcup coached at Maryville State Teachers College (now Northwest Missouri State University), where he… Read more »
Steve Tappmeyer
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… Read more »
Mel Tjeerdsma
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… Read more »