Augsburg University Athletics

Boltmann was a member of both the football and baseball teams during his Augsburg career. As a football safety, Boltmann earned All-MIAC second-team honors in both 1985 and 1986, earning the team’s Most Valuable Player award both seasons. He compiled 328 tackles (107 solo) in the 1985 and 1986 campaigns. He earned the team’s “Whistle-to-Whistle” award in 1985 and served as a team captain in 1986. In baseball, he was a starting outfielder on the 1987 Augsburg club that won the MIAC championship and advanced to the NCAA Division III national tournament. In three baseball seasons, he hit .272 with 26 RBI and 43 runs scored. He later served as an assistant coach for the Auggie football team for five seasons, including the team’s MIAC championship season of 1997. After graduating with a health and physical education degree from Augsburg in 1988, he later earned his master’s degree from Minnesota State Mankato. He has taught and coached in Prior Lake, St. Louis Park, Shakopee and Edina, and was named head coach for the Edina High School football team in 2009, after serving as an assistant coach there for nine seasons. He has worked as a teacher at Edina since 2000, and lives in Edina with his wife Tricia and their two sons, Brock and Jake.