Lewis Yeager
American football coach
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1878-09-10)September 10, 1878 West Virginia, U.S. |
Died | December 10, 1906(1906-12-10) (aged 28) Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. |
Alma mater | West Virginia |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1899 | West Virginia |
1901 | West Virginia |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 5–5 |
Lewis Armstrong Yeager,[1] first name sometimes spelled Louis (September 10, 1878 – December 10, 1906) was an American football coach He was the seventh head football coach at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, serving for two seasons, in 1899 and 1901 to 1902, compiling a record of 5–5.
Yeager died suddenly in 1906 of heart disease.[2] He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown.[3]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1899) | |||||||||
1899 | West Virginia | 2–3 | |||||||
West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1901) | |||||||||
1901 | West Virginia | 3–2 | |||||||
West Virginia: | 5–5 | ||||||||
Total: | 5–5 |
References
- ^ "The Monticola 1901". Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ Sigma Chi Fraternity (1907). The Sigma Chi Quarterly: The Official Organ of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Vol. 26. The Fraternity. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ Warren, J.T. (1972). History and genealogy of the Trexler family. Schlechter's. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
External links
- Lewis Yeager at Find a Grave
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West Virginia Mountaineers head football coaches
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- No team (1892)
- F. William Rane (1893–1894)
- Harry McCrory (1895)
- Thomas Trenchard (1896)
- George Krebs (1897)
- Harry Anderson (1898)
- Lewis Yeager (1899)
- John Ethan Hill (1900)
- Lewis Yeager (1901)
- Harold J. Davall (1902)
- Harry E. Trout (1903)
- Anthony Chez (1904)
- Carl Forkum (1905–1906)
- Clarence W. Russell (1907)
- Charles Augustus Lueder (1908–1911)
- William P. Edmunds (1912)
- Edwin Sweetland (1913)
- Sol Metzger (1914–1915)
- Mont McIntire (1916–1917)
- No team (1918)
- Mont McIntire (1919–1920)
- Clarence Spears (1921–1924)
- Ira Rodgers (1925–1930)
- Greasy Neale (1931–1933)
- Charles Tallman (1934–1936)
- Marshall Glenn (1937–1939)
- Bill Kern (1940–1942)
- Ira Rodgers (1943–1945)
- Bill Kern (1946–1947)
- Dudley DeGroot (1948–1949)
- Art Lewis (1950–1959)
- Gene Corum (1960–1965)
- Jim Carlen (1966–1969)
- Bobby Bowden (1970–1975)
- Frank Cignetti Sr. (1976–1979)
- Don Nehlen (1980–2000)
- Rich Rodriguez (2001–2007)
- Bill Stewart (2007–2010)
- Dana Holgorsen (2011–2018)
- Neal Brown (2019– )
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