WINONA, Minn. – The Winona State University athletic director said the resignation of football coach Brian Bergstrom was a surprise but not unexpected. Said Eric Schoh: “When you hire someone as good as Bergstrom, you know he’s going to be on people’s short list.” Bergstrom had been coach three years. His appointment as defensive coordinator at Division I South Dakota State is expected to be announced Friday in Brookings. Being told by Bergstrom of the move, Shuch moved quickly to organize a national search for a new head coach. In the interim, he put Brian Curtin in charge. Curtin has been with the Winona State program since 1997. Most recently he has been special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach. Curtin played football at Winona State. He was on the 1993 Northern championship team and again in 1994 when the Warriors repeated as conference champions.
Curtin. Now interim head football coach at Winona State.