Coach John Dewall is originally from Lakeland, MN attending Stllwater HS. In high school, he was a three sport athlete competing in cross country, nordic skiing, and track and field. After high school, he attended UW-Madison where he continued his nordic skiing career. Throughout this time, Coach Dewall was instrumental in mainstreaming the rollerblade, going from coast to coast with demonstrations. At 22, he was hired at Hastings HS, teaching agricultural science classes. Throughout his 44 year career at Hastings, Coach Dewall has coached a variety of sports, mainly cross country, nordic skiing, and track and field. During this time, he has multiple state participants and individual state champions in cross country, nordic skiing, and track and field. In addition to the individual champions, he led the girls nordic team to 14 conference titles along with 8 section titles with a team state championship in 1992. On the boys side of nordic, he has coached 21 conference titles, 14 section championships, and a team state championship in 1989. Finally, he has multiple US National Team members such as Torry Kraftson, and two future Olympians in Lindsay Williams and Dan Campbell. Coach Dewall gives a great interview that highlights how success is measured and really highlights all the coaches and athletes he has worked with over his 44 year career.
