| Carl Eggebrecht | |
| Birth Date: | 9 November 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Wausau, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1914 |
| Player Team2: | Beloit |
| Player Years3: | 1915 |
| Player Team3: | River Falls Normal |
| Player Years4: | 1917 |
| Player Team4: | Springfield |
| Player Sport5: | Basketball |
| Player Years6: | 1914–1915 |
| Player Team6: | Beloit |
| Player Years7: | 1915–1916 |
| Player Team7: | River Falls Normal |
| Player Years8: | 1917–1920 |
| Player Team8: | Springfield |
| Player Positions: | Fullback (football) Center (basketball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1920 |
| Coach Team2: | Lombard |
| Coach Years3: | 1921–1923 |
| Coach Team3: | Heidelberg |
| Coach Years4: | 1924–1926 |
| Coach Team4: | Marshall HS (MN) |
| Coach Years5: | 1927–1928 |
| Coach Team5: | Stevens Point |
| Coach Years6: | 1935–1936 |
| Coach Team6: | Midland |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1921–1924 |
| Coach Team8: | Heidelberg |
| Coach Years9: | 1924–1926 |
| Coach Team9: | Marshall HS (MN) |
| Coach Years10: | 1927–1929 |
| Coach Team10: | Stevens Point |
| Coach Years11: | 1935–1937 |
| Coach Team11: | Midland |
| Coach Sport12: | Baseball |
| Coach Years13: | 1921 |
| Coach Team13: | Lombard |
| Admin Years1: | 1921–1923 |
| Admin Team1: | Heidelberg |
| Admin Years2: | 1924–1927 |
| Admin Team2: | Marshall HS (MN) |
| Admin Years3: | 1927–1929 |
| Admin Team3: | Stevens Point |
| Admin Years4: | 1935–1937 |
| Admin Team4: | Midland |
| Overall Record: | 25–28–5 (college football) 19–32 (college basketball, excluding Midland) |
| Championships: | Football 1 WSTCC (1928) |
Carl A. "Eggs" Eggebrecht (November 9, 1893 – July 1, 1958) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1920, Heidelberg College—now known as Heidelberg University—in Tiffin, Ohio from 1921 to 1923, Central State Teachers College—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point—in Stevens Point, Wisconsin from 1927 to 1928, and Midland College—now known as Midland University—in Fremont, Nebraska from 1935 to 1936, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–28–5.
Eggebrecht was born on November 9, 1893, in Wausau, Wisconsin.[1] There he graduated from Wausau High School, where he was a member of the football, basketball, and track teams.
Eggebrecht first attended college at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, where he played football and basketball.[2] [3] He then moved on to River Falls Normal School—now known as University of Wisconsin–River Falls—where he was a member of the varsity football and basketball teams before graduating in 1916. He played for the football team in the fall of 1915 and the basketball team that winter. Both squads won the Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin title in their respective sports.[4]
Eggebrecht spent the 1916–17 academic year as the principal of a grade school in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He resigned from that position in 1917 to attend Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.[5] Eggebrecht played as a fullback on Springfield's football team that fall.[6] He also played as a center on Springfield’s basketball team and was elected as team captain for the 1918–19 season.[7]
Eggebrecht began his coaching career at the college level in 1920, when we was hired as physical director and athletic coach at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois.[8]
Eggebrecht moved to Marshall High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1924, where he coached football and baseball for three seasons and basketball for two.[9] He resigned from his post as Marshall High School in the summer of 1927 and was hired as coach and athletic director at Stevens Point Normal School—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.[10] In June 1935, Eggebrecht was appointed the athletic director at Midland College—now known as Midland University—in Fremont, Nebraska.[11]
Eggebrecht later worked as an automobile dealer in Wausau. He died on July 1, 1958, at a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.[1]