Jerry Partridge

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1963)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Jerry Partridge

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| current_title = Assistant head coach, Defensive coordinator

| current_team = UT Martin

| current_conference = OVC

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|1|22}}

| birth_place = Grandview, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date =

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| player_years1 = 1981–1986

| player_team1 = Missouri Western

| coach_years1 = 1986–1987

| coach_team1 = Missouri (GA)

| coach_years2 = 1988–1989

| coach_team2 = Notre Dame (GA)

| coach_years3 = 1990

| coach_team3 = Austin Peay (DC)

| coach_years4 = 1991–1995

| coach_team4 = Missouri Western (DC)

| coach_years5 = 1996

| coach_team5 = Murray State (DB)

| coach_years6 = 1997–2016

| coach_team6 = Missouri Western

| coach_years7 = 2017–2018

| coach_team7 = Delta State (DC)

| coach_years8 = 2019–2022

| coach_team8 = Northern Arizona (DC)

| coach_years9 = 2023–2024

| coach_team9 = UT Martin (AHC/S)

| coach_years10 = 2025–present

| coach_team10 = UT Martin (AHC/DC)

| overall_record = 149–83

| bowl_record = 4–2

| tournament_record = 2–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs)

| championships = 2 MIAA (2003, 2012)

| awards = 2 MIAA Coach of the Year

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}}

Jerry Partridge (born January 22, 1963) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the assistant head football coach and Defensive coordinator for the University of Tennessee at Martin, a position he has held since 2025.{{Cite web |last=Brice |first=John |date=2023-07-13 |title=Jason Simpson adds veteran former NCAA head coach to UT-Martin Skyhawks' staff |url=https://footballscoop.com/news/jason-simpson-adds-veteran-former-ncaa-head-coach-to-ut-martin-skyhawks-staff |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Footballscoop |language=en}} He was the head football coach at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri, a position he had held from 1997 to 2016.[http://www.gogriffons.com/staff.aspx?staff=13 Jerry Partridge profile] Before becoming head coach at Missouri Western in 1997, Partridge assisted various teams from 1986 to 1996.[https://s3.amazonaws.com/writeTest/Missouri_Western_Football_Media_Guide_2013/index.html#/1/ Missouri Western Media Guide] Partridge was a graduate assistant for the 1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, who won the national championship.[http://www.stjoechannel.com/story/d/story/2011-missouri-western-hall-of-fame-induction/60563/8wrd7sTSHE65QBjMqth03w 1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish graduate assistant -- championship year]

Personal life

Partridge and his wife, Pam, have two children, Travis and Lindsey. Partridge is the son of Linda and Gerald Partridge, who coached at Ruskin High School for 29 years.{{Cite web |url=http://0000t77.preview.suddenlinkhosting.com/staff_bio.asp?id=15 |title=Partridge family |access-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115201518/http://0000t77.preview.suddenlinkhosting.com/staff_bio.asp?id=15 |url-status=dead }}

Head coaching record

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = AFCA }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Missouri Western Griffons

| conf = Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association

| startyear = 1997

| endyear = 2016

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1997

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 5–6

| conference = 3–6

| confstanding = 7th

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| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1998

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 5–6

| conference = 3–6

| confstanding = T–6th

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| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1999

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = 3rd

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| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2000

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 8–4

| conference = 8–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname = Mineral Water Bowl

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2001

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 8–3

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

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| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2002

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 4–5

| confstanding = T–5th

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| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 2003

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 9–3

| conference = 7–2

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname = Mineral Water Bowl

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2004

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 5–6

| conference = 4–3

| confstanding = T–5th

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2005

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 9–3

| conference = 7–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname = Mineral Water Bowl

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2006

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 9–3

| conference = 7–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname = NCAA Division II Playoffs

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2007

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 9–3

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname = Mineral Water Bowl

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2008

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 6–6

| conference = 5–4

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname = Mineral Water Bowl

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2009

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 9–3

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname = Mineral Water Bowl

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2010

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 8–4

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname = NCAA Division II Playoffs

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = 24

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2011

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 9–3

| conference = 7–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname = NCAA Division II Playoffs

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = 18

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 2012

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 12–2

| conference = 9–1

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname = NCAA Division II Quarterfinals

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = 5

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2013

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 8–3

| conference = 7–3

| confstanding = 4th

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| bcsbowl =

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| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2014

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 7–4

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

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| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2015

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 6–5

| confstanding = T–5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2016

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 4–7

| conference = 4–7

| confstanding = 7th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Missouri Western

| overall = 149–83

| confrecord = 117–68

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 149–83

| bowls = no

| poll =

| polltype = Rankings from AFCA

| legend = no

}}

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