Posts By: Walt Fiegel Foundation

Congratulations to our 2025 Scholarship Recipients! East HighDane MiltonMiri NannestadAnnika BremerJax Theeler Sergeant Bluff-LutonBrooklyn OckerCaden Waugh North HighPhuong TranVanessa TruongDerek Folchert Bishop HeelanJack SchrammMackenzie TottBrigid McGowan Dakota ValleyLaila Sitting Crow  We wish you the very best in your future endeavors! “Don’t forget where you came from” – WF

March 1, 2025–The Walt Fiegel Coaching With Character award was presented to the family of the late Coach Butch Pedersen of West Branch. The beloved hall of fame coach spent his entire 40 year career at West Branch. He lost his battle with blood cancer in April of 2023, but his memory lives on. This… Read more »

Congratulations to our 2024 Scholarship Recipients! Bishop HeelanAbigail WhiteFernanda GarciaKalyn Koob Dakota ValleyAshlynn StusseBrendan BarnettKarlee Hughes Sergeant Bluff-LutonElla FochtJulian JervikJulian McGinty East HighArianna MillerGracie BrueningLuke Vander WeideMackenzie CrawfordOlivia MentzerUziel Garcia North HighAnahi Sanchez West HighJersie Cherkas We wish you the very best in your future endeavors! “Don’t forget where you came from” – WF

Don Anderson is the 2023 recipient of the Iowa Football Coaches Association (IFCA) Walt Fiegel Coaching Award. A native and high school graduate of Dows, Anderson attended Iowa Central Community College and Northwest Missouri State University before entering coaching. He has been a head football coach for 40 years at the high school level and… Read more »

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — “Tough Times Don’t Last, Tough People Do!” and “Don’t ever forget where you came from.” Just two of the many sayings former Sioux City East football coach Walt Fiegel coined while coaching. Now, 20 years after his passing a foundation in his name continues to share his words and his… Read more »

The 20th Annual Walt Fiegel Foundation will be held May 18-19-20, 2023 Happy Hour – Thursday, May 18th – 5:59pm at Bob Roe’s Point After Dinner, Scholarship Recipeint Recognition, Auction – Friday, May 19th at Sgt. Bluff Community Center starting at 5:29am Golf Tournment on Saturday, May 20th at Whispering Creek starting at 11:59am

Gary Swenson, Radcliffe native and graduate, has spent 48 years coaching high school football, including the last 46 seasons as head coach. His stops have included Manning, West Marshall, Spencer, and currently Valley, West Des Moines. Swenson has an overall record of 392-120 and taken his teams to the playoffs for the last 36 consecutive… Read more »

Chloe Best – Bishop Heelan High SchoolEthan Breyfogle – East High SchoolGabrielle Comstock – West High SchoolRyan Crawford – East High SchoolAnesa Davenport – Heelan High SchoolLizbeth Garcia-Ramirez – Heelan High SchoolYvette Guerrero – Heelan High SchoolMason Hardin – East High SchoolPaige LaFave – East High SchoolKaleb Nutt – East High SchoolAlex Reinhardt – Dakota… Read more »

Save the date! The Walt Fiegel Foundation annual dinner and golf tournament will be held August 20-21, 2021. We are planning a happy hour for Thursday, August 19. Location TBD. Friday night, August 20, we will have the dinner/auction and scholarship awards at the Sergeant Bluff Community Center. Scholarship recipients names will be announced on… Read more »

Steve Milder began the 2020 season seventh in wins among active Iowa high school football coaches, leading teams for 45 years as a head coach. In his tenure at West Central, Maynard, he has coached 16 playoff teams including a state championship squad in 1997 and a 1978 runner-up. A graduate of Regina, Iowa City… Read more »