Munz talks secrets of Pioneer football success with Sauk County leaders
UW-Platteville Head Football Coach Ryan Munz's guiding principle is both counterintuitive and simple: Leaders let others lead.
That was the cornerstone of the keynote speech Munz delivered Thursday to a rapt audience at a Sauk County Institute of Leadership luncheon in Lake Delton. The organization, sponsored in part by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, offers leadership workshops throughout the year. Thursday's agenda: figure out how Munz and his staff transformed the Pioneers into a national contender in two years.
Munz took over a program in 2022 that hadn't made a playoff appearance in six seasons and hadn't won a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship since 1980. Munz has gone 30-14 overall in four seasons at the helm, leading the Pioneers to a WIAC championship and a playoff berth in 2024. Last season UW-Platteville earned a first-round playoff bye and defeated Alma in the second round before falling to Bethel, one win short of gaining a berth in the NCAA Division III national quarterfinals.
