Monday, March 18, 2013 - Don Grensing "The MAC Conference at 35”

Former Davenport Central Hall of Famer and local sports historian, Don Grensing will be the guest speaker on Monday, March 18.  Don was head basketball coach at Davenport Central from 1960-1984 and coached the Blue Devils to the state championship in 1970.  He is a native of Muscatine, served in the U. S. Army, graduated from Iowa Wesleyan in 1952, and coached at Le Claire and Wilton high schools before coming to Davenport.   He has been active in sports his entire life, playing, coaching and managing the semi-pro Muscatine Red Sox baseball team from 1945-2005.  He was athletic director and activities manager at Davenport Central from 1985-1999 and was Executive Secretary of MAC Conference from 1999 until last year.  In 2010 Don was inducted into the QC Times Sports Hall of Fame.