Coaching History and State Championships
| 1928-1929 | 1930-1939 | 1940-1949 | |
| 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | |
| 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-Present | |
| By Year | Career | ||
| YEAR | COACH | W | L | T | PCT | |
| 2008 | Mike Skytland | 35 | 15 | .700 | State Runner-up | |
| 2007 | Mike Skytland | 37 | 16 | .698 | State Runner-up | |
| 2006 | Mike Skytland | 31 | 20 | .608 | ||
| 2005 | Mike Skytland | 38 | 19 | .667 | State Runner-up | |
| 2004 | Mike Skytland | 23 | 24 | 1 | .489 | |
| 2003 | Troy Olson | 35 | 14 | .714 | ||
| 2002 | Gene Severson | 29 | 22 | .569 | ||
| 2001 | Gene Severson | 33 | 19 | .635 | ||
| 2000 | Gene Severson | 38 | 31 | .551 | ||
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| 1999 | Gene Severson | 35 | 22 | .614 | ||
| 1998 | Gene Severson | 55 | 28 | .662 | State Runner-up | |
| 1997 | Gene Severson | 48 | 29 | .623 | State Champions | |
| 1996 | Gene Severson | 43 | 30 | .589 | ||
| 1995 | Gene Severson | 42 | 29 | .592 | ||
| 1994 | Jim Schroeder | 33 | 28 | .541 | ||
| 1993 | Jim Schroeder | 32 | 22 | .593 | ||
| 1992 | Jim Schroeder | 37 | 26 | .587 | ||
| 1991 | Al Breuer | 30 | 35 | .462 | ||
| 1990 | Al Breuer | 30 | 29 | .509 | ||
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| 1989 | Wayne Horner | 28 | 30 | .483 | State Runner-up | |
| 1988 | Wayne Horner | 30 | 16 | .652 | ||
| 1987 | Dave Wolf | 30 | 23 | .566 | ||
| 1986 | Dave Wolf | 34 | 18 | .654 | State Champions | |
| 1985 | Dave Wolf | 38 | 24 | .613 | State Runner-up | |
| 1984 | Joe Warner | 29 | 27 | .518 | ||
| 1983 | Joe Warner | 31 | 27 | .534 | ||
| 1982 | Joe Warner | 43 | 14 | .754 | State Champions | |
| 1981 | Rob Montgomery | 19 | 31 | .380 | ||
| 1980 | Rob Montgomery | 30 | 26 | .538 | ||
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| 1979 | Rob Montgomery | 30 | 28 | .517 | ||
| 1978 | Rob Montgomery | 25 | 24 | .510 | ||
| 1977 | Rob Montgomery | 31 | 26 | .544 | ||
| 1976 | Neal Kalberer | 27 | 21 | .563 | ||
| 1975 | Neal Kalberer | 25 | 25 | .500 | State Runner-up | |
| 1974 | Dean Bowyer | 38 | 22 | .633 | ||
| 1973 | Neal Kalberer | 13 | 30 | .302 | ||
| 1972 | Neal Kalberer | 42 | 15 | .737 | ||
| 1971 | Neal Kalberer | 46 | 13 | .780 | State Champions | |
| 1970 | Al Lick | 29 | 22 | .569 | ||
| 1969 | Al Lick | 22 | 21 | .512 | ||
| 1968 | Bruce Meland | 30 | 20 | .600 | ||
| 1967 | Bruce Meland | 34 | 16 | .680 | ||
| 1966 | Bruce Meland | 42 | 8 | .840 | State Champions | |
| 1965 | Connie Juelke | 37 | 9 | .804 | ||
| 1964 | Al Bortke | 21 | 16 | .568 | ||
| 1963 | Rob "Goose" Johnson | 25 | 13 | .658 | State Champions | |
| 1962 | Rob "Goose" Johnson | 32 | 6 | .842 | State Runner-up | |
| 1961 | Roger Higgins | 39 | 17 | .696 | State Champions | |
| 1960 | Roger Higgins | 33 | 22 | .600 | ||
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| 1959 | Roger Higgins | 28 | 15 | .651 | ||
| 1958 | Duane Hummel | 19 | 16 | .543 | ||
| 1957 | Dick Karlgaard | 28 | 8 | 1 | .778 | State Champions |
| 1956 | Dick Karlgaard | 25 | 10 | .714 | State Champions | |
| 1955 | Dick Karlgaard | |||||
| 1954 | Dick Karlgaard | |||||
| 1953 | Dick Karlgaard | |||||
| 1952 | Bill Meier | |||||
| 1951 | Bill Meier | |||||
| 1950 | Bill Meier | |||||
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| 1949 | Bill Meier | 23 | 8 | .742 | State Champions | |
| 1948 | Bill Meier | |||||
| 1947 | Bill Meier | |||||
| 1946 | Eddie Agre | |||||
| 1945 | Bill Kunz and Arnie Strand | State Champions | ||||
| 1944 | Bill Kunz and Arnie Strand | |||||
| 1943 | T.E. Simle | |||||
| 1942 | T.E. Simle | |||||
