Gilbert John Krueger (May 28, 1929 – October 30, 2016) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Macalester College from 1966 to 1968, the University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1969 to 1973, Northern Michigan University from 1974 to 1977, New Mexico State University from 1978 to 1982, and the University of Wisconsin–Superior from 1984 to 1987, compiling a career college football record of 104–114–4. At Northern Michigan, his team won the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1975. He died in 2016, aged 87.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs |
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| Macalester Scots (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) |
| 1966 | Macalester | 2–7 | 0–7 | 8th | |
| 1967 | Macalester | 3–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |
| 1968 | Macalester | 5–4–1 | 3–3–1 | 5th | |
| Macalester: | 10–17–1 | 5–15–1 | |
| Wisconsin–Platteville Pioneers (Wisconsin State University Athletic Conference) |
| 1969 | Wisconsin–Platteville | 8–1 | 7–1 | T–1st | |
| 1970 | Wisconsin–Platteville | 10–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NAIA Division I |
| 1971 | Wisconsin–Platteville | 9–1 | 7–1 | 1st | |
| 1972 | Wisconsin–Platteville | 6–4 | 4–4 | T–4th | |
| 1973 | Wisconsin–Platteville | 8–1–1 | 6–1–1 | 2nd | |
| Wisconsin–Platteville: | 41–8–1 | 32–7–1 | |
| Northern Michigan Wildcats (NCAA Division II independent) |
| 1974 | Northern Michigan | 0–10 | | | |
| 1975 | Northern Michigan | 13–1 | | | W NCAA Division II Championship |
| 1976 | Northern Michigan | 11–2 | | | L NCAA Division II Semifinal |
| 1977 | Northern Michigan | 7–3 | | | L NCAA Division II First Round |
| Northern Michigan: | 31–16 | | |
| New Mexico State Aggies (Missouri Valley Conference) |
| 1978 | New Mexico State | 6–5 | 5–1 | 1st | |
| 1979 | New Mexico State | 2–9 | 1–5 | T–5th | |
| 1980 | New Mexico State | 3–7–1 | 1–4–1 | 6th | |
| 1981 | New Mexico State | 3–8 | 1–5 | 7th | |
| 1982 | New Mexico State | 3–8 | 1–4 | T–6th | |
| New Mexico State: | 17–37–1 | 10–19–1 | |
| Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) |
| 1984 | Wisconsin–Superior | 0–11 | 0–8 | 9th | |
| 1985 | Wisconsin–Superior | 2–8–1 | 1–6–1 | 9th | |
| 1986 | Wisconsin–Superior | 0–10 | 0–8 | 9th | |
| 1987 | Wisconsin–Superior | 3–7 | 2–6 | 8th | |
| Wisconsin–Superior: | 5–36–1 | 3–28–1 | |
| Total: | 104–114–4 | |
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