Gene Wockenfuss
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| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1970s–1980s | Dakota State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1991 | South Dakota State (GA) |
| 1994–2001 | Doane (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Dakota State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1994–2001 | Doane (assistant AD) |
| 2004 | Dakota State (interim AD) |
| 2004–2012 | Dakota State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–17 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-SDIC (1982) | |
Gene Roger Wockenfuss is an American former college football coach and athletic director, formerly the head coach and athletic director of the Dakota State Trojans.[1]
Originally from Ipswich, South Dakota, Wockenfuss played football for the Dakota State Trojans in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1] While there, he earned a spot on the All-SDIC team in 1982.[2] He graduated from Dakota State University with a bachelor's degree in 1983.[3][4] Wockenfuss then spent time coaching at Polk-Hardville High School from 1983–1988 and Valley High School in Valley, Nebraska from 1989–1990.[3] Wockenfuss then spent two seasons with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits as a graduate assistant during the 1991 and 1992 seasons.[3] He then spent eight years as an assistant football coach and assistant athletic director at Doane University in Crete, Nebraska.[5]
In 2002, Wockenfuss was hired as the next head coach of the Dakota State Trojans.[5] He spent two seasons as head coach, accumulating an overall record of 3–17.[6][1] In June 2004, he stepped down as head coach after being named the interim athletic director at Dakota State.[5] He was named as the full time athletic director in December 2004, a role that he held until 2012.[1][7]
