Jerry Partridge is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri, a position he has held since the 1997 season. Before becoming head coach at Missouri Western in 1997, Partridge assisted various teams from 1986 to 1996. Partridge was a graduate assistant for the 1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, who won the national championship.