Gil Krueger | |
Birth Date: | 28 May 1929 |
Birth Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Walnut Creek, California, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Team2: | Marquette |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1949–1951 |
Player Team4: | Marquette |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1954–1955 |
Coach Team2: | Grantsburg HS (WI) (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1956–1963 |
Coach Team3: | Stoughton HS (WI) |
Coach Years4: | 1964–1965 |
Coach Team4: | North Central (IL) (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1966–1968 |
Coach Team5: | Macalester |
Coach Years6: | 1969–1973 |
Coach Team6: | Platteville State / Wisconsin–Platteville |
Coach Years7: | 1974–1977 |
Coach Team7: | Northern Michigan |
Coach Years8: | 1978–1982 |
Coach Team8: | New Mexico State |
Coach Years9: | 1983 |
Coach Team9: | New Jersey Generals (assistant) |
Coach Years10: | 1984–1987 |
Coach Team10: | Wisconsin–Superior |
Overall Record: | 104–114–4 (college football) 52–11–1 (high school football) |
Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs) 4–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Championships: | 1 NCAA Division II (1975) 3 WIAC (1969–1971) 1 MVC (1978) |
Gilbert John Krueger (May 28, 1929 – October 30, 2016) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Macalester College from 1966 to 1968, the University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1969 to 1973, Northern Michigan University from 1974 to 1977, New Mexico State University from 1978 to 1982, and the University of Wisconsin–Superior from 1984 to 1987, compiling a career college football record of 104–114–4. At Northern Michigan, his team won the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1975. He died in 2016, aged 87.[1]