STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has named Tim Whitford as interim assistant director on the executive staff beginning Monday, Feb. 10 following the retirement of Tom Shafranski today. Whitford will serve in the position until Shafranski’s successor joins the staff this summer.
During his 22-year tenure, Shafranski has served as the administrator for several sports of football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, swimming & diving, and tennis. His other administrative duties included the direction of the prestigious WIAA Scholar-Athlete program and serving as the staff liaison with the Sports Advisory Committee and the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association.
Whitford will inherit the administrative responsibilities most recently managed by Shafranski, including the sports of 11-player football, boys and girls golf, boys and girls hockey, boys and girls lacrosse. Other administrative duties will include the oversight of the WIAA Scholar-Athlete program and staff liaison with the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association.
He spent his entire 34-year educational career in the Winneconne Community School District before retiring in June 2024. He served the first 22 years of his career as a physical education and health educator before becoming the school’s athletic director in 2012. Whitford was named the District 4 Athletics Director of the Year by the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association last fall.
In addition, Whitford has a combined 77 seasons of coaching in the district, including 25 years as varsity softball coach. His teams compiled a 365-209 record, won seven conference championships and guided the development of 50 all-conference selections. In 2021, he was enshrined into the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Whitford was active in the WFSCA throughout his coaching career. He served on the association’s executive board and district representative for 20 years (2003-23) and was co-coordinator of the annual Senior All-Star Game from 2018-2023.
Since his retirement from coaching in 2017, Whitford became a WIAA-licensed softball official in 2018, working varsity and WIAA postseason games, as well as the WFSCA Senior All-Star Game in 2017. In addition, he has served as a team host for the WIAA State Softball Tournament the past six years.
Other coaching experience at Winneconne includes seven years as varsity girls volleyball coach and eight years as the middle school volleyball coach, junior varsity girls basketball coach for two years, freshman boys basketball coach for three years and middle school boys and girls basketball coach for 16 years. He also has a one-year stint as middle school football coach.
Whitford graduated from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point in May1990 with Bachelor of Science Degree in Health and Physical Education and Minor in Coaching.
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