Alvin Kletsch
American football coach
Biographical details | |
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Born | August 21, 1861 Newburg, Washington county, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | October 3, 1941 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1889 | Wisconsin |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 0–2 |
Alvin Paul Kletsch (1861–1941) was an American football coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a single season in 1889.[1] A member of the Milwaukee County Park commission since 1907, a park on the Milwaukee River is named after him.[2] He was a member of the Republican Party and was state chairman of the Hoover-Curtis presidential campaign in 1932.[2] He worked in real estate and his family was well known in the hotel industry.[2]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Wisconsin Badgers (Independent) (1889) | |||||||||
1889 | Wisconsin | 0–2 | |||||||
Wisconsin: | 0–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 0–2 |
References
- ^ "Ivan Williamson 22nd In Long Line Of Wisconsin Grid Coaches". La Cross Tribune. January 26, 1949. Retrieved August 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Alvin Kletsch of Milwaukee Dies". The Sheboygan Press. Associated Press. October 3, 1941. Retrieved August 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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Wisconsin Badgers head football coaches
- Alvin Kletsch (1889)
- Ted Mestre (1890)
- Herb Alward (1891)
- Frank Crawford (1892)
- Parke H. Davis (1893)
- Hiland Orlando Stickney (1894–1895)
- Philip King (1896–1902)
- Arthur Hale Curtis (1903–1904)
- Philip King (1905)
- Charles P. Hutchins (1906–1907)
- Thomas A. Barry (1908–1910)
- John R. Richards (1911)
- William Juneau (1912–1915)
- Paul Withington (1916)
- John R. Richards (1917)
- Guy Lowman (1918)
- John R. Richards (1919–1922)
- John J. Ryan (1923–1924)
- George Little (1925–1926)
- Glenn Thistlethwaite (1927–1931)
- Clarence Spears (1932–1935)
- Harry Stuhldreher (1936–1948)
- Ivy Williamson (1949–1955)
- Milt Bruhn (1956–1966)
- John Coatta (1967–1969)
- John Jardine (1970–1977)
- Dave McClain (1978–1985)
- Jim Hilles # (1986)
- Don Morton (1987–1989)
- Barry Alvarez (1990–2005)
- Bret Bielema (2006–2012)
- Barry Alvarez # (2012)
- Gary Andersen (2013–2014)
- Barry Alvarez # (2014)
- Paul Chryst (2015–2022)
- Jim Leonhard # (2022)
- Luke Fickell (2023– )
# denotes interim head coach