University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

Recognition: Athlete/Coach

Jerry Stine was a high school coach and an athletic director following his career as a track athlete. As an athlete, Stine competed on teams for Coach Charlie Foster that won conference titles as four years. He earned All-American honors by running on the mile relay team that finished fifth in the 1965 NAIA National Meet. He was a member of the two mile relay team that set a college indoor record of 7:54.5 in 1965. Stine was a coach and athletic director at Wheeler Central High School and Bertrand Community School for 37 years before retiring in 2004. He was president of the Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA) in 1990, a board member of the Nebraska High School Athletic Coaches Association. Stine was creator, author, and secretary of the NCE Career Milestones Award and served on both boys and girls track advisory committee. He has been inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame and has received the Binnie and Dutch Award for meritorious Service to track and the Boys Track Coach of the Year Award by the Nebraska Coaches Association.