Gwynn Christensen
American football and baseball coach (1925–2017)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1925-08-21)August 21, 1925 Lake Mills, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | November 5, 2017(2017-11-05) (aged 92) Hammond, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1947–1950 | Wisconsin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1950 | Mondovi HS (WI) |
| 1959–1961 | Wayne State (NE) |
| 1962–1969 | River Falls State |
| Baseball | |
| 1960–1961 | Wayne State (NE) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1962–1970 | River Falls State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 42–50–8 (college football) |
Gwynn M. Christensen (August 21, 1925 – November 5, 2017) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska from 1959 to 1961 and Wisconsin State College–River Falls—now known as the University of Wisconsin–River Falls—from 1962 to 1969.[1] Christensen was also the head baseball coach at Wayne State from 1960 to 1961.[citation needed]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne State Wildcats (Nebraska College Conference) (1959–1961) | |||||||||
| 1959 | Wayne State | 4–4–1 | 4–3–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1960 | Wayne State | 5–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1961 | Wayne State | 4–5 | 3–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Wayne State: | 13–13–1 | 11–8–1 | |||||||
| River Falls State Falcons (Wisconsin State College Conference / Wisconsin State University Conference) (1962–1969) | |||||||||
| 1962 | River Falls State | 3–5–1 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1963 | River Falls State | 4–3–2 | 3–3–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1964 | River Falls State | 5–3 | 4–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 1965 | River Falls State | 4–3–2 | 3–2–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1966 | River Falls State | 6–2–1 | 6–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1967 | River Falls State | 2–7 | 2–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 1968 | River Falls State | 3–6–1 | 2–5–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1969 | River Falls State | 2–8 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
| River Falls State: | 29–37–7 | 24–32–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 42–50–8 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Gwynn M. Christensen". wdtimes.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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Wayne State Wildcats head football coaches
- Frank Martin (1912)
- Clyde Keckly (1913–1914)
- John Gross (1915–1916)
- No team (1917–1918)
- Arthur C. Serfling (1919)
- Oliver Talmage Marston (1920)
- Fred G. Dale (1921–1927)
- Ray Hickman (1928–1937)
- Jim Morrison (1938–1945)
- Don Emery (1946–1947)
- Bob Kahler (1948)
- Jack Wink (1949–1951)
- Marvin Lewellyn (1952–1957)
- Russell Young (1958)
- Gwynn Christensen (1959–1961)
- John Jermier (1962–1968)
- Del Stoltenberg (1969–1982)
- Pete Chapman (1983–1988)
- Dennis Wagner (1989–1996)
- Kevin Haslam (1997–1999)
- Scott Hoffman (2000–2004)
- Dan McLaughlin (2005–2019)
- No team (2020)
- John McMenamin (2021)
- Logan Masters (2022– )
