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Phone: 712-274-5282
E-Mail: jager@morningside.edu
Tim Jager has a 56-32-1 record for a .635 winning percentage in six seasons as the Mustangs' head coach. Jager guided the Mustangs to a 9-7 record in 2004-05 in the college's first season of varsity competition since the program had previously been disbanded in 1979. He followed that effort with records of 9-4 in 2005-06, 10-6 in 2006-07, 12-7 in 2007-08, 9-6 in 2008-09, and 7-2-1 this past season.
Jager, the current president of the NAIA Wrestling Coaches Association, was named the 2008 GPAC Coach of the Year after he guided the Mustangs to a second place finish at the 2008 GPAC Championships and a 12-7 regular season dual record.
Jager coached the first national champion in Morningside history during the 2006-07 campaign when Jake Stevenson defeated No. 1-ranked Joffre Lander of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 3-1 in the 184 lb. title bout at the NAIA Championships.
Jager has coached nine NAIA All-Americans over the past six seasons, including Stevenson, who was a four-time All-American. Morningside had three wrestlers earn All-America honors in 2008 with place winning performances at the NAIA National Tournament from Cody Dennis at 125 lbs., Stevenson at 184 lbs., and Cole Wilson at 197 lbs. Wilson earned All-America honors again with a fourth place finish at 197 lbs. in 2009 and Joe Sievert was an All-American with a third place finish at 165 lbs. in 2010.
Under Jager, the Mustangs received the NAIA Buffalo Funds Five Star Champions of Character Award in 2006, 2008, and 2010.
Before coming to Morningside, Jager had been an
assistant coach at Buena Vista University for three years, where he served under legendary coach Al Baxter,
a 1969 Morningside graduate and a member of Morningside's
M-Club Hall of Fame. Buena Vista, a perennial NCAA Division
III national power, produced nine All-Americans, one national champion, and a pair
of Top 10 finishes in the team standings at the national tournament
during Jager's three years with the Beavers.
Jager was the head
wrestling coach at George-Little Rock High School during the
1999-2000 academic year. He coached two district qualifiers
and had three wrestlers earn All-Siouxland Conference honors
during his one season with the team.
His coaching experience
began at Buena Vista as a student assistant wrestling coach
during the 1995-96 season.
Jager is a 1996
graduate of Buena Vista, where he was a three-year letterwinner
and a two-time national tournament qualifier. He was the Iowa
Intercollegiate Conference 167 lb. runner-up in 1994.
Jager enjoyed an
outstanding prep career when he attended George-Little Rock
High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner and two-time
placewinner at the state tournament. He posted a 36-1 record
as a senior, losing only to Joe Kielman of Clarksville-Allison-Bristow
in the 1992 Class 1A 160 lb. state final. Jager had a 36-4
record as a junior and placed sixth in the Class 1A 145 lb.
division of the state tournament.
Assistant Coach Jake Stevenson
 Jake Stevenson, the most decorated wrestler in Morningside history, is in his second season as a Mustang assistant coach.
Stevenson was a four-time NAIA All-American and the 2007 NAIA 184 lb. National Champion during his Morningside career. He placed third at the NAIA National Tournament as a senior and was a fourth place finisher as a freshman and sophomore.
Stevenson, who hails from Petersburg, Neb., is the Mustangs' all-time victory leader with a career mark of 130-25. He received the Mustangs' Most Valuable Wrestling award after each of his four seasons with the team.
He won 23 matches by fall during his career to share the Mustangs' all-time career pin record with Jared Pickett. Stevenson had a 45-8 record as a sophomore to set a school record for most wins in a season.
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