Ellison Ketchum
American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1908-07-22)July 22, 1908 Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
Died | November 21, 1960(1960-11-21) (aged 52) Coral Gables, Florida, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
late 1920s | Denver |
Basketball | |
late 1920s | Denver |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1930–1931 | Denver (freshmen) |
1936–1938 | Denver (freshmen) |
1939–? | Denver (assistant) |
1942 | Denver |
Basketball | |
1930–1932 | Denver (freshmen) |
1940–1943 | Denver |
1946–1948 | Denver |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1949–1951 | Denver |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 6–3–1 (football) 63–60 (basketball) |
Ellison Edwin Ketchum (July 22, 1908 – November 21, 1960) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at the University of Denver for one season in 1942, compiling a record of 6–3–1. Ketchum served two stints as the head basketball coach at Denver, from 1940 to 1943 and from 1946 to 1948, amassing a record of 63–60.
Biography
Ketchum was born on July 22, 1908, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Denver, where he lettered in football and basketball, in 1930.[1] Ketchum died of cancer on November 21, 1960, in Coral Gables, Florida.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Denver Pioneers (Mountain States Conference) (1942) | |||||||||
1942 | Denver | 6–3–1 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
Denver: | 6–3–1 | 3–2–1 | |||||||
Total: | 6–3–1 |
References
- ^ "Ketchum, Ellison, 1908-1960". SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context. Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Ellison Ketchum Dies of Cancer". Deadwood Pioneer-Times. Deadwood, South Dakota. United Press International. November 22, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved September 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
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Denver Pioneers men's basketball head coaches
- Unknown (1903–1906)
- John P. Koehler (1906–1909)
- No team (1909–1910)
- Charles Wingender (1910–1911)
- Clem Crowley (1911–1912)
- Hiram Wilson (1912–1914)
- Charles Wingender (1914–1916)
- John Fike (1916–1918)
- Charles Wingender (1918–1919)
- George Koonsman (1919–1920)
- Thomas E. Thompson (1920–1921)
- Ralph Woods (1921–1923)
- Aubrey Devine (1923–1925)
- Jimmy Middlebrook (1925–1926)
- Burt Potter (1926–1930)
- Stuart Clark (1930–1932)
- Cac Hubbard (1932–1940)
- Ellison Ketchum (1940–1943)
- Mark Duncan # (1943)
- Art Quinlan (1943–1944)
- Cliff Rock (1944–1945)
- Ken Loeffler (1945–1946)
- Ellison Ketchum (1946–1949)
- Hoyt Brawner (1949–1962)
- Troy Bledsoe (1962–1968)
- Stan Albeck (1968–1970)
- Jim Karabetsos (1970–1972)
- Al Harden (1972–1977)
- Bill Weimar (1977–1978)
- Ben Jobe (1978–1980)
- Floyd Theard (1980–1985)
- Dick Peth (1985–1997)
- Marty Fletcher (1997–2001)
- Terry Carroll (2001–2007)
- Joe Scott (2007–2016)
- Rodney Billups (2016–2021)
- Jeff Wulbrun (2021– )
# denotes interim head coach