He attended Northwestern and played on the school's football team between 1936 and 1938. In his sophomore year, the Wildcats won the Big Ten Conference, and Voigts was named an All-American tackle. After college, Voigts served as an assistant football coach and head basketball coach at Illinois Wesleyan University before moving briefly to Yale University, where he was a football line coach.
He attended Northwestern University and played on their football team between 1936 and 1938, where he was a standout tackle and helped the Wildcats win the Big Ten Conference in his sophomore year. After college, Voigts worked as an assistant coach for football and head coach for basketball at Illinois Wesleyan University before moving to Yale University to be a line coach on their football team.