Professional profile
Tom Winske is in his 10th season as the baseball coach at St. Norbert College.

Winske has led the Green Knights to some of their brightest moments on the diamond. The Green Knights had their winningest season ever in 2007, posting a 26-10-1 record. St. Norbert captured the 2003 Midwest Conference title by beating nationally ranked Ripon twice on their home field to clinch the school's first NCAA Tournament berth in baseball. The Green Knights had their winningest season ever in 2000, a 25-11 campaign, and followed that up with a 23-12 season in 2002. St. Norbert finished second at the Midwest Conference Tournament in 2000 and 2005, and nearly swept a tripleheader on the tournament's final day in 2000 to cop the league championship. Overall, Winske is 184-129-1 in his nine seasons at the collegiate level.

Winske is a well-recognized figure in Green Bay area baseball after coaching the Green Bay Billy's to a 53-15 record during the summer of 1997 and starting the baseball program at Green Bay East High School. He has coached the Green Bay Bluejays American Legion team for eight seasons and De Pere Abbot Pennings High School for two years.

Winske guided the Billy's, an amateur team made of several former Major League and college players, to the Wisconsin State League Championship and the American Amateur Baseball Congress state title.

In 1991, he founded the East High School program and led the Red Devils to the Fox River Valley Conference title that spring. He has won four FRVC titles in his eight seasons, compiling a 99-57 career record. Winske was the Green Bay News-Chronicle Metro Coach of the Year in 1992, 1993 and 1997. He was the Green Bay Press-Gazette area Coach of the Year in 1997.

He led the Bluejays to third place finishes at the Class AAA State Legion tournament in 1992 and 1994, and directed Abbot Pennings to a third place finish at the 1989 WISAA State Tournament.

Winske played collegiately at Fort Hays State University (Kan.). He also was an assistant coach for one season at the NAIA school, helping the team to a No. 13 national ranking.

The Green Bay native attended Abbot Pennings High School, which has since closed and was located on the St. Norbert College campus. Winske is an instructor of special education at the Brown County Jail.

Location: Pennings Activity Center
Room: 103
Phone: (920) 403-3545
Fax: (920) 403-3128

Mailing address:
St. Norbert College
100 Grant Street
Pennings Activity Center, 103
De Pere, WI 54115-2099

winsket@hotmail.com