Joe Swetland

Joseph Ellsworth Swetland (November 2, 1886 – January 7, 1952) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the Stevens Point Normal School—now known as University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point—from 1920 to 1925 and at Northern Normal and Industrial School—now known as Northern State University—in Aberdeen, South Dakota for one season, in 1926.[1] Swetland was also the head basketball coach at Stevens Point Normal from 1920 to 1927 and Northern Normal and Industrial for the 1926–27 season.[2] He died on January 7, 1952, at his home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[3]

Joe Swetland
Biographical details
Born(1886-11-02)November 2, 1886
Reedsburg, Wisconsin
DiedJanuary 7, 1952(1952-01-07) (aged 65)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Playing career
1906–1909Ripon
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1910–1911Eau Claire HS (WI)
1912–1915ND State Normal & Industrial
1916–1919Dunwoody Institute
1920–1925Stevens Point Normal
1926Northern Normal
1927Hutchinson HS (MN)
Basketball
1920–1926Stevens Point Normal
1926–1927Northern State Normal
Head coaching record
Overall40–48 (college basketball)

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Stevens Point Pointers (Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin) (1920–1925)
1920 Stevens Point 3–2–11–1–16th
1921 Stevens Point 3–2–11–1–16th
1922 Stevens Point 3–4–11–3–18th
1923 Stevens Point 0–6–10–4–110th
1924 Stevens Point 2–51–510th
1925 Stevens Point 2–31–3T–8th
Stevens Point: 13–22–45–17–4
Northern Normal Wolves (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1926)
1926 Northern Normal 5–13–15th
Northern Normal: 5–13–1
Total:

References
  1. Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  2. "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Northern State Wolves men's basketball. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. "Swetland Services". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. January 11, 1952. p. 3. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
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