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The 46th enshrinement into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame will take place in Madison at the Marriott West on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The WFCA will induct 12 new members into the Hall of Fame. We will also recognize two National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductees from Wisconsin, along with this year’s recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award and the Margie and Dick Rundle 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:

2025 WFCA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Jack Batten – West DePere/Green Bay East/Green Bay Preble
Bob Hepp – Independence/Manitowoc Lincoln/Viroqua/Campbellsport/Portage/Pardeeville
James Knudson – Cambria-Friesland
Tom Kujawa – Cudahy/Germantown
James Matthys – Brodhead-Juda
Pete McAdams – Stevens Point/UW-Stevens Point
Cory Milz – Black Hawk
Mike Olson – Pepin-Alma
Jim Peterson – Clayton/Rice Lake
Dave Puls – Lodi
James Schara – Cedarburg/Southern Door/Homestead
William Stanley – Menomonie

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC COACHES ASSOC. HALL OF FAME
Greg Lehman, Milwaukee Washington High School
Chuck Raykovich, Chippewa Falls High School

DAVE MCCLAIN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Bob Brainerd, Media Broadcaster

MARGE AND DICK RUNDLE POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF COACHING AWARD
Anton Graham, Racine Case High School

DATE: Saturday, April 5, 2025
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: You can purchase Hall of Fame Banquet tickets online by clicking here, or by sending a check or money order for $50.00 ea. to PO Box 8, Poynette, WI 53955. No phone orders will be accepted until after Friday, March 21, 2025 when there will only be a very limited number of tickets still available. You must contact Charna to hold a ticket/s at will-call after that date! Charna Kelsey - office@wifca.org, Office: 608-635-7318, or Cell: 608-843-7318

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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