2010 IFCA Hall of Fame Honors


iahsaa.org release:

IOWA FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME HONORS

DAVE JACOBSON – Mr. Jacobson devoted 27 coaching years to football. Thirteen of those years were as an assistant coach at Iowa City, City High (11) and Lake Forest College in Illinois. He coached three different high schools into the playoffs in 14 years, authoring a record of 102 wins and 39 losses. At West Delaware, Manchester he took the Hawks to four straight playoff appearances, winning the 1991 title and finishing second in 1993. He later guided Cedar Rapids Jefferson (2000) and North Scott (2005, 06) to the post season appearances. His teams won four conference titles and three district crowns with his 2000 Cedar Rapids Jefferson and 2006 North Scott clubs had unbeaten regular seasons. A graduate of Charles City with degrees from the University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa he currently is an assistant principal and athletics director at Independence.

CLAUDE POST – A native of Nevada and a graduate of Coe College, Mr. Post spent 27 years as a head coach in Iowa and developed a career record of 129-92-4. He started in 1962 at Galva and in 1964 started a three year stint at Y-J-B High School in Jamaica, where his teams went 17-9-1. In 1967 he moved to Buffalo Center and coached the Bison to a conference championship and a six year mark of 29-18-1. He then moved to Belmond and registered a 16-year mark of 79-53 leading the Broncos to two playoff trips. A well known and respected basketball official he worked eight boys’ state basketball tournaments. Now retired from education, he works for Lifetouch School Photographers. He and his wife Beverly raised three sons Scott, Greg and Geoff and a daughter Julie They continue to reside in Belmond.

RANDY SCOTT – A graduate of AvoHa (Avoca and Hancock) High School and the University of Northern Iowa, Mr. Scott has long been a familiar face to Bettendorf football players and fans. He coached football for 32 seasons – 24 as an assistant and eight as the head coach. He was an assistant to Hall-of-Fame Coach Merv Habenicht and was an integral part of 15 playoff appearances including five titles. In 2000, he became the head coach of the Bulldogs and guided them to eight more playoff appearances including undefeated titles in 2004 and 2007 plus a pair of runner-up finishes in 2000 and 2002. He retired from coaching after the 2007 campaign but remains at Bettendorf as a teacher and track coach. He and wife Kerry continue to reside in the area and have raised a daughter, Montana, and a son, Garrett.

Walt Fiegel Coaching With Character Award Winner

Gaylord Schelling
With the passing of Sioux City East football coach Walt Fiegel in November 2003, the IFCA initiated an annual award in his name to be presented during the football championship. The award honors a coach who embodies the high character, integrity, concern for kids and service to the profession that were evident in Coach Fiegel’s career.

Gaylord Schelling, retired coach at Atlantic, is the seventh recipient of the Walt Fiegel Coaching with Character Award. A graduate of Northwestern College in Orange City he played on teams that were National Champions and runner-up before embarking on a coaching career. He was the baseball coach and football assistant at North Polk for seven years, and then moved as a head coach in both sports to Tri-Center, Neola in 1981. His 1985 football team went undefeated during the regular season and qualified for the playoffs, while his baseball team was a state runner-up in 1986 and state champions in 1987. He moved to Atlantic in 1991 and guided them to five playoff appearances. His 2002 club won the school’s first and only state grid crown going 13-0. His 2001 and 2002 teams combined for a 20-2 record and sent 13 players to Div. I or Div. II college programs. Known as a player’s coach, each of his sons Dustin, Alex and James played for him. He retired in 2009 with a career mark of 173-161. He and his wife Beverly still reside in Atlantic.