He won 100 games and two national championships during two five-year stints as head coach at UMD and also served nine years as the school's athletic director.

Following the program’s most successful season in the Division I FCS era, University of South Dakota head football coach Bob Nielson is stepping down with plans to

The University of South Dakota announced that head football coach Bob Nielson is stepping down with plans to retire after coaching 32 seasons.

For the first time in almost a decade, the South Dakota Coyotes football program will not be led by Bob Nielson, who announced his retirement on Thursday afternoon. Nielson spent nine of his 32 years of head coaching experience with the Coyotes,