Joe Swetland

Joe Swetland

Biographical details
Born	(1886-11-02)November 2, 1886 Reedsburg, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	January 7, 1952(1952-01-07) (aged 65) Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
1906–1909	Ripon
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1910–1911	Eau Claire HS (WI)
1912–1915	ND State Normal & Industrial
1916–1919	Dunwoody Institute
1920–1925	Stevens Point Normal
1926	Northern Normal
1927	Hutchinson HS (MN)
Basketball
1920–1926	Stevens Point Normal
1926–1927	Northern Normal
Head coaching record
Overall	40–48 (college basketball)

Joseph Ellsworth Swetland (November 2, 1886 – January 7, 1952) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the Stevens Point Normal School—now known as University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point—from 1920 to 1925 and at Northern Normal and Industrial School—now known as Northern State University—in Aberdeen, South Dakota for one season, in 1926. Swetland was also the head basketball coach at Stevens Point Normal from 1920 to 1927 and Northern Normal and Industrial for the 1926–27 season. He died on January 7, 1952, at his home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Stevens Point Pointers (Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin) (1920–1925)
1920	Stevens Point	3–2–1	1–1–1	6th
1921	Stevens Point	3–2–1	1–1–1	6th
1922	Stevens Point	3–4–1	1–3–1	8th
1923	Stevens Point	0–6–1	0–4–1	10th
1924	Stevens Point	2–5	1–5	10th
1925	Stevens Point	2–3	1–3	T–8th
Stevens Point:		13–22–4	5–17–4
Northern Normal Wolves (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1926)
1926	Northern Normal	5–1	3–1	5th
Northern Normal:		5–1	3–1
Total: