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American football coach (born c. 1973)

Mike Aldrich
Biographical details
Born	c. 1973 (age 51–52) Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	St. Olaf College (1995) University of Minnesota (1999)
Playing career
1991–1994	St. Olaf

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995	St. Olaf (DE)
1996	St. Olaf (TE)
1997–1998	St. Olaf (LB)
1999	Sequoias CC (DL)
2000	Cal Lutheran (ST/LB)
2001–2002	Sioux Falls Storm
2003	Augustana (SD) (DB)
2004	Louisville (GA)
2005–2009	Sioux Falls Storm (DC)
2010–2012	Augustana (SD)
2013–2014	Wayne State (NE) (DC/DB)
2015–2016	Southwest Minnesota State (DC/DL)
2017–2022	Minot State

Head coaching record
Overall	32–58 (college) 16–14 (indoor football)
Tournaments	1–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 1–1 (NIFL playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NSIC South Division (2010)

Michael Aldrich (born c. 1973) is an American football coach. He was the head coach for the Sioux Falls Storm of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) from 2001 to 2002. He was also the head football coach for Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from 2010 to 2012 and Minot State University from 2017 to 2022. He previously coached for St. Olaf, College of the Sequoias, Cal Lutheran, Louisville, Wayne State (NE), and Southwest Minnesota State. He played college football for St. Olaf.

Head coaching record

League	Team	Year	Regular season				Postseason
League	Team	Year	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
NIFL	Sioux Falls Storm	2001	8	8	.500	3rd in Central	1	1	.500	Lost to Wyoming Cavalry in Round 2
NIFL	Sioux Falls Storm	2002	8	6	.571	3rd in Western	—	—	—	—
Career total			16	14	.533		1	1	.500


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AFCA
Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (2010–2012)
2010	Augustana	11–2	9–1	1st (South)	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal	6
2011	Augustana	6–5	6–4	4th (South)
2012	Augustana	5–6	5–6	5th (South)
Augustana:		22–13	20–11
Minot State Beavers (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (2017–2022)
2017	Minot State	3–8	3–8	6th (North)
2018	Minot State	1–10	1–10	T–6th (North)
2019	Minot State	3–8	3–8	6th (North)
2020–21	No team—COVID-19
2021	Minot State	2–9	2–9	6th (North)
2022	Minot State	1–10	1–10	T–6th (North)
Minot State:		10–45	10–45
Total:		32–58
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

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"Mike Aldrich - Football Coach". MSU Athletics. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
"Minot State Football parting ways with head coach Mike Aldrich". KX NEWS. December 2, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
Keenan, Zach (December 2, 2022). "Minot State will not renew football Head Coach Mike Aldrich's contract". kfyrtv.com. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
"Alrich Out as Minot State Football Coach". The Dakotan. December 2, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
"Mike Aldrich returns to head coaching ranks with Minot State". Argus Leader. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
"Aldrich Resigns, Heads to Louisville". OurSports Central. January 9, 2003. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
"WSC football announces hiring of Mike Aldrich as defensive coordinator". The Norfolk Daily News. April 25, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
"Mike Aldrich - Football Coach". SMSU Athletics. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
"Mike Aldrich Leaves SMSU For Minot State". KELOLAND.com. January 30, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2023.

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Playoff appearances (17)

Division championships (6)

Indoor Bowl appearances (1)

United Bowl (UIF) appearances (4)

National Indoor Bowl appearances (1)

United Bowl (IFL) appearances (9)

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Seasons (19)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Bold indicates league championship victory Italics indicates league championship game appearance

v t e Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings head football coaches
Jorgen A. Johnson (1920–1921) Carl Anderson (1922–1924) Martin Cole (1925–1926) H. Paul Dee (1927–1930) Leonard A. Olson (1931–1942) No team (1943–1944) Harry Lackey (1945) Leonard A. Olson (1946) Bob Fitch (1947) Jerry Thompson (1948–1950) Linn Wells (1951–1952) Vic Pederson (1953) Pinky Falgren (1954–1955) Bob Burns (1956–1961) Jim Malmquist (1962–1968) Ralph Starenko (1969–1976) Joel Swisher (1977–1980) Lyle Eidsness (1981–1984) Jim Heinitz (1985–1992) Denny Moller (1993–1995) Jim Heinitz (1996–2004) Brad Salem (2005–2009) Mike Aldrich (2010–2012) Jerry Olszewski (2013–2019) No team (2020) Jerry Olszewski (2021– )

v t e Minot State Beavers head football coaches
Carl E. Bublitz (1925–1926) James W. Coleman (1927–1935) William D. Allen (1936–1945) Bill Richter (1946) Herb Parker (1947–1949) Ev Faunce (1950) Herb Parker (1951) Frank Good (1952) George Mellum (1953) Ted Keck (1954–1956) Vince Elgie (1957–1964) Bill Schaake (1965) Hank Hettwer (1966–1968) Ken Becker (1969–1974) Bert Leidholt (1975–1981) Randy Hedberg (1982–1989) Dave Hendrickson (1990–1999) Mike Sivertson (2000–2006) Paul Rudolph (2007–2013) Tyler Hughes (2014–2016) Mike Aldrich (2017–2019) No team (2020) Mike Aldrich (2021–2022) Ian Shields (2023– )

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