H. Frank Lawrence
Missouri Wesleyan | |
| Coaching career ( McKendree | |
|---|---|
| 1922–1923 | Maryville HS (MO) |
| 1923–1929 | Northwest Missouri State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1922–1923 | Maryville HS (MO) |
| 1923–? | Northwest Missouri State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–9–3 (college football) 68–47 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 MIAA (1924–1925) | |
Henry Franklin Lawrence Jr. (December 22, 1897 – August 7, 1970) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at McKendree College—now known as McKendree University—in Lebanon, Illinois in 1920 and at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as Northwest Missouri State University—in Maryville, Missouri from 1923 to 1926, compiling career college football coaching record of 23–9–3. Lawrence was also the head basketball coach at McKendree in 1920–21 and at Northwest Missouri State from 1923 to 1929, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 68–47.
Lawrence attended Missouri Wesleyan College in Cameron, Missouri, where he played he played football, basketball, and tennis and was a member of the track. Prior to being appointed athletic director and coach at Northwest Missouri State in 1923, he held the same position at Maryville High School.[1]
Lawrence was the son of U. S. Representative Henry F. Lawrence.[2]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
McKendree Bearcats (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ) (1920)
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| 1920 | McKendree | 1–3 | |||||||
| Northwest Missouri State: | 1–3 | ||||||||
| Northwest Missouri State Bearcats (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1923–1926) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Northwest Missouri State | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Northwest Missouri State | 6–1–1 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1925 | Northwest Missouri State | 7–0–1 | 3–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1926 | Northwest Missouri State | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Northwest Missouri State: | 22–6–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 23–9–3 | ||||||||
References
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Who's Who in Sports. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
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