University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Athletics

Karl Schlender   Schlender was a versatile and integral member of the Warhawk coaching staff. He coached at UW-W from 1974 until his retirement in 1994. He served, at various times, as head men's gymnastics coach (six years), assistant football coach (twenty), assistant women's and men's track and field coach (eleven), and later as the head track and field coach for both genders (nine).  He directed the men's track team to six top twenty finishes in a NCAA championship, and the women's team finished in the top twenty nationally three times under Schlender. A long time resident of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, Schlender passed away in 2000.