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IFCA WALT FIEGEL COACHING WITH CHARACTER AWARD

IFCA Walt Fiegel Coaching with Character Award


Walt Fiegel

Coach Walt Fiegel was the long time football coach at East high School in Sioux City, Iowa. During his tenure at Sioux City, he served as head sophomore coach and head varsity coach three different times. His Black Raider team won the Class 4A State Title in 1984.

Coach Walt Fiegel served as the Executive Secretary of the Iowa Football Coaches Association from 1977-1994, 17 years!

This award recognizes a person who embodies the high character, integrity, concern for kids, and service to the profession that were evident during Coach Fiegel’s career.

 

 

The 2024 Walt Fiegel Award Winner is:

DON ANDERSON

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 a college football assistant coach at Buena Vist for one. His varsity stops included Dumont, Thompson-Woden-Crystal Lake, North Iowa, Rockwell City-Lytton, Sumner-Fredericksburg, Battle Creek-Ida Grove and Iowa Falls-Alden. Anderson has had teams qualify for the state playoffs in four different classes and has served as a past IFCA president and Academic All-State committee chairman. Don has also coached boys and girls basketball, boys and girls track, baseball and golf.


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