Stan Norenberg

Stan Norenberg was a football and track athlete at the University of Northern Iowa. He graduated in 1957 and moved to Adel, Iowa to teach and coach football and track. He coached and taught for 10 years and then became the high school administrator at Adel for the next 25 years. Stan spent his entire educational career at ADM High School. Stan has had many accomplishments and honors bestowed on him during his career. He is the member of the ADM Hall of Fame, Iowa Football Coaches Hall of Fame, both the Boys and Girls Athletic Association’s Officials Hall of Fame. He has been recognized as one of Iowa’s Outstanding Principals, a member of the executive board of both the Iowa Football Coaches Association and Iowa High School Principal’s Association, Korean War Veteran and a 40+ year member of his Methodist Church, Lions Club and Masonic Lodge. Stan’s career at a track starter began in 1960. During the ensuing 40 years as a official, he started over 700 junior high, high school and college track meets. He started dozens of girls’ and boys’ district and state track meets at Drake Stadium. To top that off, he also refereed over 1000 basketball games during his career. Stan retired from public education in 1992 and from officiating in 2000. He now lives in Palm Springs, California and plays golf six months a year. The other six months, he lives in Adel, volunteering his time at the Dallas County Fairgrounds. He has three married children who all graduated from college. He spends lots of his retirement time playing golf, fishing, hiking and, what I think is best of all, riding his Harley.