Marschalk, Paul

Born Jan. 3, 1901, in Lake of the Woods County, Minn. Warroad, Minn., HS. Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.). Known as much for his inventions as his coaching. Was athletic director and head football, basketball and track coach at Pierre for 18 years (1927-45). He guided the Governors to eight Central South Dakota Conference championships each […]

Marske, Ruth

Born Oct. 14, 1933 in Andover. Andover H.S. 1955 Northern State grad. Coached outstanding track, volleyball, softball and basketball teams at SDSU in the 1970s and ‘80s. Seven times in what was then the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, SDSU won state AIAW track titles. When the North Central Conference began women’s sports, her […]

Martin, Jack

1941 Creighton grad. Was athletic director and head coach in all sports at USD-Springfield from 1946-56. In 21 years as football coach at USD-S, he guided the Pointers to four South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference championships and a 103-64-5 record. His basketball teams were 89-78 and his track teams finished in the top four in the […]

Martin, Doug

A basketball coach for 46 years, Martin guided Dakota Wesleyan to four conference titles and a national tournament berth in 17 seasons. Martin coached college men’s basketball for 31 years in South Dakota, starting as an assistant at the University of South Dakota from 1974-78. He was Mount Marty’s head coach for four years, then […]

Meyer, Don

Northern State’s coach for 11 seasons, Meyer retired in 2010 as the winningest men’s basketball coach in NCAA history, breaking a record set by Bobby Knight. In a 38-year career, the Wayne, Neb., native and Northern Colorado grad won 923 games and lost 324. And in all that time only one player who completed his […]

Miner, Jim

Jim Miner graduated for Watertown High School in 1959 and Huron College in 1963. He was known as a tireless recruiter at Yankton who got many boys and girls participating in extra-curricular activities. In 2019, he was still volunteering his services to coach students and mentor coaches. Miner was football defensive coordinator under Max Hawk […]

Mitchell, Floyd

Born in 1908. 1927 Highmore grad. 1933 Iowa grad. Mitchell’s career as an athlete and coach spanned more than 50 years in South Dakota. He was the coach at Southern State Teachers College (later known as USD-Springfield) for almost 30 years, and he guided the Pointers to their first South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference basketball title […]

Mitchell, Ronald

Ronald Mitchell is hearing, but for nearly 50 years was a dedicated supporter/promoter of deaf sports programs in South Dakota, Minnesota and nationally as an athlete, coach and administrator. Mitchell served as a Team USA assistant coach at the 1993 Deaf Olympics in Sweden, where one of his athletes won five gold medals. For 36 […]

Munsen, Gary

A White Lake High and General Beadle (now Dakota State) grad, Munsen was one of the state’s most prolific basketball coaches in terms of both wins and state championships. He coached boys basketball for 46 years – 42 as a head coach, the last 39 of which were at Mitchell, which he turned into a […]

Naasz, Harvey

The Mobridge High and University of South Dakota grad was one of the state’s finest prep football coaches, going 169-58-3 in 24 seasons, mostly at Winner. He coached 17 years at Winner, where he guided the Warriors to three state titles (1981, ’87 and ’89) and one runner-up finish (1986). Naasz’s Warriors were unbeaten in […]