Verl Westergard
Verl A. "Jiggs" Westergard (November 19, 1921 – October 4, 2001) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.[1] He served the head men's basketball coach at his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota in 1949.[2] He later served as a line coach at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey[3] and as a football, basketball and golf coach at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas until his retirement.[4]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Belgrade, Minnesota | November 19, 1921
Died | October 4, 2001 79) Seguin, Texas | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1939–1942 | Gustavus Adolphus |
Baseball | |
1943 | Superior Bays |
1946 | Superior Bays |
1947 | Waterloo White Hawks |
Position(s) | Relief pitcher (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1946–1949 | Gustavus Adolphus (assistant) |
1950–1952 | Upsala (line) |
1953–1961 | Hutchinson HS (MN) |
1962–1963 | Texas Lutheran |
Basketball | |
1949 | Gustavus Adolphus |
1959–1972 | Texas Lutheran |
Baseball | |
1948–1951 | Gustavus Adolphus |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 10–9 (college football) 109–217 (college basketball) 28–35 (college baseball) |
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Texas Lutheran Bulldogs (NAIA independent) (1962–1963) | |||||||||
1962 | Texas Lutheran | 5–4 | |||||||
1963 | Texas Lutheran | 5–5 | |||||||
Texas Lutheran: | 10–9 | ||||||||
Total: | 10–9 |
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References
- "Verl Westergard". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- "Men's BB Records-Coaches". gustavus.edu. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ""Jiggs" Westergard". Seguin Gazette. February 7, 1962. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- "Obituaries". Seguin Gazette. October 5, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
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