Alvin Greenwood Twitchell (May 13, 1892 – May 10, 1955)[1] was an American football and basketball coach. He was the first head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), serving from 1922 to 1924 and compiling a record of 5–13–1. Twitchell was also the head basketball coach at BYU from 1920 to 1925 and at Colorado College from 1926 to 1930, amassing a career college basketball mark of 100–51.
 Twitchell (left) pictured in The Banyan 1923, BYU yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 13, 1892 Beaver, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | May 10, 1955 (aged 62) Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1924 | BYU |
| 1941 | Pueblo Centennial HS (CO) |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1925 | BYU |
| 1926–1930 | Colorado College |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–13–1 (college football) 100–51 (college basketball) |
Twitchell started his football coaching tenure at BYU in 1922 with a game against Utah Agricultural in Logan, Utah. BYU lost the game 41–3. Twitchell finished the year with a record of 1–5 with the only win coming against the Wyoming. His career record at BYU was 5–13–1.
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYU Cougars (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1922–1924) | |||||||||
| 1922 | BYU | 1–5 | 1–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1923 | BYU | 2–5 | 1–5 | T–8th | |||||
| 1924 | BYU | 2–3–1 | 1–3–1 | 9th | |||||
| BYU: | 5–13–1 | 3–13–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 5–13–1 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Alvin Twitchell". Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. May 12, 1955. Retrieved December 1, 2013.