Congratulations to Hall of Fame Coach Kal Goodchild of Benton for receiving the Walt Fiegel Coaching With Character Award! So well deserved!
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The late Coach Butch Pedersen of West Branch is awarded the Walt Fiegel Coaching With Character Award
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 »
2023 Walt Fiegel Award Winner is Don Anderson
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 »
Gary Swenson of West Des Moines Valley wins IFCA Walt Fiegel Coaching With Character Award
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 »
The 2020 IFCA Walt Fiegel Award Winner is Steve Milder of West Central, Maynard
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 »
Lyle Alumbaugh – Panorama HS, ADM HS receives 2018 IFCA Walt Fiegel Coaching With Character Award
Lyle Alumbaugh was a coach at Panorama High School for 24 years, 21 of them as the head man. He retired from Panorama at the conclusion of the 2017 season. He won 120 games at Panora and earned 9 playoff appearances during that time. “Coach A” earned his bachelors and master’s degree from Missouri before… Read more »
Pezzetti receives Coaching with Character Award
Nov. 18, 2016 by Dan Holm of the Des Moines Register Ankeny Centennial co-head football coach Jerry Pezzetti was the recipient of the Walt Fiegel Award on Friday in Cedar Falls. Jerry Pezzetti has been awarded a lot of honors during his legendary coaching career. On Friday, Ankeny Centennial’s co-head football coach received an award that means… Read more »