WINONA, Minn. – The retired Winona State University football coach, Tom Sawyer, is back at campus – this time as a fundraiser. Sawyer has been named assistant director of development. It’s a six-month $27,700 appointment. Sawyer’s focus will be on stadium gifts and growing endowments for scholarships, the university announced. Sawyer has deep connections with alumni, particularly student athletes. He was the football coach 25 years.
Sawyer. His final coaching season was 2021.
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Bob Strauss, chair of WSU Foundation: “Coach Sawyer is a Warrior through and through. I can’t think of anyone better to make the story of Winona State come alive for our alumni, donors and friends of the university.”