Bio

A graduate of Waupun High School, Blaine Felsman was a multiple award winner in both football and wrestling at UW-Oshkosh from 1974 until 1978.

On the gridiron, Felsman played center and received All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference First Team recognition in 1976 when the Titans compiled an 8-2 record and shared the league championship with UW-Platteville and UW-River Falls. He was named to the All-WIAC Second Team in 1977.

Felsman earned a pair of All-America citations and one conference title while totaling a 76-14-1 record on the wrestling mat. He finished second in the heavyweight division at the 1976 WIAC Championship before winning the category at the league meet in 1977.

Felsman obtained All-America honors with his fifth- and fourth-place finishes in the heavyweight division at the 1977 and 1978 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championships, respectively.

Following his 1978 UW-Oshkosh wrestling season, Felsman had professional football tryouts with the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He eventually played semi-professional football and won two national championships as a member of the Delavan Red Devils.

Felsman is currently an assistant coach for the UW-Oshkosh wrestling program. He previously had been a physical education teacher and wrestling coach at Berlin and Oshkosh West high schools as well as a wrestling official for both the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Felsman coached 24 WIAA state tournament place winners while guiding his high school teams to a 341-63-2 dual meet record.

Felsman received a bachelor's degree from UW-Oshkosh in 1981 and a master's degree from Holy Family College (Silver Lake College) in 1998. He was inducted into the Waupun High School Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2017.

Retired, but staying active in the local wrestling and football communities, Felsman lives in Oshkosh with his wife, Laura. The Felsmans are the parents of Brett, Kara and Kelsey.