Carl Iverson | |
Birth Date: | 18 June 1940 |
Birth Place: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Death Place: | Monmouth, Oregon, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Whitman College University of Wisconsin |
Coach Years1: | 1967 |
Coach Team1: | Western State (CO) (ends) |
Coach Years2: | 1968–1972 |
Coach Team2: | Northern State (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1973 |
Coach Team3: | Flathead HS (MT) |
Coach Years4: | 1974–1978 |
Coach Team4: | Western State (CO) (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1979 |
Coach Team5: | BYU (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 1980–1982 |
Coach Team6: | Gateway HS (CO) |
Coach Years7: | 1983–1984 |
Coach Team7: | Black Hills State |
Coach Years8: | 1985–1987 |
Coach Team8: | Western Oregon |
Coach Years9: | 1988–1995 |
Coach Team9: | Western State (CO) |
Coach Years10: | 1997–2000 |
Coach Team10: | Western State (CO) |
Coach Years11: | 2001–2004 |
Coach Team11: | Western Oregon |
Coach Years12: | 2006–2007 |
Coach Team12: | Western State (CO) (OC) |
Overall Record: | 126–85–3 (college) 25–17 (high school) |
Tournament Record: | 1–2 (NAIA D-I playoffs) 0–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Championships: | 2 SDIC (1983–1984) 6 RMAC (1991–1992, 1994–1995, 1997–1998) |
Awards: | NAIA Division I Coach of the Year (1991) 2× RMAC Coach of the Year (1996–1997) |
Carl "Duke" Iverson (June 18, 1940 – February 11, 2021) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Black Hills State University from 1983 to 1984, Western Oregon University from 1985 to 1987 and again from 2001 to 2004, and Western State College of Colorado—now known as Western Colorado University—from 1988 to 1995 and again from 1997 to 2000, compiling a career college football coaching record of 126–85–3. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Iverson returned to Western State Colorado for two seasons as offensive coordinator.[1]
Iverson graduated from Pe Ell High School in Pe Ell, Washington before earning his B.A. in chemistry from Whitman College in 1962 and his Ph.D. in biological science from the University of Wisconsin in 1967. In the fall of 1967, he began his coaching career as an assistant at Western State College of Colorado.[2] [3]
Iverson died on February 11, 2021, at his home in Monmouth, Oregon.[4]