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Professor Jerry Bergsma serves as a full Professor in the Kinesiology Department at Calvin University, where he has taught for over a decade following his recent promotion. Concurrently, he enters his eighth year as head coach of the women's golf team and previously led women's tennis for 11 years, plus an interim stint with women's volleyball that secured an MIAA Tournament championship and NCAA Division III berth.
His academic credentials include:
- EdD in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University (2011)
- MA in Pedagogy from Western Michigan University (1996)
- BA in Physical Education from Calvin College (1990)
Bergsma's scholarly work focuses on Teacher Education, Physical Education, and Sports Coaching within Kinesiology, emphasizing the synergy between athletic performance and academic excellence. His women's golf teams have earned the MIAA Team GPA Award four times in six years for maintaining 3.30+ cumulative GPAs.
While the text does not specify graduate student advising or research grants, his mentorship extends to developing student-athletes holistically through coaching roles that prioritize both competitive success and scholarly achievement.
He actively leads Calvin's women's golf program (8 years), previously directed women's tennis (11 years), and engineered the volleyball team's conference championship during his interim leadership, demonstrating versatile program-building expertise across multiple sports.
