Warren Kasch


Warren Ernest Kasch was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach, athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at St. Cloud State Teachers College—now known as St. Cloud State University—in St. Cloud, Minnesota from 1935 to 1942, compiling a record of 36–18–3.
Kasch was born on July 26, 1903, in Pecatonica, Illinois. He attended Rockford High School in Rockford, Illinois, where he played football and basketball. Kasch then went to Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, lettering in football and basketball. He played as a forward in basketball, and was named team captain for the 1924–25 season.
Kasch began his coaching career in 1927 at Brainerd High School Brainerd, Minnesota. After three years at Brainerd, where he coached football, basketball, and track, he was appointed athletic director and head of the physical education department for the public school district in St. Cloud.
Kasch died on October 12, 1965, in St. Cloud.