Vern Thomsen
Vern Thomsen is an American former football coach. He served as the head football coach at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri for five seasons, from 1983 to 1987, compiling a record of 24–31–1. Thomsen was the head football coach at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa from 1976 to 1982, tallying a mark of 58–12–1 in seven seasons. Thomsen was born in Exeter, Nebraska, and attended Fairbury Junior College and Peru State Teachers College.