2024 WFCA HALL OF FAME Inductees include SPASH/UWSP’s Pete McAdams
2024 WFCA HALL OF FAME
The WFCA Hall of Fame inducted it’s inaugural class in 1980. Since then we have honored those that have made a difference in football in our great state each year at the annual awards banquet. At the present time the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame is located in Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in the Atrium at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
The 46th enshrinement into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame will take place in Madison at the Marriott West on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The WFCA will induct 12 new members into the Hall of Fame. We will also recognize two National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductees from Wisconsin, along with this year’s recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award and the Margie and Dick Rundle Positive Influence of Coaching Award. THE HALL OF FAME BANQUET IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. This year’s inductees and award recipients are as follows:
2025 WFCA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Jack Batten – West DePere/Green Bay East/Green Bay Preble
Bob Hepp – Independence/Manitowoc Lincoln/Viroqua/Campbellsport/Portage/Pardeeville
James Knudson – Cambria-Friesland
Tom Kujawa – Cudahy/Germantown
James Matthys – Brodhead-Juda
Pete McAdams – Stevens Point/UW-Stevens Point
Cory Milz – Black Hawk
Mike Olson – Pepin-Alma
Jim Peterson – Clayton/Rice Lake
Dave Puls – Lodi
James Schara – Cedarburg/Southern Door/Homestead
William Stanley – Menomonie
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC COACHES ASSOC. HALL OF FAME
Greg Lehman, Milwaukee Washington High School
Chuck Raykovich, Chippewa Falls High School
DAVE MCCLAIN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Bob Brainerd, Media Broadcaster
MARGE AND DICK RUNDLE POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF COACHING AWARD
Anton Graham, Racine Case High School
DATE: Saturday, April 5, 2025
PLACE: Marriott West, 1313 John Q Hammons Dr., Middleton, WI 53562
TIME: Reception 4:30-5:30 p.m., Dinner 5:30 p.m.
TICKETS: You can purchase Hall of Fame Banquet tickets online by clicking here, or by sending a check or money order for $50.00 ea. to PO Box 8, Poynette, WI 53955. No phone orders will be accepted until after Friday, March 21, 2025 when there will only be a very limited number of tickets still available. You must contact Charna to hold a ticket/s at will-call after that date! Charna Kelsey – [email protected], Office: 608-635-7318, or Cell: 608-843-7318
To view the list of the WFCA Hall of Fame click here.
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