Roger Harring
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Roger Harring is a former American football
player and coach. He won 340 games over forty two seasons at both the high school and college levels. After graduating from University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Harring coached high school football in Wisconsin
. As a high school coach, he won 79 games.
Harring coached at both Ladysmith and Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High Schools.
In 1969, Harring accepted the head coaching job at his alma mater. At Wisconsin–La Crosse, Harring had a 261-75-7 record. He won 15 conference titles and three (1985, 1992, 1995) national championships before his retirement in 1999.
Since his retirement, Harring has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
. An attempt to rename the stadium at Wisconsin–La Crosse was controversial in the city of La Crosse and unpopular with the public. Numerous veterans groups opposed the naming to Harring Stadium and filed a lawsuit against the UWL regents stating that they violated the State's open meeting laws. The facility is officially called Veterans Memorial Sports Field Complex. The $18 million complex features a Veterans Hall of Honor, walkway and park that memorializes the sacrifice of veterans.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player and coach. He won 340 games over forty two seasons at both the high school and college levels. After graduating from University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Harring coached high school football in Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
. As a high school coach, he won 79 games.
Harring coached at both Ladysmith and Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High Schools.
In 1969, Harring accepted the head coaching job at his alma mater. At Wisconsin–La Crosse, Harring had a 261-75-7 record. He won 15 conference titles and three (1985, 1992, 1995) national championships before his retirement in 1999.
Since his retirement, Harring has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
. An attempt to rename the stadium at Wisconsin–La Crosse was controversial in the city of La Crosse and unpopular with the public. Numerous veterans groups opposed the naming to Harring Stadium and filed a lawsuit against the UWL regents stating that they violated the State's open meeting laws. The facility is officially called Veterans Memorial Sports Field Complex. The $18 million complex features a Veterans Hall of Honor, walkway and park that memorializes the sacrifice of veterans.