Jeff Duvendeck joins the Carthage Staff with 23 years of experience coaching, recruiting and developing young men at the college level.
He has a track record of championship success including a DII National Championship and GLIAC Championship (1st for Grand Valley State University), Big Ten Championship (1st in 20 years for Michigan State University), 1st ever GLIAC Championship and playoff appearance for Michigan Technological University, and Pioneer League Conference Championship (1st FCS championship for St, Thomas)
He brings nine years experience as a head coach and 12 years as an offensive coordinator. Jeff has coached 12 All-Americans and 37 all-conference players. Eight players who have gone on to play in the NFL. Jeff has coached the Oline player of the year 5 times and coached a center who was league MVP.
Prior to joining Carthage he was Offensive line coach at St. Thomas University MN 2021 – 2023 seasons and helped them transition from DIII to FCS and win the Pioneer League Championship in 2022. He also was coordinator of the Career Development Program and alumni events coordinator.
In the 2020 fall season, Jeff served as a Sr. Offensive Analyst at Eastern Michigan University under Chris Creighton.
Duvendeck led the reboot of football at Lawrence Technological University from 2017 through 2019. This involved starting the football program from scratch after a 70-year hiatus. In their first season of play, 2018 they went 5-3 with all freshmen.
Jeff was head coach at Culver-Stockton College in Missouri from 2011-2016 in the NAIA. Under his leadership the Wildcats saw significant improvements. 2014 brought their first winning season in more than a decade (6-5). In 2014 the CSC passing offense was ranked 23rd in the country with 236.2 yards per game and defense held opponents to 119 rushing yards per game, ranking 14th in the nation. Over Jeff’s tenure at Culver, total offense improved from 174.5 yards per game to 411.8 yards per game. Scoring offense improved by 73% to 26 points per game. In 2016 Culver set school records of 3,877 total passing yards and 352.5 yards passing per game, ranking second in total passing yards and third in passing yards per game nationally.
Prior to Culver-Stockton, Duvendeck was an offensive graduate assistant at Michigan State University under coach Mark Dantonio. He worked with the wide receivers and fullbacks in the fall, and the offensive line and tight ends in the spring under the tutelage of Dan Roushar O-Line coach. Duvendeck helped lead the Spartans to the Big Ten Conference title and a berth in the Capital One Bowl in 2010.
Before joining the staff at MSU, Duvendeck spent four years at Northern Michigan University as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Under his direction, the Wildcats averaged 415.7 yards per game and 28.2 points per game in 2007, and 31.6 points per game in 2009 - an improvement of 8.5 points per game over his tenure. NMU’s rushing attack improved by 64 yards per game and third down conversions improved from 33-percent to 44-percent. During his time at NMU he was tutored by Carl “Buck” Nystrom who was a 1994 inductee into North Dakota State Athletic Hall of Fame and a 2014 inductee into Michigan State Athletic Hall of Fame.
Duvendeck served as the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Michigan Technological University from 2003-05. He helped the Huskies win the 2004 GLIAC conference title and advance to the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time in program history.
During the 2002 season, he served as a graduate assistant at Grand Valley State under Brian Kelly. As a Laker, he worked with the offensive line under the tutelage of Jeff Quinn O-Line coach and helped guide GVSU to a GLIAC conference title and the program’s first NCAA Division II National Championship.
Duvendeck began his football coaching career in the 2001 season as a graduate assistant at Tiffin University where he worked with the running backs.
Duvendeck worked as a student assistant strength coach at Central Michigan in 2001.
A native of Flushing, Mich., Duvendeck was a running back at Central Michigan University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in health promotion and rehabilitation. He earned his master’s degree in kinesiology from Michigan State University in 2016.
He is married to Breanne and they have 3 children Isaiah (8), Kinzie (7) and Caleb (3)
