Earl Krieger College coach
Earl Carlton "Irish" Krieger (c. 1896 – November 10, 1960) was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and official in football and basketball. He was the third head football coach at Bowling Green State Normal School—now Bowling Green State University—serving for one season in 1921 and compiling a record of 3–1–1. Krieger was also the head basketball coach at Bowling Green State Normal during the 1921–22 season, tallying a mark of 4–10, and the school's head baseball coach in the spring of 1922, notching a record of 7–1. Krieger played college football at Ohio University, from which he graduated in 1920. In addition to coaching at Bowling Green, he was also a member of the football coaching staffs at his alma mater and at the University of Tennessee. For 25 years until his retirement in 1953, Krieger worked as a football and basketball official for the Big Ten Conference. He was also a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's football rules committee. Krieger died at the age of 64 on November 10, 1960 at his home in Columbus, Ohio.
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| coached team | |
|---|---|
| overall record | 3–1–1 (football) 4–10 (basketball) 7–1 (baseball) |