Samuel H. "Harry" Hess was an American college football and college baseball coach. He was the second head football at Fairmount College—now known as Wichita State University—in Wichita, Kansas, serving for three seasons, from 1899 to 1901, and compiling a record of 10–10–2.[1] Hess was also the head baseball coach at Fairmount from 1899 to 1901. In 1902, he coached football at Friends University in Wichita.[2]
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| Football | |
| 1895–1897 | Kansas |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1899–1901 | Fairmount |
| 1902 | Friends |
| Baseball | |
| 1899–1901 | Fairmount |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–11–2 (football) |
Hess was a pharmacist in Wichita and had played football at the University of Kansas.[3]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Wheatshockers (Independent) (1899–1901) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Fairmount | 2–1–2 | |||||||
| 1900 | Fairmount | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1901 | Fairmount | 3–6 | |||||||
| Fairmount: | 10–10–2 | ||||||||
| Friends Quakers (Independent) (1902) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Friends | 0–1 | |||||||
| Friends: | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 10–11–2 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ DeLassus, David. "Wichita St. Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "Coaches Have Been Secured". The Wichita Daily Beacon. Wichita, Kansas. September 18, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Rydjord, John (1977). A History of Fairmount College. Regents Press of Kansas. p. 162. ISBN 0700601546. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Harry Hess; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
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