Ferdinand G. "Fritz" Holtkamp (c. 1889 – 1944) was an American college football and college basketball coach] He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College—now known as Mississippi State University—from 1920 to 1921 and Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—from 1922 to 1925, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–26–3. During his two-season tenure at Mississippi A&M, Holtkamp compiled a record of 9–7–1)[1][2] Holtkamp was also the head basketball coach at Western Reserve from 1922 to 1925.
 Holtkamp pictured in Reveille 1922, Mississippi State yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1889 |
| Died | 1944 (aged 55) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1916–1919 | Ohio State |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1921 | Mississippi A&M |
| 1922–1925 | Western Reserve |
| Basketball | |
| 1922–1925 | Western Reserve |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 25–26–3 (football) 21–25 (basketball) |
Holtkamp played college football at Ohio State University as a center from 1916 to 1919. He died in 1944 at the age of 55 at Pearl Harbor following a long illness. He had been employed at the naval base as a civilian in construction.[3]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi A&M Aggies (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Mississippi A&M | 5–3 | 4–2 | ||||||
| 1921 | Mississippi A&M | 4–4–1 | 2–3–1 | ||||||
| Mississippi A&M: | 9–7–1 | 6–5–1 | |||||||
| Western Reserve Pioneers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1922–1925) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Western Reserve | 3–7 | 3–6 | T–11th | |||||
| 1923 | Western Reserve | 5–4 | 5–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1924 | Western Reserve | 5–2–2 | 3–2–2 | T–7th | |||||
| 1925 | Western Reserve | 3–6 | 2–5 | 17th | |||||
| Western Reserve: | 16–19–2 | 13–17–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 25–26–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ DeLassus, David. "Fred Holtkamp Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ^ Galbraith, Joe; Nemeth, Mike, eds. (2006). 2006 Mississippi State Football Media Guide (PDF). Birmingham, Alabama: EBSCO Media. p. 128. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ^ "Buck Star of Harley Era Dies in Hawaii". The Logan Daily News. Logan, Ohio. Associated Press. November 9, 1944. p. 5. Retrieved August 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com
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