Robert J. “Coach” Bob Buck, longtime Dodgeville High School coach, passed away on Monday, May 20. He was 86 years old. He was born is South Dakota and received
his B.S. in Education from Black Hills State University located in Spearfish, South Dakota. He taught for two years in Mobridge, South Dakota before moving to Dodgeville in 1963. While at Dodgeville, where he taught and coached for 36 years, he was the head football coach for 12 years. His 1986 team went 9-0 and lost, in the playoffs in overtime, to the eventual state champion, Westby. He was head basketball coach for 18 years, winning 5 league championships. Later, he became very active in Relay for Life, MACC Fund, Parkinson’s Disease Group, and the Iowa County Cancer Coalition. He was on the board of directors for DASFI (Dodgeville Area Scholarship Fund Inc.) and a committee member for selecting Mr. Basketball of Wisconsin. He was the only Southern 8 conference head coach in history to win championships in both football and basketball.
In 1995, Buck was named to the Wisconsin High School Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. Followed by Black Hills State University Hall of Fame as a coach in 1998, and the Wisconsin Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1999 as an assistant coach. In 2010 he was a charter member of the Dodgeville High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
A Celebration of Life is being planned for Saturday, June 1, 2024, at the DODGEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL UPPER GYM from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. with a memorial service starting at 2:00 p.m.
