The Lincoln High School Hall of Fame Banquet for the Class of 2024 will be held Saturday, Nov. 16 at 12 p.m. in the Lincoln High School Commons.
The Class of 2024 has three inductees – educator and coach Jeff Mumm, distinguished alumnus Douglass Steiger and the first Prowler football team to win a section championship, the 2005 Thief River Falls football team.
2005 Prowler Football Team
Thief River Falls got hot at the right time in 2005 to earn the school’s first section/region championship in football.
The Prowlers concluded their 8-game regular season with a record of 4-4, having beaten Hibbing, Cloquet, Duluth Central, and Grand Rapids. The Section 8AAA playoffs began with a 26-20 win over Roseau. In the Section semifinals, they achieved a convincing 49- 7 victory over East Grand Forks, followed by a 48-6 win over Perham in the Section 8AAA Finals at the Alerus Center.
Overall Record: 7-5
Section 8AAA Playoffs:
– 26-20 over Roseau; 49-7 over East Grand Forks; 48-6 over Perham.
State Quarterfinals: 14-8 losses to Albany.
Team Members: Erik Brenna, Justin Brooks, Ryan Brummund, Alex Carlson (Captain), Tony Dorn, Jon Drees, Michael Forney (Captain), Lucas Genereux, Zach Gerardy, Blake Haviland, Tanner Jensen, Tyler Jensen, Chad Johnson, Drew Kjono, Ryan Kruse, Dan LeDuc, Kyle Lunke, Matt Nordhagen (captain), Ryan Olson, Manuel Peralta, Brady Stanley, Robby Stenson, Kyle Trontvet, Zach Wilde, Michael Benedict, Andrew Blacklance, Brian Anderson, Travis Bach, Ben Carlson, Jon Gilbert, Corey Horien, Cole Hunt, Kyle Iverson, Josh Iverson, Zach Johnson, Tyler Nessen, Andrew Peralta, Lee Peterson, Jeremy Sich, Sean Sorteberg, Jordan Swanson, Ryan Winkelman, Alex Yaggie, Ryan Dahl, Chase Haviland, Aaron Langan, Tom Loe, Billy Mattison, Andy Rook, Josh Skalsky, Tyson Sorvig, and Kasey Trontvet.
Coaching Staff: Head Coach: Jeff Mumm; Assistant Coaches: Scott Brekke, Charlie Cornell, Jay Forney, David Jobe, Tim Olson, and Carter Rogalla.
After steady success throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the Prowler football team broke through in 2005 with the school’s first section championship in football. The Prowlers repeated as Section 8AAA champions in 2006. The MSHSL began sponsoring football in 1916, but it didn’t organize a playoff system until the 1972 season.
Jeff Mumm
Jeff Mumm was born and raised in Clayton, Wis. It was there that he developed his love for athletics by playing four sports: football, basketball, baseball, and track. Jeff graduated from Clayton High School in 1978 and then attended the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where he played football and baseball while majoring in Physical Education, Health, and Exercise Science. He was hired by the Thief River Falls School District in 1985 and spent 39 years as a physical education instructor at Lincoln High School.
During his tenure, Mumm coached various sports, including baseball, track and field, and basketball, and served as the head football coach for 27 years.
Accomplishments:
• AII-WSUC: two times in football and baseball in 1980 and 1981
• North Country Conference Coach of the Year: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2010
• Section 8A Coach of the Year: 1995, 2004, and 2005
• 2005 Head Coach of the Outstate All-Star Team
• 2009 Peter Hess Memorial Teacher Recognition Award
• 2011 Inducted into the University of Wisconsin – Superior Hall of Fame
• 2013 ISD #564 Teacher of the Year
• 2020 Inducted into the Minnesota Football Coaches Hall of Fame
• 2022 Minnesota High School Strength Coach of the Year
While Jeff’s accomplishments as a coach are notable, his impact on the student body in his classes cannot be overlooked. He was instrumental in providing and designing strength training classes for students. His passion for fitness and strength training is the reason there is a high-quality weight room at LHS, and its summer programs continue to thrive.
Jeff made a significant impact not only on students but also served as a mentor to many of his peers.
Jeff will tell you that he is most proud of his family: his wife, Laura; her children, Brody and Brielle; his children, Christopher (wife Tara and kids Evelyn and Isabelle) Mumm and Katie (Parker) Slanga.
Douglass Steiger
Douglass Steiger is a graduate of Lincoln High School, class of 1951. In the winter of 1957-58, Douglass, along with his brother Maurice and father John, designed and built the first Steiger tractor from used parts in the barn on their farm southwest of Thief River Falls. The result was a well-built, four-wheel-drive, articulating tractor painted lime green. Their goal was to fill a need rather than to start a tractor company; however, by 1963,
they had established the Steiger Tractor business. Steiger tractors were manufactured on the farm in barns converted to a factory until 1970, when the tractor business moved to Fargo, N.D.
Douglass credits the leadership of the Fargo team for making “Steiger” a leader in the market. In 1974, the company moved to a 400,000 square-foot plant, which is still in use today. Steiger continues to be a part of the Case IH line of four-wheel-drive tractors. Nearly one million tractors bearing the Steiger name have been produced and shipped to every continent in the world, including Antarctica.
Doug didn’t stop with just tractors; he founded several other companies, including Hydra-Mac skid steers and Toreq scrapers. Douglass was also awarded numerous design patents over his lifetime. He lives in Thief River Falls with his wife, Kay, and is a lifelong member of the community. Doug is a kind and gentle man who greatly values his faith, family, and friends.
Key Highlights:
• 1951: Graduate of Lincoln High School
• 1963: Started the Steiger Tractor business
• Founded Hydra- Mac skid steers
• Founded Toreq scrapers
• Douglass has received many design patents over his lifetime
• Lifelong member of Thief River Falls.