Bio

Doug Carriveau demonstrated potential for stardom in basketball during his high school days in Lena, where he lettered four years and totaled 1,272 career points.

At UW-Oshkosh, Carriveau excelled as a basketball player, lettering all four years and serving as captain of the 1964-65 squad.

During the 1962-63 season Carriveau started on a UW-Oshkosh team which won the WSUC title and advanced to the NAIA Tournament in Kansas City, Mo. In 1965 he received All-WSUC and All-NAIA District 14 honors.

Following graduation he took the path from playing to coaching by teaching and heading the football and boys basketball programs at Crivitz High School. His two-year coaching record in football was 9-7-1 and his 10-year boys basketball record was 150-55. His basketball teams won five conference titles and qualified for the public-school state tournament twice, finishing second in Class B in 1972.