Schulenburg Stadium Name Is a Mouthful

New Signage Will Say: “David Husmann Memorial Stadium: Home of the Shorthorns”

The Schulenburg school board unanimously voted last week to rename the school’s football stadium “David Husmann Memorial Stadium” to honor the legacy of the late coach who led the Shorthorns to two state football titles.

Husmann died December 18 from complications of COVID.

But the board also requested that any new signage erected at the stadium also include the language: “Home of the Shorthorns.”

Leading up to the board vote last week, there had been quite a lot of discussion in Schulenburg about the renaming of the stadium – both for and against it.

Schulenburg Superintendent Duane Limbaugh said he personally heard from about 20 people for renaming the stadium after Husmann and about 20 people contacted him against the idea.

“It was evenly split,” Limbaugh said.

He said the common theme of those opposed to the idea was not anything against Husmann, Limbaugh said, but that they preferred to name the field or the field house after the coach and leave the stadium name Shorthorn Stadium.

Naming the stadium after Husmann with the added language “Home of the Shorthorns” was the right compromise, the board felt.

There will be no cost to the district for new signage at the stadium. Money had been donated to Husmann’s memorial fund for new signs.

Limbaugh said a ceremony officially dedicating the new stadium name and signage will likely be held at a football game this fall.