Gene Wockenfuss

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Gene Wockenfuss
Playing career
?–1982 Dakota State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1991 South Dakota State (GA)
1994–2001 Doane (assistant)
2002–2003 Dakota State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1994–2001 Doane (assistant AD)
2004 Dakota State (interim AD)
2004–2012Dakota State
Head coaching record
Overall3–17
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Gene Wockenfuss is an American former college football coach and athletic director, formerly the head coach and athletic director of the Dakota State Trojans. [1]

Originally from Ipswich, South Dakota, Wockenfuss played football for the Dakota State Trojans in the late 1970s and early 1980s. [1] While there, he earned a spot on the All-SDIC team in 1982. [2] He graduated from Dakota State University with a bachelor's degree in 1983. [3] Wockenfuss then spent time coaching at Polk-Hardville High School from 1983–1988 and Valley High School in Valley, Nebraska from 1989–1990. [3] Wockenfuss then spent two seasons with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits as a graduate assistant during the 1991 and 1992 seasons. [3] He then spent eight years as an assistant football coach and assistant athletic director at Doane University in Crete, Nebraska. [4]

In 2002, Wockenfuss was hired as the next head coach of the Dakota State Trojans. [4] He spent two seasons as head coach, accumulating an overall record of 3–17. [5] [1] In June of 2004, he stepped down as head coach after being named the interim athletic director at Dakota State. [4] He was named as the full time athletic director in December of 2004, a role that he held until 2012. [1]

Wockenfuss has since pursued a career in senior living, spending time as an executive director at several senior communities in Alabama, Texas, Florida, Nebraska, and Tennessee. [6] He currently serves as interim administrator at Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison, South Dakota. [6]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Dakota State (DAC)(2002–2003)
2002 Dakota State1–91–810th
2003 Dakota State2–82–79th
Dakota State:3–173–15
Total:3–17
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

[5] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Leeds, Larry (April 6, 2012). "Wockenfuss steps down as DSU athletic director". Madison Daily Leader. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Dakota State Men's All-Conference Selections". dsuathletics.com. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "South Dakota State University 1991 Football Guide" (PDF). openprairie.sdstate.edu. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Wockenfuss Tabbed As DSU Athletic Director". yankton.net. Madison, SD. December 21, 2004. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Dakota State Trojans NAIA College Football Scores". college-football-results.com. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Our Team". bethelcommunity.com. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  7. ↑ "DAC-10 Standings". The Bismarck Tribune . Bismarck, North Dakota. November 11, 2002. p. 4D. Retrieved November 4, 2025– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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