The University of Minnesota Duluth and head football coach Curt Wiese have agreed to a three-year contract extension that will keep him on the Bulldog sidelines through the 2024-25 season.
 
"I am thankful to work alongside a talented staff that has helped recruit a group of student-athletes that make us proud on and off of the field," said head football coach Curt Wiese. "Our administration continues to support our mission of chasing championships and graduating quality young men. Thanks to Josh Berlo (UMD Athletic Director), UMD Chancellor Lendley Black, our staff, and UMD football student-athletes. I am thrilled that my family will remain in Bulldog Country."
 
Wiese, who just completed his ninth season of head coaching duty at UMD and 14th year with the Bulldog program, having handled the team's offensive coordinator role from 2008-2012. Since taking over as UMD's sixth head coach, Wiese has directed the Bulldogs to a 80-18 overall record (for an. 816 winning percentage -- the best mark in the program's 88-year history), five NCAA Division II playoff appearances, three Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championships, seven NSIC North Division titles, and two perfect 11-0 regular season finishes. He's also helped produce 28 different All-Americans and 50 All-NSIC first team selections, as well as seeing Bulldog student-athletes achieve NSIC All-Academic status 136 times. This also included four CoSIDA Academic All-American first team honorees in wide receiver Jason Balts (2017), offensive lineman Andrew Pattock (2013), defensive end Nick Thorpe (2017), and defensive lineman Dan Monson (2019, 2021).
 
In 2013 he was selected the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award winner for Division II, a prestigious honor recognizing coaches for their responsibility, integrity, sportsmanship and excellence, on and off the field. Three years later, Wiese counted himself among the 10 head football coaches nationwide who were finalists for a spot on the Allstate Insurance and American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team.
 
"Curt Wiese is an exceptional leader of Bulldog football as they chase championships competitively and academically," said UMD Athletic Director Josh Berlo.  "He has built one of the best staffs in college football and consistently recruits impressive young men to the program. Curt is a great role model for the student-athletes on his team and we could not be happier to have him to continue to lead this nationally-renowned program.  Curt and his family are an asset to Bulldog athletics, UMD and the community."

CLASSROOM
The UMD football program has attained a 3.00 grade point average or better nearly every year under his tenure. The Bulldog program has also seen 136 UMD football student-athletes achieve Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Academic Status. Wiese has also seen four Bulldog student-athletes earn CoSIDA Academic All-American honors under his guidance (wide receiver Jason Balts (2017), offensive lineman Andrew Pattock (2013), defensive end Nick Thorpe (2017), and defensive lineman Dan Monson (2019, 2021).

COMPETITION
Wiese's winning percentage as head coach at UMD -- .816 off a 80-18 record -- is the best of any Bulldog head coach in the 88-year history of UMD football. His Bulldogs have also captured three Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championships, seven NSIC North Division titles, and two perfect 11-0 regular season finishes. He's also helped produce 28 different All-Americans and 50 All-NSIC first team selections.
 
COMMUNITY
In 2013 he was selected the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award winner for Division II, a prestigious honor recognizing coaches for their responsibility, integrity, sportsmanship and excellence, on and off the field. Three years later, Wiese counted himself among the 10 head football coaches nationwide who were finalists for a spot on the Allstate Insurance and American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team. The Bulldog football student-athletes have also contributed in the local community all while assisting the department in setting record community service hours over the last decade.  

THE NUMBERS ON COACH WIESE