Bio

Brian Tomalak remains the UW-Oshkosh record holder in career passing yards and touchdowns after an award-winning career as quarterback of the school's football team from 1994-98. 

Tomalak was an All-WIAC first team selection in 1996 and 1997 on the way to passing for 8,983 yards and 83 touchdowns during his career. He was selected to the NCAA Division III All-America Third Team by Football Gazette in 1997.

After throwing for two touchdowns and playing just one game due to injury in 1994 and tossing seven touchdowns in five games played in 1995, Tomalak threw for 2,630 yards and 17 scores during his sophomore season of 1996. 

Tomalak earned his second straight All-WIAC citation by throwing for 2,877 yards and 31 touchdowns in 1997 before capping his career with 2,589 passing yards and 26 scores in 1998.

Tomalak’s 31 passing touchdowns in 1997 still top the school’s record book while his 2,877 yards currently rank second in program history. Tomalak, who started under center in each of his 36 games played at UW-Oshkosh, completed 607 of 1,119 passes while adding eight rushing touchdowns during his five seasons with the Titans. He threw at least one touchdown pass in 33 games.

Tomalak, a Green Bay Notre Dame Academy graduate, threw for a school-record six touchdowns during a game in 1998. He also ranks fourth in WIAC history in career touchdown passes and sixth in career passing yards.

Tomalak began his record-setting collegiate career in earnest as a sophomore in 1996, when he started all 10 games and completed 183 of 336 passes and rushed for two touchdowns. He completed 15 of 19 passes for 255 yards and four touchdowns against St. Xavier University (Ill.).

In 1997, Tomalak set a school record with 31 touchdown passes while tossing a mere five interceptions. He ended the season completing 211 of 393 passes and rushing for two scores. Tomalak, who passed for at least two scores in each of the Titans’ 10 games, threw for 450 yards and five touchdowns against UW-River Falls. He also recorded four touchdown passes against St. Norbert College, UW-Eau Claire and UW-La Crosse.

Tomalak concluded the 1998 season with a 145.19 passing efficiency rating after completing 165 of 306 passes. Highlights of his senior campaign included passing for 459 yards and six touchdowns against UW-River Falls, and throwing for 365 yards and four scores against Menlo College (Calif.).

During a standout high school career, Tomalak helped lead Notre Dame Academy to the 1992 Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association Division 1 Football title.

After earning a bachelor’s degree from UW-Oshkosh in 1998, Tomalak received a tryout from the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the Canadian Football League before deciding to play for the Green Bay Bombers of the Indoor Football League in 2000. Tomalak’s football coaching stints included assisting with the Notre Dame Academy team in 1999.

Tomalak co-owns a mortgage company that encompasses six offices nationwide. He is also a partner in a property rental and real-estate investment company.

Tomalak and his wife, Sandy, a UW-Oshkosh graduate, reside in South Elgin, Ill., with their triplet children Brody, Kaelie and Kelsie.