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Jarrod DeGeorgia is the Head Coach/Dir. Football Ops/Off. Coordinator of the Sioux City Bandits (www.scbandits.com/#) of the Indoor Football League (goifl.com/).

Jarrod DeGeorgia was born in Lompoc, Ca where he played three years on the varsity football team. His running back was Napolean Kaufman, who had a successful career with the Oakland Raiders. After high school he went on to play in junior college in Santa Barbara where he was an All American. In 1994 DeGeorgia was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals for baseball. In 1995, he was named Western State Conference Player of the Year. He went on to Wayne State to play on a football scholarship. In 1996, the offense was ranked number two in the nation. He set NCAA records in one game when he went 56-76 for 699 yds against Drake University. In 1997, DeGeorgia went on to play Arena Football for the Iowa Barnstormers. He played their behind Superbowl MVP Kurt Warner. 1999 sent coach overseas to play in the World Football League in Stockholm, Sweden. While there he was named MVP and Import Player of the Year. In 2000, Coach DeGeorgia came back to Sioux City to quarterback the Sioux City Attack. He played five seasons for the Attack/Bandits and holds virtually every QB record. After the 2005 season where he led the Bandits to a 15 and 3 record, throwing for 57 tds and rushing for another 18 scores, DeGeorgia retired from the game he loves. When he is not on the football field you can catch the coach and Curtis Anderson on "Your Sports Show" on Fox Sports Radio 620 KMNS Monday thru Friday from 4 pm to 6pm. Coach DeGeorgia is also a primary partner of "TDs and 3's Sports Publications" which previews high school sports in the state of Iowa.
His wife Melissa, an elementary school teacher, is from Sioux City, and they have two beautiful children, Siena Rae and Jayce Ryder.


Home Games Highlighted
All games kick off at 7:05
Sun., Mar. 15 Outlaws L (12 - 82)
Sat., Mar. 21 Bloomington Extreme
Sat., Apr. 04 Bloomington Extreme
Sat., Apr. 11 Sioux Falls Storm
Sat., Apr. 18 Sioux Falls Storm
Sat., Apr. 25 Wichita Wild
Sat., May. 02 RiverCity Rage
Sat., May. 16 Colorado Ice
Sat., May. 30 Wichita Wild
Fri., Jun. 05 Omaha Beef
Sat., Jun. 13 Fairbanks Grizzlies
Fri., Jun. 19 Saginaw Sting
Sat., Jun. 27 Omaha Beef
Sat., Jul. 11 Sioux Falls Storm

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Game one was not quite what Sioux City was hoping for -

Sioux City Journal (Mar. 16, 2009)
BILLINGS, Mont. -- From the first snap of Sunday afternoon's Indoor Football League game, things went from bad to worse in a hurry for the Sioux City Bandits.

Quarterback Michael Spriggs lost his first exchange with center Tauoa Manamea on the opening play of the game at Rimrock Auto Arena. One play after Michael Landry's fumble recovery at the Bandits' 8-yard line, running back Charles Anthony ran for the first of four touchdowns he scored in an 82-12 victory.

It was the most points the Bandits have allowed in a single game and the largest margin of defeat in team history. Billings had topped 70 points in three other games against Sioux City and has been defeated only once in a nine-game series that started in 2001.

Winning quarterback Chris Dixon completed 17 of 21 passes for 182 yards and six touchdowns. Dixon, last year's United Indoor Football most valuable player, when he passed for 2,882 yards and 63 touchdowns, fired four of the scoring passes to James Walton, who came to Billings in a trade from Bloomington, where last year, he had 92 catches for 1,154 yards and 28 touchdowns.

Spriggs was sacked four times by a defense that allowed just 76 yards total offense. Sioux City running back John Bentley, UIF's rushing leader a year ago with 797 yards and 22 touchdowns, ran for a 20-yard touchdown in the third quarter, but was held to 21 yards on nine other rush attempts.

Michael Eby recorded the first of his two interceptions two plays into Sioux City's second offensive series, returning the football 12 yards to the Bandits' 24. Anthony then ran 26 yards for a touchdown and barely 3.5 minutes into the game, Billings was ahead, 14-0.

Spriggs, who has played in three indoor football leagues (NIFL, AIFL, af2), competed outdoors last year for the Twin Cities Lumberjacks in the MFL, where he threw 26 touchdown passes. He hit Tommy Hofer with a 31-yard touchdown that pulled the Bandits within 14-6 at the 10:16 mark of the first quarter, but three minutes later, Anthony completed a five-play, 25-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown trot that gave Billings a 20-6 lead.

