ARGUS LEADER OBITUARY
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Virg Sandvig, whose coaching and teaching career at Augustana spanned 30 years, died Sunday in Sioux Falls. He was 87.
A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Chapel of Reconciliation on the Augustana campus.
Sandvig graduated from Augustana in 1949. Following coaching stints at the high school and college levels, he returned to Augustana in 1960. He served as an assistant under head Viking football coaches Bob Burns, Jim Malmquist, Ralph Starenko and Joel Swisher.
He also served as an assistant basketball coach, sports information director, head men's track and field coach, head men's cross country coach, head men's golf coach, athletic director and professor of geography. He guided Viking men's track teams to the College's first appearances in the national outdoor championships.
In 1980, Augustana President Charles Balcer appointed Sandvig as the acting athletic director for all sports. He served as the Vikings' athletic director until 1986.
Sandvig retired from Augustana in 1990.
He was inducted into the Augustana Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979 and is the recipient of the North Central Conference's Honor Award (1977), the league's highest recognition.
