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Bismarck Governors 
Coaching 
History and State Championships 
  
  
  
	
		| YEAR | COACH | W | L | T | PCT |  |  
		| 2026 | Mike Skytland |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 2025 | Mike Skytland | 26 | 19 |  | .578 |  |  
		| 2024 | Mike Skytland | 36 | 10 |  | .783 |  |  
		| 2023 | Mike Skytland | 25 | 16 |  | .610 |  |  
		| 2022 | Mike Skytland | 27 | 9 |  | .750 |  |  
		| 2021 | Mike Skytland | 23 | 16 | 1 | .586 |  |  
		| 2020 | Mike Skytland | 26 | 12 |  | .684 |  |  
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		| 2019 | Mike Skytland | 24 | 16 |  | .600 |  |  
		| 2018 | Mike Skytland | 28 | 13 |  | .683 |  |  
		| 2017 | Mike Skytland | 26 | 15 |  | .634 |  |  
		| 2016 | Mike Skytland | 31 | 13 |  | .705 | State Runner-up |  
		| 2015 | Mike Skytland | 31 | 18 |  | .633 |  |  
		| 2014 | Mike Skytland | 42 | 11 |  | .792 | State Champions |  
		| 2013 | Mike Skytland | 32 | 18 |  | .640 |  |  
		| 2012 | Mike Skytland | 33 | 13 |  | .717 |  |  
		| 2011 | Mike Skytland | 26 | 13 |  | .667 |  |  
		| 2010 | Mike Skytland | 40 | 10 |  | .800 | State Runner-up |  
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		| 2009 | Mike Skytland | 29 | 18 |  | .617 |  |  
		| 2008 | Mike Skytland | 35 | 15 |  | .700 | State Runner-up |  
		| 2007 | Mike Skytland | 37 | 16 |  | .698 | State Runner-up |  
		| 2006 | Mike Skytland | 31 | 20 |  | .608 |  |  
		| 2005 | Mike Skytland | 38 | 19 |  | .667 | State Runner-up |  
		| 2004 | Mike Skytland | 23 | 24 | 1 | .489 |  |  
		| 2003 | Troy Olson | 35 | 14 |  | .714 |  |  
		| 2002 | Gene Severson | 29 | 22 |  | .569 |  |  
		| 2001 | Gene Severson | 33 | 19 |  | .635 |  |  
		| 2000 | Gene Severson | 38 | 31 |  | .551 |  |  
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		| 1999 | Gene Severson | 35 | 22 |  | .614 |  |  
		| 1998 | Gene Severson | 55 | 28 |  | .662 | State Runner-up |  
		| 1997 | Gene Severson | 48 | 29 |  | .623 | State Champions |  
		| 1996 | Gene Severson | 43 | 30 |  | .589 |  |  
		| 1995 | Gene Severson | 42 | 29 |  | .592 |  |  
		| 1994 | Jim Schroeder | 33 | 28 |  | .541 |  |  
		| 1993 | Jim Schroeder | 32 | 22 |  | .593 |  |  
		| 1992 | Jim Schroeder | 37 | 26 |  | .587 |  |  
		| 1991 | Al Breuer | 30 | 35 |  | .462 |  |  
		| 1990 | Al Breuer | 30 | 29 |  | .509 |  |  
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		| 1989 | Wayne Horner | 28 | 30 |  | .483 | State Runner-up |  
		| 1988 | Wayne Horner | 30 | 16 |  | .652 |  |  
		| 1987 | Dave Wolf | 30 | 23 |  | .566 |  |  
		| 1986 | Dave Wolf | 34 | 18 |  | .654 | State Champions |  
		| 1985 | Dave Wolf | 38 | 24 |  | .613 | State Runner-up |  
		| 1984 | Joe Warner | 29 | 27 |  | .518 |  |  
		| 1983 | Joe Warner | 31 | 27 |  | .534 |  |  
		| 1982 | Joe Warner | 43 | 14 |  | .754 | State Champions |  
		| 1981 | Rob Montgomery | 19 | 31 |  | .380 |  |  
		| 1980 | Rob Montgomery | 30 | 26 |  | .538 |  |  
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		| 1979 | Rob Montgomery | 30 | 28 |  | .517 |  |  
		| 1978 | Rob Montgomery | 25 | 24 |  | .510 |  |  
		| 1977 | Rob Montgomery | 31 | 26 |  | .544 |  |  
		| 1976 | Neal Kalberer | 27 | 21 |  | .563 |  |  
		| 1975 | Neal Kalberer | 25 | 25 |  | .500 | State Runner-up |  
		| 1974 | Dean Bowyer | 38 | 22 |  | .633 |  |  
		| 1973 | Neal Kalberer | 13 | 30 |  | .302 |  |  
		| 1972 | Neal Kalberer | 42 | 15 |  | .737 |  |  
		| 1971 | Neal Kalberer | 46 | 13 |  | .780 | State Champions |  
		| 1970 | Al Lick | 29 | 22 |  | .569 |  |  
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		| 1969 | Al Lick | 22 | 21 |  | .512 |  |  
		| 1968 | Bruce Meland | 30 | 20 |  | .600 |  |  
		| 1967 | Bruce Meland | 34 | 16 |  | .680 |  |  
		| 1966 | Bruce Meland | 42 | 8 |  | .840 | State Champions |  
		| 1965 | Connie Juelke | 37 | 9 |  | .804 |  |  
		| 1964 | Al Bortke | 21 | 16 |  | .568 |  |  
		| 1963 | Rob "Goose" Johnson | 25 | 13 |  | .658 | State Champions |  
		| 1962 | Rob "Goose" Johnson | 32 | 6 |  | .842 | State Runner-up |  
		| 1961 | Roger Higgins | 39 | 17 |  | .696 | State Champions |  
		| 1960 | Roger Higgins | 33 | 22 |  | .600 |  |  
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		| 1959 | Roger Higgins | 28 | 15 |  | .651 |  |  
		| 1958 | Duane Hummel | 19 | 16 |  | .543 |  |  
		| 1957 | Dick Karlgaard | 28 | 8 | 1 | .778 | State Champions |  
		| 1956 | Dick Karlgaard | 25 | 10 |  | .714 | State Champions |  
		| 1955 | Dick Karlgaard |  |  |  |  | State Runner-up |  
		| 1954 | Dick Karlgaard |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1953 | Dick Karlgaard |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1952 | Bill Meier |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1951 | Bill Meier |  |  |  |  | State Runner-up |  
		| 1950 | Bill Meier |  |  |  |  |  |  