Billings got a touchdown from its defense in a 29-point second quarter that ended when Michael Bazemore returned a fumble recovery five yards for a score. In the fourth quarter, Bazemore (4.5 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 fumble recovery) blocked Chris Hicks' 61-yard field goal and Kelly Rouse recovered the loose ball in the end zone.

Alex Ardley topped Sioux City's defense with 6.5 tackles while Buddy Williams added 4.5.

The Bandits will host the Bloomington Extreme Saturday night, starting at 7:05 at the Tyson Events Center.

Billings 82, Sioux City 12

Sioux City 6 0 6 0 -- 12

Billings 20 29 14 19 -- 82

First Quarter

BIL: Charles Anthony 8 run (J.J. Morin kick) 14:12

BIL: Anthony 26 pass from Chris Dixon (Morin kick) 11:34

SCB: Tommy Hofer 31 pass from Michael Spriggs (kick failed) 10:16

BIL: Anthony 2 run (kick failed) 6:55.

Second Quarter

BIL: James Walton 12 pass from Dixon (Morin kick) 13:43

BIL: Jamie January 7 pass from Dixon (Dixon run) 7:04

BIL: Walton 20 pass from Dixon (Morin kick) 3:04

BIL: Michael Bazemore 5 fumble recovery return (Morin kick) 1:25

Third Quarter

BIL: Anthony 27 run (Morin kick) 14:22

BIL: Walton 3 pass from Dixon (Morin kick) 5:11

SCB: John Bentley 20 run (pass failed) :22

Fourth Quarter

BIL: Walton 13 pass from Dixon (Morin kick) 12:50

BIL: Kelly Rouse recovers blocked kick in end zone (kick failed) 8:45

BIL: Tim Brown 11 run (kick failed) 4:50

TEAM STATISTICS

Bandits Outlaws

First downs 6 20

Rushes-yards 17-36 19-117

Passing yards 40 182

Passes 9-22-4 17-21-0

Total plays-yards 43-76 40-299

Fumbles-lost 10-2 0-0

Penalties-yards 10-44 10-62

Possession time 31:22 28:18

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Bandits -- John Bentley 10-41, Bruce Jones 3-(-1), Michael Spriggs 4-(-4). Billings -- Charles Anthony 8-64, Tim Brown 8-43, Chris Dixon 3-13.

PASSING: Bandits -- Spriggs 9-19-3 -- 75, Jones 0-3-1 -- 0, TEAM 0-0-0 -- (-35). Billings -- Dixon 17-21-0 -- 182.

RECEIVING: Bandits -- Tommy Hofer 4-42, Damon Mothershead 2-14, Bentley 2-8, James White 1-11. Billings -- James Walton 6-64, Brown 4-37, Jamie January 3-29, Anthony 2-28, Willie Austin 2-24.

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Bandits Announce Resignation of Jarrod DeGeorgia

Sioux City Bandits Press Release (Jul. 28, 2009)
(July 28, 2009) Today the Sioux City Bandits of the Indoor Football League announce the resignation of Head Coach Jarrod DeGeorgia. Jarrod has been the Head Coach for the past two seasons compiling a won loss record of 8-21. His 2008 team qualified for the UIF playoffs and lost in the first round to River City, 37-33. DeGeorgia has accepted a position with Paul Davis Restoration in Sioux City. With his new position coaching the Bandits was not an option to continue to do. JD was chosen as Head Coach in 2007 after a lengthy interview process that was coordinated by a Search Committee put together by Managing Partner Bob Scott.

Jarrod has been a quarterback in Sioux City for the Attack in 2000 during the inaugural IFL season. He also quarterbacked the Bandits in 2002, 2003 and the 13-2 regular season of 2005. JD is the All-Time Bandits leader in passing statistics. He has played in 62 games with 752 completions in 1,389 attempts, good for 147 touchdowns and 8,615 yards. His completion percentage over his career is 54%. He averaged 139 yards per game and is his efficiency rating was an all-time best of 99.3%. In 2005, DeGeorgia played in 18 games, starting all 18, completed 192 of 337 passes for 54 touchdowns and 2,309 yards, which stand as an all-time season best. Also, he completed 57% of his passes, good for 128 yards per game and his efficiency rating was 160.28%. Also, in 2005, JD rushed for 18 touchdowns.

DeGeorgia has long been one of the most popular players to wear a Bandits uniform. JD is one of five players to have his jersey retired by the team. Before coming to Sioux City, Jarrod played Arena Football for the Iowa Barnstormers in Des Moines, Iowa and was the backup to former NFL MVP quarterback Kurt Warner. In 1999, he played for the Stockholm Crowns of the European Football League and was named Import Player of the Year and MVP. Jarrod played his college football at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, where he still holds numerous passing records.

JD and his wife Melissa along with their two children reside in Dakota Dunes, SD.

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