Ward Haylett
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 20, 1895 Doane |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–32–6 (football) 52–31 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Kansas State Hall of Fame (1990) | |
Ward H. Haylett (September 20, 1895 – November 1, 1990) was an American football, basketball, track and field, and cross country running coach. Haylett served as the head football coach at Doane College—now known as Doane University—in Crete, Nebraska from 1924 to 1927 and Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science—now known as Kansas State University compiling a career college football coaching record of 23–32–6. He was enshrined in the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1979.[1]
Early life and playing career
Haylett was born in Willow Springs, Missouri, and graduated from Doane College—now known as Doane University—in Crete, Nebraska, in 1918.[1] He earned 16 letters in several sports at Doane. He was the center on the basketball team, the quarterback on the football team, a pitcher for the baseball team and a quarter-mile and half-mile sprinter for the track team.[2]
Track coaching career
After graduating from college, Ward Haylett coached track and field at the high school level in Clay Center, Nebraska, for five years.[1] He then coached track for the next five years at Doane College.
In 1928, Haylett moved to Kansas State University, in
Track and field meets are named in his honor at both Doane College and Kansas State University. Haylett was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame.
Football coaching career
Doane
Haylett was the 20th head football coach at
Kansas State
Fifteen years after coaching his last college football game at Doane, Haylett returned to the sidelines during a manpower shortage in World War II, becoming the 19th head football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats from 1942 until 1944. His overall coaching record at Kansas State was 6–20–2.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doane Tigers (Nebraska College Athletic Conference) (1924–1927) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Doane | 1–6–1 | 1–6–1 | T–9th | |||||
| 1925 | Doane | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1926 | Doane | 5–2–2 | 5–2–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1927 | Doane | 6–1–1 | 5–0–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Doane: | 17–12–4 | 16–11–3 | |||||||
| Kansas State Wildcats (Big Six Conference) (1942–1944) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Kansas State | 3–8 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1943 | Kansas State | 1–7 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1944 | Kansas State | 2–5–2 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
| Kansas State: | 4–21–2 | 3–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 4–21–2 | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b c d "Ward Haylett". usatf.org. USA Track & Field, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- ISBN 1-880652-62-5.
- ^ Pan Am Games Shrine