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		| 1949 | Bill Meier | 23 | 8 |  | .742 | State Champions |  
		| 1948 | Bill Meier | 17 | 9 | 1 | .654 | State Runner-up |  
		| 1947 | Bill Meier | 12 | 4 |  | .750 | State Runner-up |  
		| 1946 | Eddie Agre |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1945 | Bill Kunz and Arnie Strand |  |  |  |  | State Champions |  
		| 1944 | Bill Kunz and Arnie Strand |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1943 | T.E. Simle |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1942 | T.E. Simle |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1941 | T.E. Simle |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1940 | T.E. Simle |  |  |  |  |  |  
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		| 1939 | Joe Fairchild |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1938 | T.E. Simle |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1937 | T.E. Simle |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1936 | T.E. Simle |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1935 | Myron Anderson and T.E. Simle |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1934 | Myron Anderson |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1933 | Unknown |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1932 | Roy McLeod |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1931 | Harry Herschieb |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1930 | Unknown |  |  |  |  |  |  
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		| 1929 | Unknown |  |  |  |  |  |  
		| 1928 | John Karasiewicz |  |  |  |  |  |  
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		COACH | 
		SEASONS | 
		W | 
		L | 
		T | 
		PCT | 
		DIVISIONAL 
		CHAMP | 
		STATE 
		CHAMP | 
		STATE 
		RUNNER-UP |  
		| Agre, Eddie | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  
		| Anderson, Myron | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  
		| Anderson, Myron and 
		  Simle, T.E. | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  
		| Bortke, Al | 1 | 21 | 16 |  | .568 | 0 | 0* | 0 |  
		| Bowyer, Dean | 1 | 38 | 22 |  | .633 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
		| Breuer, Al | 2 | 60 | 64 |  | .484 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
		| Fairchild, Joe | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  
		| Herschieb, Harry | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  
		| Higgins, Roger | 3 | 100 | 54 |  | .649 | 1 | 1 | 0 |  
		| Horner, Wayne | 2 | 58 | 46 |  | .558 | 0 | 0 | 1 |  
		| Hummel, Duane | 1 | 19 | 16 |  | .543 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
		| Johnson, Rob "Goose" | 2 | 57 | 19 |  | .750 | 1 | 1* | 1 |  
		| Juelke, Connie | 1 | 37 | 9 |  | .804 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
		| Kalberer, Neal | 5 | 153 | 104 |  | .595 | 2 | 1 | 1 |  
		| Karasiewicz, John | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  
		| Karlgaard, Dick | 5 |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2 | 1 |  
		| Kunz, Bill and 
		 Strand, Arnie | 2 |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  
		| Lick, Al | 2 | 51 | 43 |  | .542 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
		| McLoed, Roy | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  
		| Meier, Bill | 6 |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 3 |  
		| Meland, Bruce | 3 | 106 | 44 |  | .707 | 1 | 1 | 0 |  
		| Montgomery, Rob | 5 | 135 | 135 |  | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
		| Olson, Troy | 1 | 35 | 14 |  | .714 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
		| Schroeder, Jim | 3 | 102 | 76 |  | .573 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
		| Severson, Gene | 8 | 323 | 210 |  | .606 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  
		| Simle, T.E. | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  
		| Skytland, Mike | 22 | 669 | 334 | 2 | .667 | 5 | 1 | 5 |  
		| Unknown | 3 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  
		| Warner, Joe | 3 | 103 | 68 |  | .602 | 2 | 1 | 0 |  
		| Wolf, Dave | 3 | 102 | 65 |  | .611 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  
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		TOTALS | 95 | 2169 | 1339 | 2 | .618 | 18 | 12 | 14 |  
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		| *1963 - Assistant Coach Al Bortke 
		ran the Bismarck Legion baseball club flawlessly on the field at the 
		State Tournament in Mandan and the Region 6 Tournament in Selina, KS. 
		Head Coach Bob "Goose" Johnson watched from the stands while 
		recovering from blood clots in his left leg suffered in a bus-car 
		accident just prior to the state tournament. Bismarck defeated Grand 
		Forks 8-4 in 12 innings to win its sixth state American Legion baseball 
		title.  |  
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