Tom Dosch

Tom Dosch

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Jamestown
Conference	NSIC
Record	25–17
Playing career
c. 1990	Dickinson State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991	Dickinson State (WR)
1992	Belfield HS (ND)
1993–1994	North Dakota (GA)
1995–2003	North Dakota (OLB/DL)
2004–2007	Jamestown
2008–2009	Southern Illinois (ST/ILB)
2010–2019	Northern State
2023–2024	North Dakota (OLB)
2025	Jamestown (assoc. HC / STC)
2026–present	Jamestown
Head coaching record
Overall	78–74
Tournaments	0–2 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 DAC (2007) 1 NSIC North Division (2015)
Awards
NSIC Coach of the Year (2014)

Thomas Dosch is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Jamestown, a position he assumed in 2026. Dosch previously served as Jamestown’s head football coach from 2004 to 2007 and is one of only a handful of coaches in program history to lead the Jimmies during multiple tenures.

Dosch also served as the head football coach at Northern State from 2010 to 2019, compiling a 53–57 record and leading the Wolves to the 2015 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division championship. He was named NSIC Coach of the Year in 2014 after guiding Northern State to an 8–3 season, the program’s best finish in 15 years.

Prior to returning to Jamestown, Dosch spent two seasons at the North Dakota as outside linebackers coach. He returned to Jamestown in 2025 as associate head coach and special teams coordinator before being named head coach following the appointment of Brian Mistro to becoming the school's athletic director.

Coaching career

Jamestown (first stint)

Dosch was named head football coach at Jamestown College in 2004. During his four seasons leading the Jimmies, he compiled a 25–17 record and guided the program to back-to-back winning seasons in 2006 and 2007. His 2007 team finished 9–2 overall, captured a share of the Dakota Athletic Conference championship, and advanced to the NAIA playoffs.

Northern State

Dosch was hired as head coach at Northern State in December 2009. He inherited a program coming off a 2–9 season and steadily rebuilt the Wolves into a competitive NSIC North Division contender. Northern State posted winning records in five of his final six seasons and won the NSIC North Division title in 2015. His 2014 team finished 8–3, earning him NSIC Coach of the Year honors.

Return to Jamestown

Following a coaching stop at North Dakota and a return to Jamestown as associate head coach and special teams coordinator in 2025, Dosch was named the head football coach in 2026. The appointment marked his second tenure leading the Jimmies football program, nearly two decades after winning the Dakota Athletic Conference championship in 2007.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NAIA#
Jamestown Jimmies (Dakota Athletic Conference) (2004–2007)
2004	Jamestown	5–5	5–4	T–4th
2005	Jamestown	3–7	3–4	T–4th
2006	Jamestown	8–3	5–2	T–2nd	L NAIA First Round	14
2007	Jamestown	9–2	6–1	T–1st	L NAIA First Round	11
Jamestown:		25–17	19–11
Northern State Wolves (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (2010–2019)
2010	Northern State	2–9	2–8 / 2–4	T–11th / 5th (North)
2011	Northern State	5–6	4–6 / 4–2	T–9th / 3rd (North)
2012	Northern State	6–5	6–5 / 5–2	T–7th / T–3rd (North)
2013	Northern State	4–7	4–7 / 3–4	T–10th / 5th (North)
2014	Northern State	8–3	8–3 / 6–1	4th / 2nd (North)
2015	Northern State	6–5	6–5 / 6–1	T–7th / T–1st (North)
2016	Northern State	6–5	6–5 / 4–3	8th / T–4th (North)
2017	Northern State	6–5	6–5 / 5–2	T–6th / 3rd (North)
2018	Northern State	4–7	4–7 / 3–4	T–10th / 5th (North)
2019	Northern State	6–5	6–5 / 4–3	T–7th / 4th (North)
Jamestown Jimmies (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (2026–present)
2026	Jamestown	0–0	0–0 / 0–0
Jamestown:		0–0	0–0
Total:		78–74
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• Jamestown profile
• North Dakota profile
• Northern State profile