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Name: David Harms
Years: 1998-2002 (5)
Record: 21-25 Winning %: 44.68
Winning Seasons: 2
State Playoff Appearances: 1
-2000 1st Round (Top 16)
Off. Points: 1,011 Def. Points: 940
All-State Players
1st Team: 5 2nd Team: 5 3rd Team: 1
All-League Players
1st Team: 21 2nd Team: 9
Where Are They Now: Coach Harms
After the 2002 season, it was apparent that Alden could no longer field an 11 man football team. Coach Harms became the defensive coordinator for the A-NEH JH Team, which went undefeated. The following year (2004), when Iowa Falls and Alden began a whole grade sharing agreement, Coach Harms became the Middle School Football Coordinator, which to present has a record of 94-60. Coach Harms is also the Head Men's Track Coach at Iowa Falls-Alden High School since 2008: IFA Men's Track & Field . IFA Men's Track has won 26 Meet Championships, Sent 60 events to state, Placed 26 at state, won 3 state event championships and set 40 meet records.
Name: Chad Moore
Years: 1997 (1)
Record: 4-5 Winning %: 44.44
Off. Points: 136 Def. Points: 213
All-League Players
1st Team: 4 2nd Team: 0
Where Are They Now: Coach Moore
After playing football at Graceland University, Chad Moore began his coaching career at Ellsworth College. Following his time at Ellsworth, Coach Moore was named head coach at Alden for the 1997 season. After moving on from Alden, he was the defensive coordinator and later head coach at Belmond-Klemme High School, and is currently the head coach at Forest City. Coach Moore is also Forest City's activities director and associate high school principal.
Name: Brad Van Rooyen
Years: 1976-1996 (21)
Record: 110-81 Winning %: 58%
Winning Seasons: 14
State Playoff Appearances: 3
-1978 1st Round (Top 8)
-1984 Semi Finals (Top 4)
-1985 Semi Finals (Top 4)
Conference Championships
1978 IRVC 1987 Mid-Iowa
Off. Points: 3,595 Def. Points: 2,764
All-State Players
1st Team: 1 2nd Team: 3 3rd Team: 4
All-League Players
1st Team: 92 2nd Team: 1
Where Are They Now: Coach Van Rooyen
Coach Brad Van Rooyen played HS Football, Basketball, Track and Baseball at Maurice-Orange City High School in Northwest Iowa. He graduated high school in 1972. He went on to play college football at Northwestern of Orange City Iowa. Van Rooyen was a 1st Team NAIA All-American Running Back. After graduating from Northwestern, his first chance to coach was at Parkersburg as an assistant, but he turned it down, because he wanted to be a head coach and Alden offered him the job that he held for 21 seasons. In 1997, Van Rooyen moved to South O'Brien High school closer to his hometown in Northwest Iowa. He spent 9 seasons there and finished with a 46-37 record. His overall head coaching record was 156-113-0. A 58% win rate. Coach Van Rooyen finished his career as an assistant coach (running backs) at Clinton High School. There he coached UNI All-American and Arizona Cardinal NFL All-Pro running back David Johnson.
