Football
- Title:
- Assistant Football Coach
- Email:
- jelouis@stcloudstate.edu
- Phone:
- 320-308-3699
- Office:
- HaH 210A
A three-year starter, he earned All-North Central Conference recognition in 1996 as an Honorable Mention player and in 1997 as a Second Team honoree. He was also named to the 1996 and 1997 Academic All-North Central Conference teams. He ranked among the top five in Husky tackles during the 1995, 1996, and 1997 seasons. He was the second leading tackler for the Huskies in 1997 recording 94 that season. Louis currently ranks 14th on the St. Cloud State tackles chart with 236 during his career.
Louis joined the St. Cloud State coaching staff after three seasons as an assistant coach at Watburg College in Waverly, Iowa. At Wartburg, he was hired as the defensive line coach in 2005, and in 2006 was named the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Louis directed his Wartburg defense to the number one ranking in nearly every category in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). In 2007, the Knights were ranked in the top 15 nationally in five defensive categories, including second in the nation in scoring defense.
Prior to coaching at Wartburg College, Louis spent five season as an assistant football coach and assistant track and field coach at Minot State University. At Minot, he was the defensive coordinator in 2003 and 2004, and also coached inside and outside linebackers and the defensive line. The 2002 Minot squad won the conference championship and advanced to the NAIA national playoffs. At both Wartburg and Minot, Louis coordinated a defense based on a sound run defense and an aggressive zone blitz package.
Louis also spent two seasons as a graduate assistant football coach at St. Cloud State from 1998 to 2000. His assignment included working with the linebackers and serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coordinator.
Louis earned an undergraduate degree in applied psychology and a master’s in sports management at St. Cloud State. He has taught in the physical education departments at both Wartburg and Minot State.
