WINONA, Minn. – The 32-year veteran high school cross country and track coach at Onalaska has joined the Winona State coaching staff. Darin Shepardson will lead the unversiuty’s cross country program and serve as an assistant track and field coach. At Onalaska he led the Hilltoppers to a Wisconsin state Division 1 state title in 2021. His girls teams were state runners-up three times. In college Shepardson ran at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He was a three-time Division III All-American. Earlier Shepardson was a student at Winona High School. In 1985 inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame.
Shepardson. Purple was already key in his wardrobe from Onalaska.