Bio

Steve Jorgensen was a star defensive end on the UW-Oshkosh football team from 1980-83 and went on to have an illustrious career as a high school football coach in the State of Wisconsin.

Jorgensen, an Oshkosh North High School graduate, started all four seasons for UW-Oshkosh. He led the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in tackles as a Titans captain during his senior campaign.

Jorgensen totaled 36 tackles, including 10 solo and four for loss, in 1980. He then tallied 66 tackles, including 12 solo and two for loss, in 1981; and 82 tackles, including 34 solo and seven quarterback sacks, in 1982.

Jorgensen’s 1983 season was his best as a Titan. He received All-WIAC First Team honors after totaling a league-leading 119 tackles with 35 solo stops, 11 tackles for loss, five quarterback sacks, one fumble recovery and one blocked kick.

Jorgensen finished his UW-Oshkosh career with 303 tackles, including 91 solo and 12 quarterback sacks.

After earning a bachelor’s degree from UW-Oshkosh in 1985 and a master’s degree from Idaho State University in 1986, Jorgensen embarked on a football coaching career that included a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 title at Oshkosh North High School in 2000 and a pair of WIAA Division 2 championships at Kimberly High School in 2007 and 2008. He also led Kimberly High School to a WIAA Division 2 runner-up finish in 2009.

Jorgensen compiled a 164-58 combined record in 20 seasons as the head football coach at Oshkosh North (1992-2003), Kimberly (2004-10) and Fond du Lac (2018) high schools. He guided his teams to nine Fox Valley Association titles while receiving the league’s Coach of the Year award on eight occasions. Jorgensen was named Wisconsin’s Associated Press Coach of the Year in both 2000 and 2007.

Jorgensen was the 1984 recipient of the UW-Oshkosh John Taylor Senior Scholar-Athlete Award and the 2016 receiver of the UW-Oshkosh Russ Young Football Leadership & Achievement Award. He was inducted into the Oshkosh North High School Hall of Fame in 1990.

Jorgensen, who currently serves as an assistant football coach at Neenah High School, lives in Oshkosh with wife, Kelly. The Jorgensens are the parents of sons Steven, Matthew and Drew.