Jeff Thorne
Jeff Thorne is an American football coach and former player. He is the offensive coordinator at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Thorned served as the head football coach at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois from 2015 to 2021. He succeeded his father, John Thorne, and led the 2019 North Central Cardinals football team to an NCAA Division III Football Championship.[1] Thorne played college football at Eastern Illinois University, starting at quarterback in the early 1990s.[2] His son, Payton, is the current starting quarterback at Michigan State.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Team | Western Michigan |
| Conference | MAC |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1993 | Eastern Illinois |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994-2001 | Wheaton Warrenville South HS (IL) (OC/QB) |
| 2002–2014 | North Central (IL) (OC) |
| 2015–2021 | North Central (IL) |
| 2022–present | Western Michigan (OC/QB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 66–10 |
| Tournaments | 12–4 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NCAA Division III (2019) 4 CCIW (2016–2018, 2021) | |
| Awards | |
| CCIW Coach of the Year (2016) | |
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | D3# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Cardinals (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) (2015–2021) | |||||||||
| 2015 | North Central | 7–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2016 | North Central | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 10 | |||
| 2017 | North Central | 10–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 8 | |||
| 2018 | North Central | 10–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 8 | |||
| 2019 | North Central | 14–1 | 8–1 | 2nd | W NCAA Division III Championship | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | No team | ||||||||
| 2021 | North Central | 14–1 | 9–0 | 2nd | L NCAA Division III Championship | 2 | |||
| North Central: | 66–10 | 46–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 66–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- "Jeff Thorne". North Central Cardinals football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- Minnis, Glenn (September 20, 1992). "QB Has Learned To Pass on Pressure". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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