Eugene Brodhagen

Eugene Norman Brodhagen (October 28, 1917 – June 13, 1986) was an American football and wrestling coach. He served two stints as the head football coach at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota, from 1946 to 1950 and again from 1952 to 1954, compiling a record of 19–38–3. Brodhagen played college football at the University of Wisconsin, lettering from 1936 to 1938.

Brodhagen was born on October 28, 1917, in Bonduel, Wisconsin. He began his coaching career in 1939 as an assistant football coach Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, working under head football coach at Guy Lookabaugh. In 1940, he was named head of the athletic department at Phillips High School in Phillips, Wisconsin, where coached football, basketball, and baseball.

Brodhagen served in the United States Navy during World War II, from February 1943 until his discharge in 1945. He remained in the United States Naval Reserve until 1976, when he retired as a lieutentenant commander. He died unexpectedly on June 13, 1986, at his cottage near Tomahawk, Wisconsin.