Alvin Davis Garten (June 20, 1905 – July 3, 1981) was an American football and basketball coach. He served two stints as the head football coach at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, from 1936 to 1937 and again from 1939 to 1953, compiling a record of 66–62–4.[1] Garten was also the head basketball coach at Eastern New Mexico for 26 seasons, tallying a mark of 273–352.[2] The school did not field football or basketball teams from 1942 through 1944 because of World War II.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 20, 1905 Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | July 3, 1981 (aged 76) Watsonville, California, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1936–1937 | Eastern New Mexico |
| 1939–1953 | Eastern New Mexico |
| Basketball | |
| 1936–1938 | Eastern New Mexico |
| 1939–1965 | Eastern New Mexico |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 66–62–4 (football) 273–352 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 NMC (1950–1952) | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds (Independent) (1936–1937) | |||||||||
| 1936 | Eastern New Mexico | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1937 | Eastern New Mexico | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds (Independent) (1939) | |||||||||
| 1939 | Eastern New Mexico | 7–3 | |||||||
| Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds (New Mexico Conference) (1940–1953) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Eastern New Mexico | 4–6 | |||||||
| 1941 | Eastern New Mexico | 1–8 | |||||||
| 1942 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1945 | Eastern New Mexico | 0–6 | |||||||
| 1946 | Eastern New Mexico | 1–7–1 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1947 | Eastern New Mexico | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1948 | Eastern New Mexico | 6–3 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1949 | Eastern New Mexico | 6–4–1 | 4–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1950 | Eastern New Mexico | 5–5 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1951 | Eastern New Mexico | 8–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1952 | Eastern New Mexico | 7–1–1 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1953 | Eastern New Mexico | 4–7 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| Eastern New Mexico: | 66–62–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 66–62–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Men's Basketball Coaches". Eastern New Mexico Athletics. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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