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Mick Hoglund graduated from Hamlin High School in 1980 and then attended Sioux Falls College, where he graduated in 1984 with a degree in English. He received his master’s degree in 1989 from South Dakota State University, went to Miller, South Dakota for two years and then returned to Dell Rapids in 1991. Along the way he coached football, basketball, and track.
Hoglund began his golf coaching career in 1991 with Dell Rapids, coaching his boy’s teams to two State Class B Championships, 2000 and 2001, and a runner-up in 2003, then three State A Championships in 2011, 2013, and 2014, and numerous top six finishes in both classes. His teams also won numerous region championships, several conference championships, multitudes of duels, triangulars, and quadrangulars. They also won too many invitationals to even count.
Over the years he had two players win state championships, Lawrence Larson (2004) and Adam Karst (2014), along with dozens of players receiving medals at state. Hoglund was also a three-time South Dakota High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year (2001, 2002, 2014) and was selected as a finalist for National Golf Coach of the Year. Hoglund decided to retire from both teaching and coaching in 2017 giving him 26 years of coaching golf.
Hoglund was also a life-long member and friend of the South Dakota High School Coaches Association, the South Dakota High School Golf Coaches Association, and had previously been selected to coach the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s All Star games in Aberdeen. He also worked many summers at Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux Falls and Rocky Run Golf Club in Dell Rapids.
Hoglund is also an extremely rare member of both the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame and the South Dakota Amateur Basketball Hall of Fame.
He and his wonderful wife, Shauna, live in Dell Rapids. They have two grown children, Morgan and Ty.
Congratulations to Mick Hoglund!
- Golf Coaching Experience: Dell Rapids Public High School, Head Boy’s Golf Coach 1991-2017.
- Coaching Service: South Dakota High School Coaches Association, South Dakota High School Golf Coaches Association, South Dakota High School Activities All Star Selection
- Golf Contributions: Worked at Minnehaha Country Club and Rocky Run Golf Course
- Accolades: Two-time South Dakota High School Class B Champions (2000, 2001); three-time South Dakota High School Class A Champions (2011, 2013, 2014); South Dakota High School Class B Runner-Up (2003); three-time South Dakota High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year (2001, 2012, 2014); National Golf Coach of the Year Finalist; Region Golf Coach of the Year several times.
Mick Hoglund’s Award Presentation will be just before the players award ceremony concluding the SDHSAA’s Girls State A Golf Tournament, which is approximately 4:40 p.m., June 7th, 2022, at Bakker Crossing’s Golf Course in Sioux Falls, SD.