Dennis Hale – Coach

Jackson High School Class of 1965

Football – All-Conference, All State

Basketball – All Conference

Baseball – All Conference

Track

College – University of Minnesota, Football, member of last Big Ten championship team in 1967; played in 1968 North-South Shrine All-Star game

Other – Fourth-round draft pick of New Orleans Saints

Awards – Member of MN FB Coaches Hall of Fame

Career – Kenyon and Barnesville HS Coach and teacher; District 518 Physical Education teacher

Coach – WHS Football Coach for 33 years, 8 SWC Championships and 3 State Tournament appearances; Assistant Boys Basketball Coach for 31 years

He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2011.