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UW-Stout Athletic Hall of Fame

Bob Kamish

Bob Kamish

  • Class
  • Induction
    1996
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Men's Track & Field, Coach
Bob Kamish led the UW-Stout men's track and field team to their only WSUC championship in 1972 and also holds the mark for the football coach with the most career wins to his name with 28.

Kamish was twice named the NAIA District 14 track coach of the year, in 1972 and again in 1980 and was named the Area IV coach of the year in 1972, when the Blue Devils won the conference title at Nelson Field. Kamish, who coached at Stout from 1968-86, will join athletes he coached including track athletes Jules Butcher, Dennis Fechelm, Barney Klecker and Mark Overgard and football players Bob Johnson, Joe Bullis, Steve Burr and Tom Paulus in the Hall of Fame. Kamish's football defensive units ranked in the top 10 in the country and two of his teams played before national television audiences. Since leaving Stout, Kamish has been an investment adviser with a financial services business in Prescott, Wis., where he lives with wife, Elle, and enjoys their three grandchildren.
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