Otto Breitenbach (2008) | UW Athletic Hall of Fame

UW Athletic Hall of Fame

1942 reserve halfback
1942 team was second in Big Ten and ranked No. 3 nationally
1942-46 football career interrupted by WWII. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force as an instructor/pilot
1948-51 assistant football coach at Chilton High School
1948-50 head basketball coach at Chilton High School
1952-63 head football coach at Middleton High School; three Badger Conference titles
1963-73 head football coach at Madison Lafollette High School; two Big Eight Conference titles
1967 as head football coach at Madison Lafollette High School, his team was ranked No. 1 in state at season's end
1968-69 past president of Wisconsin High School Coaches' Association
1963-69 head boys track coach at Madison Lafollette High School
1969 Lafollette boy's track team won Class A championship
1971 served as secretary-treasurer of Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association
1973-88 associate athletic director at UW-Madison
1980 inducted into Wisconsin Football Coaches' Hall of Fame
1980 inducted into Madison Sports Hall of Fame
1983-94 commissioner of Western Collegiate Hockey Association
1988-97 executive director of Badger State Games
1993 honored with Jim Fullerton Award, presented by the American Hockey Coaches' Association for longtime devotion to the sport
2005 inducted into National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame
member of board of directors of the National "W" Club
WCHA named its most prestigious award in his honor --- the Otto Breitenbach Distinguished Service Award