Members
Inductee
DENSTORFF, JERRY
DENSTORFF, JERRY
Born on December 25, 1936
Danville, IL
Inducted On
October 16, 1992
Location Inducted
Mitchell, IN
Region Number
9
South Spencer
Coach
Rockport, IN
1954
All-Conference; honorary team captain; Kiwanis Award winner.
Louisiana State 1954-1956; Evansville College 1960; Indiana University MA
1964
Co-captain; All-Conference.
Member of Indiana Football Coaches Association; Past-President Lakewood Country Club and American Football Association; inducted into University of Evansville Athletic Hall of Fame 1984.
Wife, Joan; sons, Russ and Rick; one granddaughter.
Coaching Experience: Head football coach at Mitchell HS 1960-1963, with a record of 153-76; assistant football coach at Morehead State University 1964-1967; head coach at Bloomsburg State College 1968-1970; head football coach at South Spencer 1971-1989.
Coaching Honors: Had 7 conference championships and 3 undefeated regular seasons; while at South Spencer, won one Sectional, Regional, Semi-State and State runner-up title; coached in the Sorghum Bowl 1975.
Outstanding Players Coached: Terry Cole, IU, Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins, and Pittsburgh Steelers; Rick Denstorff, Western Kentucky University; Jay Seib, IU; Randy Weber, Kentucky Wesleyan; Norman Lauer, Evansville College.
Coaching Honors: Had 7 conference championships and 3 undefeated regular seasons; while at South Spencer, won one Sectional, Regional, Semi-State and State runner-up title; coached in the Sorghum Bowl 1975.
Outstanding Players Coached: Terry Cole, IU, Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins, and Pittsburgh Steelers; Rick Denstorff, Western Kentucky University; Jay Seib, IU; Randy Weber, Kentucky Wesleyan; Norman Lauer, Evansville College.