Name: Steven Engelking
Years: 1973-1975 (3)
Record: 6-20 Winning %: 23%
Off. Points: 314 Def. Points: 574
All-League Players
1st Team: 5 2nd Team: 0
Where are They Now: Coach Engelking
After leaving Alden High, Coach Engelking went into real-estate and built a company that at it's peak had 220 agents. He spends most of his time now golfing and watching his grandkids play sports. "The kids were always fun to work with"
Name: Willis Hoff
Years: 1969-1972 (4)
Record: 13-18-1 Winning %: 41.9%
Off. Points: 475 Def. Points: 599
All-League Players
1st Team: 11 2nd Team: 0
Name: Loren Burnett
Years: 1967-1968 (2)
Record: 2-6 Winning %: 35.7%
Winning Seasons: 0
Off. Points: 112 Def. Points: 211
All-League Players
1st Team: 3 2nd Team: 0
Name: Bob Snow
Years: 1965-1966
Record: 13-3 Winning %: 81.3%
Winning Seasons: 2
Off. Points: 622 Def. Points: 289
All-League Players
1st Team: 9 2nd Team: 3
Name: Ed Weeks
Years: 1959-1964 (6)
Record: 41-8 Winning %: 83.7%
Winning Seasons: 6
Off. Points: 1,526 Def. Points: 283
All-State Players
1st Team: 0 2nd Team: 1 3rd Team: 1
All-League Players
1st Team: 20 2nd Team: 9
Ed Weeks was inducted into the Simpson College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1969 and was also Inducted into the Iowa High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. Coach Weeks graduated from Simpson College in 1954 and began his coaching career at Baxter, Iowa where his record was 16-9. From Baxter he came to Alden where he had a record of 41-8. He then finished his coaching career at Wapello with a record of 69-20.
Name: Larry Gilpin
Years: 1958
Record: 4-4 Winning %: 50%
Off. Points: 182 Def. Points: 133
All-State Players
7th Team: 1
All-League Players
1st Team: 1 2nd Team: 2
Name: Robert Miller
Years: 1954-1957
Record: 19-12-2 Winning %: 57.6%
Winning Seasons: 2
Off. Points: 574 Def. Points: 455
All-League Players
1st Team: 10 2nd Team: 6
Name: Dick Scain
Years: 1951-1953
Record: 17-4 Winning %: 81%
Winning Seasons: 3
Off. Points: 403 Def. Points: 188
All-League Players
1st Team: 7 2nd Team: 4
Name: Harley Granthum
Years: 1949-1950
Record: 4-10-2 Winning %: 33%
Off. Points: 117 Def. Points: 262
All-League Players
1st Team: 4 2nd Team: 2
Name: William Kearney
Years: 1948
Record: 0-6 Winning %: 0%
Winning Seasons: 0
Off. Points: 0 Def. Points: 293
Name: Dean Penney
Years: 1947
Record: 1-7 Winning %: 12.5%
Winning Seasons: 0
Off. Points: 28 Def. Points: 258
Name: Emory Reeves
Years: 1946
Record: 6-2 Winning %: 75%
Winning Seasons: 1
Off. Points: 220 Def. Points: 52
Name: Hubert Moeller
Years: 1945
Record: 1-6-1 Winning %: 12.5%
Winning Seasons: 0
Off. Points: 41 Def. Points: 156
Name: Edgar Nuss
Years: 1943-1944
Record: 2-10-1 Winning %: 13.3%
Winning Seasons: 0
Off. Points: 79 Def. Points: 372
Name: Sam Gataldo
Years: 1942
Record: 4-2 Winning %: 66.7%
Winning Seasons: 1
Off. Points: 107 Def. Points: 48
Name: Jerry Miller
Years: 1941
Record: 5-1-1 Winning %: 71.4%
Winning Seasons: 1
Off. Points: 153 Def. Points: 66
Name: Herle Farrell
Years: 1940
Record: 3-3 Winning %: 50%
Winning Seasons: 0
Off. Points: 70 Def. Points: 38
Name: Vernon Rottler
Years: 1937-1939
Record: 13-8-2 Winning %: 56.5%
Winning Seasons: 3
Off. Points: 221 Def. Points: 163
Name: Herbert Bones
Years: 1935-1936
Record: 3-8-2 Winning %: 23.1%
Winning Seasons: 0
Off. Points: 29 Def. Points: 194
Name: Robert Dain
Years: 1930-1934
Record: 16-21-3 Winning %: 40%
Winning Seasons: 2
Off. Points: 408 Def. Points: 510
Name: Paul Evans
Years: 1928-1929
Record: 0-15-1 Winning %: 0
Off. Points: 20 Def. Points: 363
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