Harris Lamb
American sports coach (1904–1999)
Biographical details | |
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Born | 1904 |
Died | (1999-03-07)March 7, 1999 (aged 94) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1923–1926 | Coe |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1931–1941 | Ohio Northern |
1945–1947 | Coe |
Basketball | |
1929–1937 | Ohio Northern |
1939–1942 | Ohio Northern |
1942–1952 | Coe |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 55–38–12 (football) 118–122 (basketball) |
Harris A. Lamb (1904 – March 7, 1999) was an American football, basketball, and track coach.[1] He served as the head football coach (1931–1941) and head basketball coach (1929–1937, 1939–1942) at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. He also coached track at Ohio Northern.[2] Lamb to his alma mater, Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to serve as the head football coach (1945–1947) and head basketball coach (1942–1952).[3]
A native of Boone, Iowa, Lamb was captain of both the football and basketball teams at Coe. As coach at Coe, he was a mentor to Marv Levy, future Pro Football Hall of Fame coach.[4] He was the brother of college football coach Clyde A. Lamb.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Ohio Northern Polar Bears (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1931–1941) | |||||||||
1931 | Ohio Northern | 6–2 | 3–1 | T–6th | |||||
1932 | Ohio Northern | 4–2–1 | 3–1 | T–4th | |||||
1933 | Ohio Northern | 0–5–2 | 0–4–1 | T–19th | |||||
1934 | Ohio Northern | 6–0–1 | 4–0–1 | 3rd | |||||
1935 | Ohio Northern | 4–3–1 | 3–2–1 | 9th | |||||
1936 | Ohio Northern | 4–2–2 | 4–2–1 | 8th | |||||
1937 | Ohio Northern | 4–1–3 | 4–1–2 | 4th | |||||
1938 | Ohio Northern | 6–1–1 | 6–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
1939 | Ohio Northern | 5–3 | 5–2 | 6th | |||||
1940 | Ohio Northern | 5–3 | 4–3 | 8th | |||||
1941 | Ohio Northern | 6–1–1 | 5–0 | 2nd | |||||
Ohio Northern: | 50–23–12 | 41–17–7 | |||||||
Coe Kohawks (Midwest Conference) (1945–1947) | |||||||||
1945 | Coe | 2–2 | |||||||
1946 | Coe | 3–5 | 1–5 | 9th | |||||
1947 | Coe | 0–8 | 0–6 | 9th | |||||
Coe: | 5–15 | 1–11 | |||||||
Total: | 55–38–12 |
References
- ^ "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Coe College Athletics. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "The Four Lamb Brothers of Coe College" (PDF). Coe College. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Harris Lamb". Coe College Athletics. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Harris Lamb, 'Mr. Coe,' Dies at 94". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. Associated Press. March 10, 199. p. 26. Retrieved April 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Harris Lamb at Find a Grave
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Ohio Northern Polar Bears head football coaches
- No coach (1893)
- Harry McCrory (1894)
- William Kreglow (1895–1897)
- A. H. Hanover (1898)
- William Kreglow (1899–1900)
- No coach (1901–1902)
- Edgar Wingard (1903)
- No coach (1904)
- Thomas J. Smull (1905)
- Grover Kreglow (1906–1907)
- Snuff MacKowan (1908–1909)
- Thomas J. Smull (1910)
- Marion J. Bradshaw (1911–1912)
- Carl Peters (1913)
- Arthur W. Raymond (1914–1915)
- Larry Bevan (1916–1917)
- Thomas J. Smull (1918)
- Charles Bolen (1919–1921)
- James O. Newton (1922–1923)
- Ben Roderick (1924–1925)
- William Meredith (1926–1928)
- Ernest R. Miller (1929–1930)
- Harris Lamb (1931–1941)
- Millard Murphy (1942)
- No team (1943–1944)
- Clyde A. Lamb (1945)
- Millard Murphy (1946)
- Clyde A. Lamb (1947–1954)
- Richard Poole (1955)
- John Nettleton (1956–1959)
- Arden Roberson (1960–1969)
- Bob Middleton (1970–1973)
- Wally Hood (1974–1983)
- Dan Kratzer (1984–1985)
- Tom Kaczkowski (1986–2002)
- Stacey Hairston # (2003)
- Dean Paul (2004–2023)
- Andy Fries (2024– )
# denotes interim head coach