Stuart Nordquist

Stuart Nordquist was born in Minneapolis on January 16, 1944, and moved with his family to Hoffman, Minnesota, at a very young age. He graduated from Hoffman High School in 1962, spent a year in Minneapolis, and enrolled at the University of Minnesota-Morris in 1962, where he played four years of varsity football and served as team captain in his senior season. After graduating from Minnesota-Morris, he moved to Adams, Minnesota, where he coached football, basketball, and track and field while serving as athletic director; his football teams there posted a 43-17-2 record and won two conference championships. In 1974 he succeeded Frank “Butch” Larson at International Falls, where he became the longest-tenured Bronco football coach at 34 years. His teams compiled a 232-116-0 record, won 10 conference championships and eight section playoff titles, appeared in 14 section finals, and made eight state tournament appearances. During his tenure, the Broncos scored in 131 consecutive games from 1990-2003. His 275 career wins rank in the top ten all time in Minnesota high school football history. Nordquist was inducted into the Minnesota High School Football Association Hall of Fame in 2001, the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2008, and the Bronco Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012. He also initiated the writing of Bronco sports history and wrote the histories of football, boys' basketball, boys' hockey, and softball. He served the International Falls school district as a teacher, coach, administrator, and school board member, and lives in International Falls.

International Falls, Minnesota · United States