| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 19, 1921 Belgrade, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | October 4, 2001 (aged 79) Seguin, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1939–1942 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| Baseball | |
| 1943 | Superior Bays |
| 1946 | Superior Bays |
| 1947 | Waterloo White Hawks |
| Position | Relief pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1946–1949 | Gustavus Adolphus (assistant) |
| 1950–1952 | Upsala (line) |
| 1953–1961 | Hutchinson HS (MN) |
| 1962–1963 | Texas Lutheran |
| Basketball | |
| 1949 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 1959–1972 | Texas Lutheran |
| Baseball | |
| 1948–1951 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–9 (college football) 109–217 (college basketball) 28–35 (college baseball) |
Verl A. "Jiggs" Westergard (November 19, 1921 – October 4, 2001) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served the head men's basketball coach at his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota in 1949. He later served as a line coach at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey and as a football, basketball and golf coach at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas until his retirement.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Lutheran Bulldogs (NAIA independent) (1962–1963) | |||||||||
| 1962 | Texas Lutheran | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1963 | Texas Lutheran | 5–5 | |||||||
| Texas Lutheran: | 10–9 | ||||||||
| Total: | 10–9 | ||||||||