Hal Rossow
Panorama High School
Impact Statement
Hal Rossow closed-out a 38-year coaching career at Panorama High School in the spring with the school’s fourth straight state meet appearance.
Biography
Hal Rossow closed-out a 38-year coaching career at Panorama High School in the spring with the school’s fourth straight state meet appearance. Rossow led Panorama to 2A state championships in 2015 and 2016.
The Iowa High School Golf Coaches Association named Coach Rossow its Class 2A Coach of the Year at the end of each of those championship seasons. Over the past four seasons, Panorama’s team amassed an incredible 280 wins with just 19 losses.
This past season, Rossow’s team finished with a 70-7 record with a third place finish at the state tournament with two all-state selections.
Coach Rossow is the third coach from Iowa to win the NHSCA National Boys’ Golf Coach of the Year. Dave Messerli of Marion won the award in 2015 and Richard Gaard of Decorah won it in 2008.
In 2020, Rossow was inducted into the Iowa High School Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
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