Dewey Stendahl
Middleton High school
Impact Statement
“He’d insist the kids deserve all the credit. And he’d swear that he was nothing more than a game manager.”
–Rob Reischel, local sports writer
Biography
Stendahl is retiring from coaching this year after a distinguished career that saw him coach both the boys’ and girls’ teams at Middleton High.
In his final season Stendahl’s girls’ team qualified for the Division I state tournament for the fifth consecutive year and finished second, its best finish ever. His 1999 team finished third. All five of his top girls golfers were selected to the Big Eight Conference First or Second Teams.
Four of Stendahl’s boys teams won Division I state titles, including a three-peat in 1997, 1998, and 1999 after he won his first title in 1993. His 1991 team finished second, and his final squad this spring finished eighth. A 1970 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Stendahl also was an outstanding kicker on the school’s football team in addition to his golf success.
Stendahl passesd away on November 1, 2012.
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