Harry J. Wienbergen
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 21, 1900 Platteville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1974 (aged 73) Dickinson, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1926 | Mount Horeb HS (WI) |
| 1928–1943 | Dickinson State |
| 1946–1949 | Dickinson State |
| 1951–1952 | Dickinson State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 50–71–13 (college football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NDIC (1951) | |
Harry J. Wienbergen (October 21, 1900 – March 6, 1974) was an American sports coach, athletics administrator, and educator. He coach American football, basketball, and track and field at Dickinson State College—now known as Dickinson State University—in Dickinson, North Dakota, and was the school's athletic director. Wienbergen was the head football coach at Dickinson State, serving three stints, from 1928 to 1943, 1946 to 1949, and 1951 to 1952.
Wienbergen was born on October 21, 1900, in Platteville, Wisconsin.[1] He attended Platteville Normal School—now known as University of Wisconsin–Platteville. He earned Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education in 1927 and a Master of Science degree in 1936 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Wienbergen began his coaching career in 1921, at Mount Horeb High School, in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.[2] He joined the faculty at Dickinson State in 1927.[3]
Wienbergen died on March 6, 1974, on at St. Joseph's Hospital in Dickinson.[1]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson State Savages (Interstate Athletic Conference) (1928–1931) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Dickinson State | 2–4 | 1–3 | T–7th | |||||
| 1929 | Dickinson State | 0–6 | |||||||
| 1930 | Dickinson State | 3–3 | 2–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1931 | Dickinson State | 1–4–2 | |||||||
| Dickinson State Savages (North Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference / North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1932–1943) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Dickinson State | 2–2–2 | 2–1–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1933 | Dickinson State | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1934 | Dickinson State | 3–3–1 | 2–2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1935 | Dickinson State | 3–1–1 | 2–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1936 | Dickinson State | 2–3–1 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1937 | Dickinson State | 2–5 | 0–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 1938 | Dickinson State | 1–3–2 | 1–2–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1939 | Dickinson State | 1–4–1 | 1–3–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1940 | Dickinson State | 3–3–1 | 3–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1941 | Dickinson State | 2–3 | 2–2 | T–4th | |||||
| 1942 | No team–World War II | ||||||||
| 1943 | Dickinson State | 1–2 | |||||||
| Dickinson State Savages (North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1946–1949) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Dickinson State | 2–4 | 1–3 | T–5th | |||||
| 1947 | Dickinson State | 0–6–2 | 0–4–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1948 | Dickinson State | 3–5 | 2–3 | T–6th | |||||
| 1949 | Dickinson State | 5–3 | 3–2 | T–4th | |||||
| Dickinson State Savages (North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1951–1952) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Dickinson State | 4–3 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1952 | Dickinson State | 5–3 | 3–3 | 5th | |||||
| Dickinson State: | 50–71–13 | ||||||||
| Total: | 50–71–13 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Wienbergen". The Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. March 7, 1974. p. 6. Retrieved December 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Harry Wienbergen". Dickinson State University Archive. Dickinson State University. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ "Wienbergen dies at 73". The Dickinson Press. Dickinson, North Dakota. March 7, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved December 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Dickinson State Blue Hawk Football Record" (PDF). Dickinson State University. pp. 24–25. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
