Bill VanderVelden is the football assistant coach at Winneconne High School.

This will be VanderVelden’s 50th year coaching with the program.

Winneconne High School begins its 2024-25 season on Friday, Aug. 21.

Bill VanderVelden is the longest tenured coach in Winneconne High School History, and as he enters his 50th year coaching varsity football, he says he’s not ready to give it up.

For 50 years, “Coach V” has had a presence on the Winneconne High School football sideline.

“He’s just an encyclopedia that we get to pick on,” Harry Roubidoux, a member of the Winneconne coaching staff, says.

While Roubidoux stands alongside VanderVelden now, he was once a player under “Coach V.”

“He's a hard coach, but that’s good; he has a high standard for us,” Roubidoux says. “He brings a lot of

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