Parkside Athletics

Ken Oberbruner served as a baseball coach at UW-Parkside from 1970-1991. Red’s teams were perennial All-District Tournament contenders. He ended up his career among the top five NCAA Division II coaches in victories. Red was inducted into both the Wisconsin High School Baseball Coaches Association and the NAIA District 14 Hall of Fame. His number (No.1) is retired and is noted on the left field fence at Oberbruner Field, home of the Ranger baseball team.