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The 45th enshrinement into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame will take place in Madison at the Marriott West on Saturday, April 6, 2024. The WFCA will induct 12 new members to the Hall of Fame. We will also be recognizing two National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductees, along with The Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award recipient and one recipient of the Positive Influence of Coaching Award. THE HALL OF FAME BANQUET IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. This year’s inductees and award recipients are as follows: 

2024 WFCA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 
Tom Noennig – Hartford/Mayville
Pat Wagner – Milwaukee Riverside
Mike Minnick – DeForest/New London
Tom Chase – Weyauwega-Fremont/Ripon College/Randolph
Dave Rusch – Waukesha South/Westby/Hartford
Tim Simon – Middleton
Tim Eastlick – River Valley
Paul Feldhausen – Official
Steve Jorgensen – Oshkosh North/Kimberly
Jon Galewski – South Milwaukee
Nelson Edmonds – UW-Whitewater
John Dixon – UW-Platteville/Manitowoc   

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC COACHES ASSOC. HALL OF FAME
Joe LaBuda, Menomonie
Tom Swittel, Dominican/Brookfield East/Wauwatosa East/Milwaukee Vincent

DAVE MCCLAIN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD 
Nick Skretta & Jay Benish, WFCA

MARGE AND DICK RUNDLE POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF COACHING AWARD
Jeff Wallack, Saint Francis

DATE: Saturday, April 6, 2024
PLACE: Marriott West, 1313 John Q Hammons Dr., Middleton, WI 53562 
TIME: Reception 4:30-5:30 p.m., Dinner 5:30 p.m. 
TICKETS: Purchased locally by sending your check made payable to the WFCA, $45.00 each

ONLY 1000 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. You must have a ticket to enter the banquet hall. No phone orders will be taken. Please send your check made payable to the WFCA, C/O the name and address of the local person on the line above. Or you may send your check to the WFCA Office, PO BOX 8, Poynette, WI 53955.

Travis Wilson serves as the WisSports.net General Manager, Football Editor, and contributing writer for other parts of the site. Wilson was selected as part of the Sports 40 Under 40 list by Coach & AD Magazine and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for 2019. The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) named Travis the 2015 recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves on the WFCA Executive Board and is a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. A graduate of Richland Center High School and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Travis was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball, basketball), inducted to the Richland Center High School Hall of Fame in 2023, and currently resides in Reedsburg. You can follow him on Twitter at @travisWSN.

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