Lloyd Eugene "Dob" Grow (July 23, 1903 – June 10, 1979) was an American football and basketball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Henderson State Teachers College—now known as Henderson State University—in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in 1939 and Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1949 to 1952, compiling a career college football coaching record of 16–24–2. Grow was an alumnus of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and the University of Nebraska, where he received his Bachelor of Arts.[2] Grow was an assistant at the University of Wyoming.[3]
 Grow pictured in 1934 University of Wyoming yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 23, 1903 Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 1979 (aged 75) Dickson, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska–Lincoln Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (1929) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1927 | Nebraska |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1933–1937 | Wyoming (line) |
| 1939 | Henderson State |
| 1946 | Kalamazoo (line) |
| 1949–1952 | Kalamazoo |
| Basketball | |
| 1946–1953 | Kalamazoo |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 16–24–2 (football) |
Coaching career
editGrow was the head football coach at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He held that position for four seasons, from 1949 until 1952. His coaching record at Kalamazoo was 12–20–1.[4]
Death
editGrow died in June 1979. An obituary appeared in the Sports News on June 30, 1979.[5]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson State Reddies (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1939) | |||||||||
| 1939 | Henderson State | 4–4–1 | 3–1–1 | ||||||
| Henderson State: | 4–4–1 | 3–1–1 | |||||||
| Kalamazoo Hornets (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1949–1952) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Kalamazoo | 2–6 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1950 | Kalamazoo | 5–4 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1951 | Kalamazoo | 2–6 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1952 | Kalamazoo | 3–4–1 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| Kalamazoo: | 12–20–1 | 9–11 | |||||||
| Total: | 16–24–2 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Mulder, Arnold (1958). The Kalamazoo College Story: The First Quarter of the Second Century of ... - Arnold Mulder - Google Books. Retrieved July 15, 2013 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide - National Collegiate Athletic Association - Google Books. 1952. Retrieved July 15, 2013 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kalamazoo College Bulletin: Catalogue - Kalamazoo College - Google Books. 1947. Retrieved July 15, 2013 – via Google Books.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Kalamazoo Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ "Access". 1979.
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