Former head coach Jack Osberg (Augsburg '62) returned to the Augsburg College football staff in 2007, serving as an assistant coach focusing on the defensive line. He also serves the college as an A-Club Advancement volunteer.
Osberg spent 14 seasons (1991-2004) as Augsburg's head coach, compiling a school-record 62 victories (62-79). In 1997, his Auggies won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and qualified for the NCAA Division III national playoffs, engineering the best record (10-2) in school history. In 2003, he passed his mentor, Edor Nelson, who earned 56 wins (56-118-10) from 1947-69.
Osberg has remained close to his alma mater's gridiron fortunes for the past four decades. A graduate of Minneapolis Washburn High School, Osberg was a standout football player at Augsburg from 1958-61, earning induction into the college's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979. Osberg, a nose guard-offensive guard, was named All-MIAC twice, and was selected MVP, team captain and Lutheran All-American.
After graduating from Augsburg in 1962, Osberg began his coaching career at Minneapolis Roosevelt HS, serving seven years as an assistant coach (1962-70), before taking one year off (1968-69) to serve as a graduate assistant on Bob Devaney's staff at Nebraska. In 1971, Osberg was named head coach at Wayzata (Minn.) High School, where he served for six seasons. In 1977, he returned to his alma mater to join the Auggie coaching staff, serving eight seasons as Augsburg's defensive coordinator (1977-84).
Off the field, Osberg taught biology in the Wayzata school district for 20 years and was recognized for his teaching excellence there. He has also served as a Sunday School teacher and a youth coach in softball and hockey. Osberg also served as an instructor in the Health and Physical Education department during his Augsburg tenure.
Osberg resides in Plymouth, Minn., with his wife, Nina, who taught at Wayzata HS. They have six children: Rich, Jennifer, Peter, Jeff, James and Anne, and seven grandchildren: Grace, Johanna, Lydia, Zoe, Mason, Riley and Jayde.
