Mike Dietzel - Football Coach - Ball State University Athletics

Mike Dietzel

Title:
Defensive Backs (Safeties) Coach
Phone:
765-285-2111
Email:
mddietzel@bsu.edu
Alma Mater:
Otterbein '85
Years at Ball State:
2nd season in 2020
Years Coaching:
36th season in 2020

Coaching Experience:
Ball State, defensive backs (safeties) coach, 2019-20
Central Michigan, linebackers/secondary/special teams coach, 2015-18
Buffalo, secondary/co-special teams coach, recruiting coordinator, 2010-14
Western Kentucky, defensive coordinator, secondary/linebackers/special teams coach, 2003-09
Kent State, defensive coordinator/secondary coach, 2001-02
New York/New Jersey Hitmen (XFL), secondary coach/defensive passing game coordinator, 2001
Army, running backs/wide receivers/tight ends coach, 1995-99
Johns Hopkins, secondary coach, 1994
Army, JV head coach/running backs coach, 1992-93
Pennsylvania, inside linebackers coach, 1991
Michigan, graduate assistant (outside linebackers), 1989-90
Pennsylvania, inside linebackers coach, 1988
Earlham, defensive coordinator, 1987
Colorado, graduate assistant (fullbacks, quarterbacks, linebackers), 1985-86

Coaching Notes:
Has more than 30 years of collegiate coaching experience, including stops at three previous MAC schools ... helped coach the 2020 BSU team to the program's first MAC Championship since 1996, its first-ever bowl victory in the Arizona Bowl and its first year-end rankings in the AP and coaches polls ... mentored All-MAC First Team safety Bryce Cosby in 2020 ... Ball State ranked 15th nationally in turnovers gained (24) in 2019 … spent seven years at Western Kentucky, including three as defensive coordinator ... helped Central Michigan to bowl appearances in three of his four seasons with the Chippewas before coming to BSU ... mentored three-time All-MAC linebacker Malik Fountain and All-MAC safety Kavon Frazier, a 2016 draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys, at CMU ... over nine seasons at Buffalo and CMU, his teams ranked second in the MAC in total defense four times ... helped Buffalo to the 2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl after just the second winning season in program history ... helped WKU to two FCS playoff appearances and then a 7-5 record in the first year of its transition to the FBS level ... helped the 2001 Kent State team to its first winning season in 14 years ... his Hitmen team led the XFL in pass defense in 2001 ... mentored an Army running backs group that led the nation in rushing in 1996 and 1998 ... guided the Army JV team to an 11-1 record over the 1992 and 1993 seasons ... coached in the 1989 Rose Bowl as a graduate assistant with Michigan ... shared the 1988 Ivy League championship at Penn.

Other Notes:
Played football at Otterbein University, where he was an honorable mention all-conference defensive back in 1983 ... earned his bachelor’s degree in educational administration from Otterbein (1985) and his master’s in educational administration from Colorado (1986) ... started the Fellowship of Christian Athletes program at Earlham in 1987 ... also coached track & field in his one year at Johns Hopkins.