Maurice Allen Kent (September 17, 1885 – April 19, 1966) was a collegiate head coach in three different sports. He coached baseball at Iowa, Wisconsin, Iowa State and Northwestern between 1908 and 1943. Kent was the head basketball coach at Iowa, Iowa State, and Northwestern between 1913 and 1927.[1] And he coached football at Carleton College and Iowa State.
 Kent from 1916 Hawkeye | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 17, 1885 Marshalltown, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | April 19, 1966 (aged 80) Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1904–1907 | Iowa |
| Baseball | |
| 1907 | Marshalltown Snappers |
| 1908 | Oskaloosa Quakers |
| 1909 | Waterloo Lulus |
| 1910 | Ottumwa Packers |
| 1911 | Birmingham Barons |
| 1912–1913 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1912–1913 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1914 | Memphis Chickasaws |
| Position(s) | Pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1912 | Carleton |
| c. 1915 | Iowa (assistant) |
| 1921 | Iowa State |
| c. 1926 | Northwestern (assistant) |
| c. 1944 | Iowa (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1909–1913 | Carleton |
| 1913–1918 | Iowa |
| 1920–1921 | Iowa State |
| 1922–1927 | Northwestern |
| Baseball | |
| 1908 | Iowa |
| c. 1910 | Carleton |
| 1914–1918 | Iowa |
| 1919–1920 | Wisconsin |
| 1921–1922 | Iowa State |
| 1923–1928 | Northwestern |
| 1942–1943 | Northwestern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 24–7–2 (football) 96–122 (basketball) 112–145–3 (baseball) |
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Baseball career | |
| Pitcher | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 15, 1912, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 18, 1913, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 5–5 |
| Earned run average | 4.66 |
| Strikeouts | 25 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Kent graduated from the University of Iowa in 1908. He pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1912 and 1913 baseball seasons.[2]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton (Independent) (1909–1912) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Carleton | 4–1–1 | |||||||
| 1910 | Carleton | 6–0 | |||||||
| 1911 | Carleton | 6–1 | |||||||
| 1912 | Carleton | 4–1–1 | |||||||
| Carleton: | 20–3–2 | ||||||||
| Iowa State Cyclones (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Iowa State | 4–4 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| Iowa State: | 4–4 | 3–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 24–7–2 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Maurice Kent Coaching Record". Sports Reference College Basketball. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ "Maury Kent". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- Maury Kent at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com