| 1941 | T.E. Simle | |||||
| 1940 | T.E. Simle | |||||
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| 1939 | Joe Fairchild | |||||
| 1938 | T.E. Simle | |||||
| 1937 | T.E. Simle | |||||
| 1936 | T.E. Simle | |||||
| 1935 | Myron Anderson and T.E. Simle | |||||
| 1934 | Myron Anderson | |||||
| 1933 | Unknown | |||||
| 1932 | Roy McLeod | |||||
| 1931 | Harry Herschieb | |||||
| 1930 | Unknown | |||||
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| 1929 | Unknown | |||||
| 1928 | John Karasiewicz | |||||
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SEASONS |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
DIVISIONAL CHAMP |
STATE CHAMP |
STATE RUNNER-UP |
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| Agre, Eddie | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Anderson, Myron | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Anderson, Myron and Simle, T.E. | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bortke, Al | 1 | 21 | 16 | .568 | 0 | 0* | 0 | |
| Bowyer, Dean | 1 | 38 | 22 | .633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Breuer, Al | 2 | 60 | 64 | .484 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fairchild, Joe | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Herschieb, Harry | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Higgins, Roger | 3 | 100 | 54 | .649 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Horner, Wayne | 2 | 58 | 46 | .558 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hummel, Duane | 1 | 19 | 16 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnson, Rob "Goose" | 2 | 57 | 19 | .750 | 1 | 1* | 1 | |
| Juelke, Connie | 1 | 37 | 9 | .804 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kalberer, Neal | 5 | 153 | 104 | .595 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Karasiewicz, John | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Karlgaard, Dick | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Kunz, Bill and Strand, Arnie | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Lick, Al | 2 | 51 | 43 | .542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| McLoed, Roy | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Meier, Bill | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| Meland, Bruce | 3 | 106 | 44 | .707 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Montgomery, Rob | 5 | 135 | 135 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olson, Troy | 1 | 35 | 14 | .714 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Schroeder, Jim | 3 | 102 | 76 | .573 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Severson, Gene | 8 | 323 | 210 | .606 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Simle, T.E. | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Skytland, Mike | 5 | 164 | 94 | 1 | .636 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Unknown | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Warner, Joe | 3 | 103 | 68 | .602 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wolf, Dave | 3 | 102 | 65 | .611 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
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*1963 - Assistant Coach Al Bortke ran the Bismarck Legion baseball club flawlessly on the field at the State Tournament in Mandan and the Region 6 Tournament in Selina, KS. Head Coach Bob "Goose" Johnson watched from the stands while recovering from blood clots in his left leg suffered in a bus-car accident just prior to the state tournament. Bismarck defeated Grand Forks 8-4 in 12 innings to win its sixth state American Legion baseball title. |
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