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Jed Lance Stugart (born March 4, 1970) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Lindenwood University, a position he assumed after the 2016 season. Prior to that, he spent seven seasons as the head football coach at the University of Sioux Falls (2010–2016) and three years in the same position at MidAmerica Nazarene University (2006–2008).
A native of Greeley, Colorado, Stugart played college football as a linebacker at Azusa Pacific University. During the 1990s he pursued a country music career in Nashville, Tennessee. Performing as Jed Lance, he opened for Lonestar, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Tim McGraw.Stugart returned to Greeley in the late 1990s and volunteered as a high school football coach. Joe Glenn, then head football coach at the University of Northern Colorado, hired Stugart to join his staff as a volunteer. Stugart later became a graduate assistant at Northern Colorado before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2003.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers (Heart of America Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 2006 | MidAmerica Nazarene | 7–3 | 7–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2007 | MidAmerica Nazarene | 9–3 | 8–2 | T–2nd | L NAIA First Round | ||||
| 2008 | MidAmerica Nazarene | 10–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NAIA First Round | ||||
| MidAmerica Nazarene: | 26–7 | 25–5 | |||||||
| Sioux Falls Cougars (Great Plains Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Sioux Falls | 13–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NAIA Championship | ||||
| Sioux Falls Cougars (NCAA Division II independent) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Sioux Falls | 5–4 | |||||||
| Sioux Falls Cougars (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Sioux Falls | 9–2 | 9–2 / 5–2 | T–2nd / 3rd | |||||
| 2013 | Sioux Falls | 6–5 | 6–5 / 4–3 | T–5th / T–3rd | |||||
| 2014 | Sioux Falls | 11–1 | 10–1 / 6–1 | 3rd / 2nd | W Mineral Water | ||||
| 2015 | Sioux Falls | 9–3 | 9–2 / 5–2 | T–2nd / 3rd | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2016 | Sioux Falls | 12–1 | 11–0 / 7–0 | 1st / 1st | L NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||
| Sioux Falls: | 65–17 | 55–10 | |||||||
| Lindenwood Lions (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Lindenwood | 4–7 | 4–7 | T–8th | |||||
| 2018 | Lindenwood | 4–7 | 4–7 | 10th | |||||
| Lindenwood Lions (Great Lakes Valley Conference) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Lindenwood | 9–4 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||
| Lindenwood: | 17–18 | 15–14 | |||||||
| Total: | 108–42 | ||||||||