1997 Augsburg Football Coaching Staff

assistant coaches
 

		Head Coach Jack Osberg Jack Osberg, a Minneapolis native, became Augsburg’s head football coach in March 1991.  In his six seasons, he has improved the program, going 2-7, 3-7, 5-5, 5-5 and 6-4 before going 3-7 last year.  After graduating from Minneapolis Washburn High School, he was a standout football player at Augsburg from 1958-61, and was inducted into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979.  He later served eight seasons as the school’s defensive coordinator (1977-84), and was head varsity coach for six seasons at Wayzata High School (1971-76).  Osberg’s coaching career also included one season as a graduate coach on Bob Devaney’s staff at Nebraska (1968-69).  Osberg’s prep coaching career began when he served for seven years as an assistant coach at Minneapolis Roosevelt (1962-68, ’69-70).  He also coached one season at Bloomington Kennedy (1970-71) before moving to Wayzata, where he taught biology for 20 years and coached in the varsity program from 1971-76 as head coach and from 1985-90 as an assistant coach.  While playing at Augsburg, Osberg twice was chosen All-MIAC in football. The nose guard-offensive guard was selected MVP, captain and Lutheran All-American. He also wrestled three seasons, and later was head wrestling coach at Roosevelt H.S.  Osberg has been recognized for his teaching excellence in the Wayzata school district, and also served as a Sunday School teacher and a youth coach in softball and hockey. He resides in Plymouth with his wife, Nina, who is also a teacher at Wayzata H.S. His six children are Rich (31), Jennifer (29), Peter (28), Jeff (28), James (25) and Anne (18).
		Drew Privette, Quarterbacks/Men's   Athletic Recruiting Coordinator  Drew Privette begins his sixth season as an Augsburg coach and third as Augsburg's men's athletic recruiter. Privette was a standout receiver for Augsburg and twice was named to the all-MIAC team. Privette still holds several Augsburg receiving records, including most career receptions (146), and most catches and yards in a game (14 catches, 180 yards). Privette was also an all-MIAC right winger for the Auggies hockey team. The Duluth native returned to Augsburg after coaching hockey for one season at St. Paul Johnson H.S., and one year at St. Bernard’s High School.  He lives in White Bear Lake with his wife,  Molly, and daughter Anna.
		Jim Roback, Defensive Coordinator  Jim Roback (Augsburg '63), who was inducted into Augsburg's Hall of Fame in 1990, joined the Augsburg staff in 1995 as defensive coordinator.  Roback has taught and coached in Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 for the past 33 years at both Anoka and Coon Rapids High Schools.   He was an assistant on the 1983 Coon Rapids State AA champion football team and has also helped coach teams and individuals to prep state tournaments in baseball, basketball and track & field.  After starring in baseball and football for Augsburg, Roback played professional baseball for one year in the Minnesota Twins' organization.  Roback and his wife, Pat, live in Anoka and have four grown children--Paul, Jill, Joni and Pete.
		Darrell Wiese, Assistant Recruiter/  Offensive Line  Darrell Wiese begins his third year as assistant athletic recruiter and assistant football and baseball coach for Augsburg.  Wiese, who served as a volunteer assistant in Augsburg's athletic programs for many years, has recruiting duties primarily in southern and southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.  Wiese attended Augsburg from 1956-59 and was a member of the 1959 Augsburg baseball team that tied St. Thomas and St. Mary's for the MIAC baseball championship.  Wiese and his wife, Arlys, live in rural Northfield.  They have two grown children--son Jim and daughter Karla.
		Reed Boltman  Linebackers  A former standout strong safety and linebacker for the Auggies, Reed Boltman enters his second year on the Auggies staff. Boltman was the Auggies' running backs coach last season. Boltman was a four-year letterwinner and three-time team MVP for the Auggies before graduating in 1988. His coaching career has included stints at Prior Lake H.S., St. Louis Park H.S. and Shakopee H.S. Boltman currently teaches physical education at Shakopee High School and lives in Shakopee with his wife, Trisha.
No Picture Available		Frank Haege, Offensive Coordinator   Frank Haege, a native of Virginia, Minn., joins the Augsburg staff for his second season. Haege, has followed in the footsteps of his father, Art, who has been a coach in the professional Arena Football League, most currently with the Iowa Barnstormers. Frank also serves full-time as the defensive coordinator and director of player personnel  for the New Jersey Red Dogs of the Arena Football League. Haege, who got his bachelor's degree at UW-Stout, earned his master's degree at Bemidji State, where he also coached football for four seasons. As a tight end at Stout, Haege earned three letters and was a three-time selection to the all-conference academic team. He was the team's leading receiver in 1991. Haege and his wife, Lori, reside in Hopkins with their son, Ryan, 12.
		Jeff Swenson, Defensive Line  Defensive line coach Jeff Swenson, a football letterwinner as a linebacker at Augsburg from 1975-78, begins his eighth season on the Auggies football staff. Swenson has distinguished himself as head coach of the college’s four-time national championship wrestling team. The 1975 Minneapolis South High graduate has coached Augsburg wrestling 15 seasons, and his teams have captured 14 MIAC titles. In 1995, Swenson was named National Coach of the Year in Division III wrestling for the third time, and he is among a prestigious group of wrestling coaches nationally to win 100 matches as a competitor and 100 dual matches as a coach.  As a student-athlete with the Auggies, Swenson was a three-time wrestling All-American — highlighted by an individual national championship at 167 pounds in 1979. He had a 102-17 competitive record and was selected as Honor Athlete for 1979. Swenson also serves as assistant athletic director and strength coach for the athletic department and Alumni A-Club representative.  Swenson, who earned his master's degree in health at the University of Minnesota in 1981, resides in Minneapolis.
		Ron Scott  Offensive Line  Augsburg Hall of Fame member Ron Scott  joins the Auggies  football coaching staff for his first season.  Scott, who played center for the Auggies during the 1959-61 seasons, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1995. Scott is a veteran of the coaching ranks in Minnesota. He coached at Comfrey for three years, four years as an assistant at Coon Rapids and 19 years as a head coach at Coon Rapids, where he won the 1983 Minnesota Class AA state title and was named state coach of the year. He was inducted into the Minnesota High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1990, and served as president of the Minnesota High School Football Coaches Association in 1980. Scott  taught at Comfrey and Coon Rapids for 13 years, served as counselor/dean at Coon Rapids for 12 years, and was assistant principal at Anoka High School for 10 years. Scott, who has been married to his wife, Karen, for 40 years, has four children (Roxanne, Susan, Peter and Jon) and eight grandchildren.
No Picture Available		Bill Kriesel, Defensive Backs  Bill Kriesel joins the Auggies coaching staff for his second season after a successful career as an Auggies defensive back. The Rosemount native was a three-time all-MIAC selection and he set a school single-season record with eight interceptions in 1993 and a single-game record with three against St. Thomas in 1992. His 15 career pickoffs is second in school history. Kriesel was an academic all-MIAC selection in 1995. He is presently working for Leather Limited at the Mall of America.
Student Assistants:
Joe Horan		Joe Sunde
OtherAssistants:
Vern Maunu		Jerome Fields Manager/ Video
Dave Wold PA Announcer		Paul Kriegler Head Trainer