Lee Bondhus
American football player and coach (1939–2010)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1939-04-14)April 14, 1939 Storden, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 2010(2010-12-12) (aged 71) Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1957–1960 | South Dakota State |
| 1961 | Grand Rapids Shamrocks |
| Position(s) | Offensive guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965–1972 | Wartburg |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 24–47–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Iowa Conference (1968) | |
| Awards | |
| Iowa Conference Coach of the Year (1968) | |
Leland Mark Bondhus (April 14, 1939 – December 12, 2010) was an American football player and coach.[1] He played college football at South Dakota State University and was drafted in 1961 by the Green Bay Packers.[2] Bondhus served as the head football coach at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa from 1965 to 1972, compiling a record o 24–47–1 and guiding the Knights capture the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) title in 1968. [3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wartburg Knights (Iowa Conference) (1965–1972) | |||||||||
| 1965 | Wartburg | 2–7 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
| 1966 | Wartburg | 1–8 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
| 1967 | Wartburg | 1–8 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| 1968 | Wartburg | 7–1–1 | 6–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1969 | Wartburg | 3–6 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1970 | Wartburg | 3–6 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1971 | Wartburg | 4–5 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1972 | Wartburg | 3–6 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| Wartburg: | 24–47–1 | 19–36–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 24–47–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Wartburg Knights head football coaches
- Elmer Hertel (1935–1937)
- Ralph McKinzie (1938–1939)
- Charles C. Van Dyke (1940–1942)
- No team (1943)
- Elmer Hertel (1944–1945)
- Stanley Hall (1946)
- Melvin Nelson (1947–1950)
- Earnest Oppermann (1951)
- Norman Johansen (1952–1964)
- Lee Bondhus (1965–1972)
- Don Canfield (1973–1990)
- Bob Nielson (1991–1995)
- Steve Hagen (1996)
- Rick Willis (1997–2005)
- Eric Koehler (2006–2007)
- Rick Willis (2008–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Chris Winter (2021– )
